Choral Scholars
Islington Choral Society is delighted to have appointed four choral scholars to provide musical support for our members at rehearsals and play a leading role in our concerts.Our choral scholars for 2024-5 are:
Alexandra Cooper
Soprano
Alexandra has just completed her Bachelor of Music at the Royal College of Music, under the guidance of soprano Patricia Rozario, as the Douglas and Hilda Simmonds Scholar. During her undergraduate studies, she performed in the Ensemble for Jonathan Dove’s Flight with the RCM Opera Studio directed by Jeremy Sams, was in the Semi-Chorus for both Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony and Lili Boulanger’s Psaume 130 with the RCM Symphony Orchestra, performed in Venus and Adonis by John Blow conducted by Ashley Solomon, was part of the RCM Chamber Choir at Classic FM’s Carol Concert of the Year 2022 and was a finalist at the 2023 Charles Wood Song competition. In RCM Opera scenes, she has performed Euridice in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, Damigella in Monterverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Laetitia in Menotti’s The Old Maid and the Thief and Rosmene in Handel’s Imeneo. Prior to her studies at the RCM, Alexandra was a scholar at the Junior Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where she studied with soprano Anne Dawson and was awarded the Peter Vernon Vocal Prize by Julian Pike. Alexandra is thrilled to be continuing her studies at RCM in September 2024, when she will begin her Masters of Performance under Tim Evans-Jones as the Stephen Catto Memorial Scholar.
Meg Webb
Alto
Meg began singing with Berkshire Youth Choir and Rodolfus Choir at the age of 15, and lead her to read for a BA in Music at the University of Cambridge, during which she held a variety of positions in the university’s collegiate choirs, and performed regularly in student projects. Since graduating, Meg has enjoyed two years as the Eric Nye Alto Lay Clerk with the Choir of Clare College Cambridge. During her tenure, she has featured as a soloist for a wide range of performances and recordings, with highlights including Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil and Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 at St John's Smith Square. She is also building up a busy freelance portfolio, with recent work including the Mozart Requiem with the English Voices, and an album of unrecorded Renaissance works with Luminatus. She currently learns with Lynette Alcantara.
Roshan Patel
Tenor
Roshan is a London-based tenor who began his singing career as a chorister at Guildford Cathedral. He went on to read Natural Sciences at Cambridge University, where he sang with The Choir of Trinity College under Stephen Layton. Highlights included the choir’s annual performances of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio from memory, and the 2022 filming and recording of Duruflé’s Requiem in Saint-Eustache Church, Paris. He presided over the a cappella group Cadenza and choral ensemble King Henry’s VIII and sang in various Bach cantatas and solo recitals in his final year. When he isn’t singing, Roshan can be found working as a trainee patent attorney at Carpmaels & Ransford LLP.
Luke Muschialli
Bass
Luke is a recent graduate of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, with an MPhil in Population Health Sciences, having previously studied a Bachelor’s in Medical Sciences at University College London. Luke has been a keen choral singer from an early age, and in recent years has refined his choral skills as a choral scholar at St Catharine’s, as well as in acclaimed choirs such as The Bach Choir and the Fourth Choir. Luke is also a strong solo performer, having led in both operatic and musical theatre roles throughout his time in Cambridge, with highlights including playing Frederic in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance at the Minack Theatre. Luke is excited to continue to develop as both a chorister and soloist, alongside his new role as a Research Assistant at the University College London Institute for Global Health.