For many years James was a regular finalist and multi-class winner at the David Clover Festival. Ha was a founding member of Steel City choristers and Senior Organ Scholar at St. Marks Church, Broomhill, Sheffield where he occasionally conducted the choir. James is currently a choral scholar Hereford Cathedral and in the next academic year he has a place to study computer and mathematics at Durham University.
Emyr was winner of the 2022 David Clover Festival of Singing Recital Prize, Opera Prize Sheffield Oratorio Award, the Lieder Award and the British Song Award. Later in 2022 Emyr was the winner of the Pendine International Voice of the Future at the Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod. 2024 saw Emyr win the Dunraven Young Welsh Singer of the Year Award and a semi- finalist at the Kathleen Ferrier Awards. He os a post-graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music where he was the winner of many awards and prizes. Following his studies at the Guildhall School of Music, Emyr was a 2024/5 Young Artist at the National Opera Studio. He is currently a Jette Parker Artist at the Royal Ballet and Opera.
Since competing in the David Clover Festival of Singing where he was the Recital Winner in 2020, Aaron has been fortunate to perform full – time and enjoy many remarkable experiences. He was an Emerging Artist at Mascarade Opera Studio in Florence, Italy, which provided the opportunity to perform several times at Teatro La Fenice in Venice. Following his time in Italy, Aaron joined the International Opera Studio of the Hamburg State Opera where he sang 15 roles in 2 years, including a career highlight as Tamino in The Magic Flute. Aaron has also performed with English National Opera , Bregenzer Festspielerand in many exciting concerts across Europe. Aaron says, “I am extremely grateful for the support I received from the David Clover Festival of Singing. It was instrumental in enabling me to continue my training and fulfil my potential.” Later this year he is very much looking forward to returning to the UK to perform Ernesto in Opera Norths production of Don Pasquale.
Tey is an alumnus of both the David Clover Festival of Singing Festival Weekend and Singers Platform winning many prizes across many classes as well as winning the Elizabeth Hampshire Award for Young Singers in 2023. Since leaving Chethams School of Music, Tey is continuing his studies at The Royal Academy of Music. He has performed in several; operas with recent highlights including Colline in La Boheme with New Australian Opera. Masetto in Don Giovanni with both North Wales Opera Studio and The Oxford Student Opera Society, and Bosun in Billy Budd with New Palace Opera.
For many year Alice was a finalist and multi-class winner at the David Clover Festival of Singing and went on to study at the Guildford School of Acting. She works as an actor based in London performing in a variety of shows. 2025 was a busy year for Alice which, among many projects, saw her performing in a number of British Touring Shakespeare productions around the UK.
Since his success at the David Clover Festival of Singing in 2024, winning the Recital Bursary, Opera Prize, Mozart Award, Muse-Sprotson Lieder Award and the Kate Huddie French Award Johannes has sung at Glyndebourne Festival , covering roles in La Traviata, Il Turco in Italia and most recently as Marcello in La Boheme. He completed his studies at Royal Academy Opera with performances of Albert Herring as Sid. He debuted with Opera North this year as Ned Keane in Peter Grimes and continues to enjoy a full oratorio and recital schedule. This includes performances at St John’s Smith Square, Cadogan Hall and Barnes Music Festival as well as Lincoln Cathedral, Bath Abbey and Hereford Cathedral. Recently he was a prize winner in the Concour de Lyrique Competition and a guest artist at Operaffinity, Todi.
Former David Clover Festival of Singing Festival Weekend winner Anna went on to study first at the University of Cambridge and then the Royal Academy of Music. The winner of the Paris Opera Competition in 2022, The London Bach Singers Prize, the Oratorio and Singers Prizes at the International Vocal Competition s’Hertogenbosch in The Netherlands, Anna is now performing around the World. In 2016 Anna was a soloist at The Last Night of the Proms. Among her many appearances in the soloist and operas stages , Anna has had solo roles at the Welsh National Opera where she was an Associate Artist in 2017 and with the Deutsche Opera am Rhein where she is currently a resident soloist. In 2022 Anna released her first recital CD Songs of Warlock and Howe with pianist Mark Austin
Éadaoin won the 2025 David Clover Festival of Singing Recital and Opera Burseries in the Singers Platform weekend. She is currently studying a Masters in Vocal Performance at The Royal Irish Academy of Music. She has performed the role of ‘La Maguelonne’ in Viardot’s Cendrillon, ‘La Baronnessa’ in Haydn’s La Vera Costanza and, most recently, ‘Adele’ in scenes from Strauss’s Die Fledermaus at the RIAM. Other recent performances have included Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with Sligo Baroque, The London Handel Players and Croatian Baroque Orchestra and Chorus in Irish National Opera’s production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman.
Daniel sang in the 2023 David Clover Festival of Singing where he was the winner of the Recital Prize, the Opera Award, the Lieder Prize and joint winner of the Oratorio Award. Having previously sung ‘Bottoms Dream’ in the Opera category in September 2024, this saw Daniel make his BBC Proms debut with Garsington Opera as Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In the summer of 2025 Daniel graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and joined Glyndebourne Festival Opera as one of theirJerwood Young Artists. From Glyndebourne, Daniel move to Germany and since the 2025/26 season he has been a member of the Bavarian State Opera’s Opera Studio and a scholarship recipient of the Doppelfeld Foundation. His roles include The Gardener in La Traviata, Vecchio Zingara inIl Trovatore, Arnold in a new production of the English Catand Uschière in the new production of Rigoletto
Amy has been a finalist at the David Clover Festival of Singing Singers Platform in the early years of the competition. iI 2018 Amy was the winner of both the Lesley Garrett Opera Prize and the Gold Award for English Words and Song. 2019 saw Amy win the Sheffield Oratorio prize and a recipient of the third place Presidents Bursary for her recital. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music, in 2022 Amy performed several operatic roles and performances with the Glyndebourne Festival and Tour. Since the 2022/23 season, Amy has been an ENO Harewood Artist performing roles including Flora La Traviata, Second Lady Die Zauberflöte, Daughter 5 Akhenaten and Maddalena in Rigoletto. Most recently she performed the role of Sister Lilliane in the ENO’s 25/26 production of Dead Man Walking and covered the role of Sister Helen Prejan