Meet the team

My compositions are published by Novello, and I am privileged to have my music performed all around the world by ensembles including the Tallis Scholars and the Aurora Orchestra.

I am also Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Singers and maintain a busy schedule of conducting projects with ensembles including the Southbank Sinfonia, Ensemble la Sportelle, and Capella Cracoviensis. I also enjoy teaching, and frequently give workshops and masterclasses for composers and singers alike.

I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists (FRCO), and am President of Cathedral Commissions, run by Wells Cathedral to support the creation of new works from some of today’s most exciting composers.

Beyond music, I am a keen gardener, and when I’m not on stage I can be found raking, pruning, or picking cherry tomatoes.

Owain’s website: www.owainpark.co.uk

I read Natural Sciences with a speciality in Organic Chemistry at St. John’s College, Cambridge and sung as a choral scholar at the neighbouring Trinity College under director Stephen Layton. After graduating I enjoyed performing and touring with a range of other choirs and ensembles including Amici Voices, Magnificat, and the The Gabrieli Consort and have deputised regularly with many London choirs including those of Westminster Cathedral, the Temple Church, and Westminster Abbey.

Since 2020 I have enjoyed taking more responsibility for early music research in the group and directed our Josquin’s Legacy and Queen of Hearts projects, researching, editing scores, and organising programmes for G6 and giving pre-concert talks alongside Owain.

I direct my own music project: Chapel Perilous, which has explored music for countertenor and chamber ensemble, with a programme of works by ‘Holy Minimalist’ composers such as John Tavener and Arvo Pärt. Other recent solo appearances have included Handel’s Messiah with the Academy of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Bach’s B Minor Mass in Exeter Cathedral and also his Christmas Oratorio with the Warsaw Philharmonic, works by Purcell and Blow in Turin, and a recital of Gloucestershire songs for Remembrance.

When I’m not to be found reading or singing it’s likely that I will be watching, or more likely, listening to the cricket.

I have just graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge where I read Human, Social and Political Sciences. Whilst at Cambridge, I was heavily involved with the University Opera Society, starring as Damon in Handel’s Acis and Galatea, The Spirit in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Athamas in Handel’s Semele, alongside singing in the choir at St John’s College. Some of my recent solo work includes Bach’s St John Passion and B Minor Mass, and Handel’s Samson.

Other notable achievements include being runner-up in BBC’s Young Chorister of the Year, and performing as Harry in ETO’s production of Albert Herring and as Cobweb in Shadwell Opera’s production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

I am really looking forward to creating superb music alongside some very fine musicians and wonderful people… and teaching them a thing or two about how to bowl a killer leg-break!

At the time of the group’s first concerts, I was Organ Scholar at St John’s College, Cambridge, where I was later to become Assistant Organist. I played the organ there for the world famous college choir for four years, enjoying tours, broadcasts and recordings, alongside the daily pattern of services.

In 2017, I was appointed Assistant Director of Music at Truro Cathedral in Cornwall. During my time there, I accompanied the cathedral choir in a concert performance of Duruflé’s ‘Requiem’ live on BBC Radio 3 and recorded two CDs. In the summer of 2019, I made a big decision to fully commit to the group’s expanding diary while maintaining my career as an organist and choir trainer.

Aside from G6, I have sung for other groups including Alamire and Tenebrae, having graduated from The Sixteen’s training scheme Genesis Sixteen in 2013. I am now on the London circuit and continue to give organ recitals across the UK. I also have my own choir called The Beaufort Singers who sing at the Boxgrove Choral Festival, which I founded in 2018.

As far as hobbies are concerned, I share with my dad not just a passion for music, but also all things Formula One motor racing.

Joseph’s Website: www.joseph-wicks.co.uk

Before ensemble singing, I delved into the world of opera, with particular highlights including playing the title role in Rameau’s ‘Pygmalion’ at the Brighton Early Music Festival and appearing in Handel’s Belshazzar at The Grange Festival. I also love bringing music to unexpected spaces, from performing in Tim Watts’s ’Kepler’s Trial’ at the V&A Museum (with my G6 pals!) to staging site-specific operas in unique venues like the Carinthia Hotel.

When I’m not singing, you’ll likely find me cycling through France, discovering new bands, or looking for new places to eat – never being one to turn down an extra portion!

Beyond performing, I also put my audio editing skills to use, creating Guide Tracks for Choir of the Earth, helping singers around the world bring music to life.

