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Has been a member of St
Thomas’ choir since 1961. He joined at the age of 7,
following a family tradition. Richard has two grandsons Joseph and Haris and two sons James the eldest and
Jonathan
who is SongCycle‘s official deputy and sound engineer. Richard has a
professional
background in property and is a building surveyor with his own company
based in
Brentwood dealing in all property matters throughout the country. Richard
plays the
trumpet (occasionally) is keen on DIY and lives in Brentwood with Wendy.
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A freelance professional
Bass Trombonist who played for many top orchestras.
Brian has sung in church choirs since the age of 7, and joined St
Thomas’ in 1992.
Brian also composes and arranges music for brass and choirs and has
arranged
most of SongCycle's repertoire. Brian has recently taken up his other
passion,
driving and is a member of the Chauffeurs Guild and now offers
professional
chauffeuring services. Brian knows a lot about cheese, lives in Pilgrims Hatch with his wife
Lesley, has two
grown up children, Robin and Emily and three grandchildren. |
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Is the Director of Music at
Farringtons School Chislehurst and the Organist and for 22 year was
Choirmaster of All Saint’s and St Peter’s parish churches in Hutton but has now returned to assist the music department at St Thomas'. He
is also an
accomplished pianist and tenor soloist. Nick, a member of St Thomas’ choir since 1993 and founder of the church’s girls choir, has also been singing in choirs
since the age of
7 and was Head Chorister at Norwich Cathedral at the age of 13. He was
an Organ
Scholar in Durham and also plays the
trombone.
Nick lives in Pilgrims Hatch with his wife Amanda and two boys Oli and
Alex. |
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Is the newest (and
youngest…) member of SongCycle. He joined St Thomas' choir
in 1994 aged 7, spent three years as organ scholar and four and a half
years as
Organist and Choirmaster of Holy Cross Parish Church in Hornchurch and six years as Director of Music at St Thomas' Brentwood. Following his
studies at
Hedley Walter School in Brentwood (music teacher Nick Rayner) and
gaining his
B Mus at Goldsmiths College he was Head of music at the Royal Liberty School before having a complete change of career and now works for a local firm of bathroom and kitchen fitters.
Sam lives in Pilgrims Hatch with his wife Emily, daughter Beatrice and cat Gilbert. |
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Since 2001 has been
SongCycle‘s official deputy, and sound engineer. He joined
St Thomas' choir at the age of 7 and at 13 he recorded his own CD “Made
in Heaven”.
Whilst gaining his BSc (Hons) degree at LM University he sang in Leeds
Parish Church
Choir under the direction of Simon Lindley, and in his spare time
produced outside
broadcasts with Galaxy FM. Jonathan now lives in Iver, Buckinghamshire and runs
his own
recording company Jonny B Productions Ltd. He works for the BBC and
some of
London's top radio stations as well as tutors in radio
production and broadcasting. When time permits Jonny produces all of
SongCycle's recordings which are available on CD and with his wife Sophie, a BBC broadcaster, produces the video clips. |
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