Emily Kemp
Soprano
Glasgow-born soprano Emily Kemp studied French and Comparative Literature at the University of St Andrews. She is a current recipient of the Dunedin Consort’s Bridging the Gap programme 2025/6, member of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s Young Singers’ Programme 2024-2026, and an alumna of the twelfth cohort of Genesis Sixteen. Recent highlights include the role of First Fairy in the BBC SSO’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the BBC Proms, soloist in Faure's Requiem with the Choeur Symphonique de Montpellier, and the soprano soloist in the Brahms Requiem with the Choir of St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh.
Prior to studies at St Andrews, Emily studied at the Music School of Douglas Academy and the Junior RCS. She begins studies on the Masters in Vocal Studies programme at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in September.
Harriet Carlill
Alto
Harriet started her choral career as a chorister at Wells Cathedral where she enjoyed singing in weekly services at the cathedral, as well as performing in concerts at venues such as St Paul’s Cathedral and the Royal Albert Hall. In 2019 Harriet joined the upper voice choir Choralia, with whom she represented the United Kingdom in the final of the Let The People’s Sing competition in Barcelona.
At the Univeristy of St Andrews Harriet also sang with St Salvator’s Chapel Choir as an alto choral scholar. In 2023, she also took part in St Andrews Chamber Opera’s production of Dido and Aeneas.
Sebastian Roberts
Tenor
A former chorister at Blackburn Cathedral and alumnus of the Junior Royal Northern College of Music, Seb graduated from St Andrews in 2025 with a degree in Russian and German. Whilst at the university, Seb served as an organ and choral scholar in St Salvator’s Chapel Choir, directed a UK’s leading all-male a cappella group, The Other Guys, and performed in a number of operas and oratorios, including Bach’s St John Passion.
Since leaving, he has worked as resident graduate musician at Sedbergh school in Cumbria, joined the 2025/26 cohort of the VOCES8 Scholars programme, and performed across Europe with prestigious vocal ensembles including the APOLLO5, VOCES8 Scholars Ensemble and the Mancunium Consort.
Guy Minch
Bass
Guy recently graduated from the University of St Andrews with a degree in Chemistry. His choral singing journey began in the choir at Worth Abbey where he sang for five years before moving to university where he was a choral scholar with St Salvator’s Chapel Choir and a member of the award winning a cappella group The Other Guys. Some notable recent performances include Brahms’ Ein Deutches Requiem at the BBC Proms as well as the roles of Christus in Bach’s St John Passion and King Mark in Frank Martin’s Le Vin Herbé.
