Harry Briggs - Chair/Co-Founder

Harry honed his singing at St George’s Chapel Windsor, Eton and Oxford, plays the piano, and enjoys skiing, climbing, opera, seeing the world - the usual. His first role as Voce co-founder was to find the initial brave singers to join Voce in Summer 2003. These days he looks after the public face of Voce.

Ralph Allwood - President

We are extremely fortunate to have Ralph Allwood as our President and Guest Conductor. He studied music at Durham and Cambridge Universities and has been Precentor and Director of Music at Eton College since 1985. He founded and directs the four annual Eton Choral Courses. He also directs the Rodolfus Choir and the Windsor and Eton Choral Society.

Ralph is a judge for Sainsbury’s Choir of the Year and the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, and is a Choral Advisor for Novello. He was recently made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music. As the Times puts it, “Ralph Allwood, the finest trainer of young choirs in the country today.”

Edward Watkins - Assistant Conductor

Voce's Assistant Director, Ed Watkins is currently working as Director of Music at the new West London Free School, a specialist music school that opened in Hammersmith in September. Alongside his work at the school he also runs the music at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Fulham and has recently founded Inner Voices, an inner-London state school choir under the direction of Ralph Allwood, the former Director of Music at Eton College.

Mike Brewer - Guest Conductor

Firmly established as one of the world’s leading figures in choral music, Mike Brewer OBE is in demand worldwide for vocal workshops. He is Musical Director of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and Conductor of the award winning chamber choir, Laudibus. He now spends part of each year writing music. Hamba Lulu, his volume of African songs, is already a bestseller, and other publications include Kick Start your Choir, Improve Your Sightsinging and Mike Brewer’s Warm-Ups.

Ken Burton - Guest Conductor

Ken Burton is the Director of Croydon SDA Gospel Choir, and is renowned as the leading gospel choir leader in the UK. He has written a number of successful books and made countless recordings, and he was a leading figure in the Queen’s golden jubilee celebrations. His rehearsals are always inspiring and challenging. For his full biography, click here.

John Butt - Guest Conductor

John Butt is Gardiner Professor of Music at the University of Glasgow and Musical Director of Edinburgh’s Dunedin Consort. His recent recording of Bach’s B Minor Mass was a Gramophone Editor’s Choice. He has been awarded an FBA, FRSE and the Dent Medal of the Royal Musical Association, and he received in January 2011 the Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation Bach Prize.

Tim Sutton - Guest Conductor

Tim is one of the most successful composers of his generation, as well as being a much-admired conductor and musician. Recently praised for his work with The Little Prince (BBC2), he has also written a number of works specially for Voce, and has conducted us in three concerts. We can't do him justice here, click here for his website.