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Robyn Haggie/Kate Lansdale

Robyn Haggie is in her third year at the University of York. She has been

in the National Youth Choir since the age of 16, and was part of the BBC

Proms Youth Choir in 2012. Previous roles have included ‘Maria’ in West

Side Story, soloist for The Royal Northern Sinfonia’s performance of The

Snowman, ‘First Boy’ in Opera Society’s production of The Magic Flute,

and a member of the chorus in Don Giovanni.

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Fred Stanford

Fred Stanford is a third year undergraduate student. His musical career

began as a chorister at St George's Chapel, Windsor. From there, he

progressed to a school in Surrey where he furthered his musical studies

as both a choral and solo singer. Often having a role behind the scenes

for such a production as Paradise Moscow, playing Sergei will be Fred's

debut performance as a solo singer, and he is very much looking forward

to it.

 

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Sam Gilliat

Sam Gilliatt grew up in the sunny beaches of Manchester and has just

started his first year at York. He is a first study singer having previously

learnt under Alastair McCall, achieving Grade 8 with Distinction and

performing in musical theatre. Previous appearances include Godspell

(Jesus), Les Misérables (Javert), and, more recently, the premiere of Ollie

Mills' The Tree of War (Greville Harcourt), as well as singing in Hallé

Youth Choir.

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George Clark

George Clark is currently a first year music undergraduate, studying both

as a baritone and as a violinist. Living in Cornwall, he began singing as a

chorister at Truro Cathedral, before playing a major role in Bristol Old

Vic's production of Coram Boy, and performing live on ITV 1's show Born

To Shine. Alongside his A Levels, he was a bass choral scholar at Truro

Cathedral. He has now earned a bass choral scholarship at York Minster

to start next year, and aspires to study vocal studies at a conservatoire

at postgraduate level.

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Ben Noble

Ben Noble had a late start in music, beginning lessons in piano at fifteen

and consequently discovering his talent for singing a year later. In May

2015 he performed his first stage roles in Britten's Little Sweep with the

Miranda Wright Singers. He currently studies with Alex Ashworth and

sings with the Yorkshire Bach Choir.

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Emma Wright/Alice Rathbone

Alice Rathbone, Suffolk born and bred, is a second year undergraduate

student at the University of York. Previously, Alice has sung with St.

Edmundsbury and Leeds Cathedral as well as Leeds College of Music, and

has performed in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (Belinda). Outside of the

Music Department, Alice enjoys her role as Webmaster and Press and

Publicity officer for the Gilbert and Sullivan Society, in addition to

performing with them.

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Ryan Greer

Ryan Greer is a third year music student here at York. He is a co-founder

of extrovert Belfast-based theatre company, Kandu Theatre, and plans to

work with them full-time as a musical director, performer and tea-lady.

He has been lucky enough to perform in a number of leading roles in his

time, appearing in productions such as The Producers (Franz Liebkind),

Oklahoma! (Ali Hakim), and The Thirty Nine Steps (Everybody Else). He

very much hopes you enjoy Paradise Moscow!

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Chris Murphy
 

Chris Murphy grew up in Maidenhead, Berkshire and is currently a first

year student studying music. He enjoys singing various styles and

previous performances have included Cabaret (The Emcee), Les

Misérables (Javert) and Sweeney Todd (Pirelli).

 

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Emily Hodkinson

Emily Hodkinson is a second year undergraduate. She performs with The

24, The Willow Consort, Yorkshire Bach Choir and The Chimera

Ensemble. She previously held a Choral Scholarship at St Barnabas

Cathedral, Nottingham. Previous performances have included Rose Hall's

La Pucelle (Joan the Knight), Handel's Acis and Galatea (Galatea), as well

as oratorio roles in Vaughn Williams' Mass in G Minor, Handel's Messiah,

Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Duruflé's Requiem and Vivaldi's Gloria.

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Sam Gunn

Samantha Gunn is a third year music student. Before coming to York, she

was tutored for a year by operatic tenor, Peter Firmani. Sam's first love is

musical theatre, and she has starred in many musicals including Jesus

Christ Superstar (Annas), and The Wizard of Oz (Dorothy), as well as

understudying UK premiere of Leslie Cass's musical, Ruth (Ruth). She is

very excited to take on the role of Vava!

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