I have always loved consort singing and collaborating with living composers. In Cambridge I sang premieres of both consort and solo work by composers such as Jeremy Thurlow (Over the Frost for six voices, flute and harp, and the solo song cycle The world in scent and touch), and in London I was a founding member of the Hexad Collective, regularly premiering work by the group’s singer-composers Anna Semple and Piers Connor Kennedy.

I have a serious passion for all things culinary, and am keen to share my food findings throughout G6 travel on my dedicated food Instagram page @simoneatsnicethings. My sporting accomplishments are fewer than the others in the group (unless you count keenly watching and failing to be any good at snooker), but I am an enthusiastic runner and will be packing my shoes in search of Saturday morning parkruns around the world.

I hold a Master’s degree in Science, Technology & Medicine in History from King’s College London, graduating in 2015 before moving to work in the education sector. I began in events management before transitioning into alumni relations and fundraising, spending four years as Head of Alumni and Development at Ashford School. In this role, I led all aspects of the department, from communications and engagement strategy to fundraising and stewardship.

Choral music has always been a central part of my life—from being a music scholar at school to singing with the University of London Chamber Choir for five years while at KCL. I now also sing with Vox Anima Chamber Choir, an upper voices ensemble based in Kent, dedicated to promoting contemporary composers and highlighting female voices.

Outside of music, you’ll likely find me bouldering, at Parkrun, getting lost in a book, or tracking down the nearest gelato shop!

In comparison to some of the other members of the group, some of whom practically came out of the womb singing, I came to music much later. I had fully intended to do something mathematical, but when I joined the choir at Trinity College Cambridge as an undergraduate, I totally fell in love with singing. I threw myself into everything musical I could find at university, and when I graduated I moved to London and started freelancing, working and touring with groups like Gabrieli and The Marian Consort.

It was around this time that we started The Gesualdo Six, and it has been a huge pleasure to watch it grow from a student project (with an average age of about 20) with no ambitions of doing anything beyond the next concert, to an outfit that does around sixty concerts a year, with tours and recordings and all that comes with it. I still count the members of this group as some of my closest friends, and it still feels like we are making music for the same reasons as six years ago, namely we had a piece we really wanted to sing, and a group of people we really wanted to sing it with.

In my non G6-related time I try and cast my musical net as wide as possible. I love singing opera, Bach, lieder and new music, and if you can’t find me singing I will be either watching the cricket or finding the next venue for G6 dining club, of which I am the enthusiastic (self-appointed) instigator.

Mike’s website: www.michael-craddock.com

Sam’s musical education began aged 11 as a chorister at Lincoln Cathedral and he went on to read music at Manchester University. He spent some time as a choral scholar at Truro Cathedral, before joining the back row as a lay clerk in Manchester, Ely and Christchurch Cathedrals. Sam’s first performance with the group was, appropriately, music by Gesualdo in St John’s Smith Square in 2016. He also performs regularly with a variety of professional choirs both in the UK and abroad, including The Sixteen and the BBC singers. We wish Sam the best as he continues his career, and will continue to send him videos of beautiful spinning wickets. Read more here.

Since arriving from the USA in 2019, Andrew has been a fantastic colleague and we miss not only his wonderful musicality, but also his sharp-witted one-liners, which always managed to light up rehearsals! In 2021 he moved back to the USA to be closer to his family and to focus a career in education and non-professional music-making. Read more here.

Alex graduated in 2015 having read Classics at New College, Oxford, where he was a choral scholar under the direction of Edward Higginbottom for three years. Many opportunities for solo performances came his way all over the world, most notably in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco where he sang the alto arias in Bach’s ‘St John Passion’. He works frequently with ensembles such as the Tallis Scholars and Vox Luminis. He is also a keen sportsman, and represented New College in both football and cricket, despite, in the case of the latter, often having to leave after the first innings to go and sing.

Hiroshi Amako was a Choral Scholar in Trinity College Choir, and is an avid singer of Bach, often appearing as the Evangelist in performances of Christmas Oratorio and the St John Passion. In his spare time, Hiroshi enjoys cooking and fiddling with computers – though both aren’t always successful.

Pat started singing as a chorister at Hereford Cathedral and was later a Choral Scholar in the Choir of King’s College. He enjoys editing and typesetting early music, with his editions used by performers including Carolyn Sampson, His Majesty’s Sackbutts and Cornetts and Ex Cathedra. To relax, Patrick enjoys performing magic tricks, drinking real ale, and attempting to ascend climbing walls – though not usually in that order. Pat is now a member of The King’s Singers.

Jonny started out as a chorister at Winchester Cathedral and was a founding member of The Gesualdo Six. He later read music at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a choral scholar under Stephen Layton, and was a member of VOCES8 for seven and a half years.