In July 2025, the choir said a fond farewell to George Vass who stepped down as the choir's Music Director after an amazing 31 years. George transformed the choir both in terms of musicianship and repertoire over this period and we thank him for his huge contributions.

We are delighted that Charlie Perry has now formally joined the choir as our new Music Director, and we are excited for new opportunities to grow and develop further. Charlie radiates a passion for choral music and we are really looking forward to exploring new musical horizons with him.

Charlie PERRY MUSIC DIRECTOR

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Charlie is a dynamic musician, his work covering a wide spectrum which is rooted in excellence and inclusivity. He has worked with some of the most high-profile groups in the UK including The Sixteen, National Youth Choirs, Gabrielli, Manchester Collective and The Hallé.
 
Charlie is now based in London, having spent the early part of his career in the North West where he graduated from the University of Manchester. Previous roles have included Director of Music at the Manchester Oratory as well as St. Peter’s Church Hale, Musical Director of the Stafford Choral Society, Cantores Olicanae and the Lindow Singers.
 
He is currently Choral Leader at St. George’s Cathedral Southwark, delivering inclusive singing workshops, working alongside the Cathedral Choirs. Charlie is also a singer and a member of Kantos Chamber Choir which has taken him from performances on live radio to studio recordings with Decca and Delphian. As a soloist, he has performed around the UK in oratorios including Elijah and The Creation.

EDWARD KEMP-LUCK accompanist

Edward Kemp-Luck began his organ studies in Harwich, Essex, and then trained with Harrison Oxley at St Edmundsbury Cathedral. He was an organ scholar of The Queen's College, Oxford, under James Dalton and gained his Fellowship Diploma of the Royal College of Organists while studying with Catherine Ennis at St Lawrence Jewry. He won the coveted Walford Davies organ prize at the Royal College of Music where he also studied harpsichord; he participated in international masterclasses, and studied historic organ performance practice in Holland with Jacques van Oortmerssen supported by a scholarship from the Rotary Foundation.

He was organist of St John's Notting Hill and later St Mary's Paddington Green, and is now a freelance organist in east and north London.

He has given solo concerts at St Paul's Cathedral, Southwark Cathedral, St George Hanover Square, Union Chapel Highbury, St John the Evangelist Islington and many other churches in London, also at Reading Town Hall, Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, St Nikolaas Basilica Amsterdam, Bourges Cathedral and St Nikolai Church in Stralsund.

Edward is also a continuo player and choral accompanist and has performed with choirs in and around London, also at the Presteigne Festival and in Cork, Barcelona, Budapest, Salzburg, Seville and Paris. He was appointed accompanist of St Albans Choral Society in July 2024.