We are thrilled to be welcoming Simon Grant to The Gesualdo Six team as our new baritone.
Simon said of joining The Gesualdo Six:
“I’m absolutely delighted to be joining the team. Making music with G6 is enormously fulfilling and a lot of fun! I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to experience and contribute to the group’s bright future.”
Simon also added: “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.”
We would like to thank all of the singers who came to audition – we thoroughly enjoyed working with so many passionate and talented musicians.
Simon will officially join us next month, with his first concert in Oxford on 6 April. We look forward to welcoming him to the team!
About Simon
My first experience with singing was aged 7 as a chorister at Romsey Abbey where I stayed for over 10 years, becoming a lay clerk after my voice changed. Before university, I moved to Cornwall for a year to be a choral scholar at Truro Cathedral and to explore the beauty of the county and its fine ales. I went to Cambridge in 2016 to study music at Robinson College and sing at St John’s College. Since 2019, I have sung professionally, including with groups such as Tenebrae and The Sixteen, while also completing a qualification as a solicitor.
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 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 I’m keen to share my food findings when travelling with G6 on my dedicated food Instagram page @simoneatsnicethings.
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