Samantha Rowe
Samantha is a professional flautist and soprano who grew up on a Cornish family-run dairy farm, before moving to London in 2019. She has since graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with First-Class Honours, and is about to finish her Master Degree at the Royal College of Music.
As a soprano, Samantha has performed oratorio, staged opera scenes, and solo repertoire extensively in the UK and around Europe. She is currently a Choral Scholar at St Cuthbert’s Church, Earls Court, and aside from her involvement in the classical spheres, Samantha is the enthusiastic lead singer of the up-and-coming function band ‘Good Vibes’.
Orchestrally, Samantha has appeared with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Scarborough Spa Orchestra and Endellion Festival Orchestra, and is regularly playing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as part of her training at the RCM.
She is passionate about delivering outreach in schools and care homes, and she is also an enthusiastic music teacher and charity concert organiser. This year Samantha is grateful to be supported in her studies by the Charlotte Fraser Foundation, and she is a Douglas and Hilda Simmonds scholar.
Jonathan Musgrave
Jonathan studied at the Royal College of Music, gaining top-class undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, and supplemented these with a Junior Fellowship.
In a solo role he has performed concertos by Howells and Brahms. As a chamber musician he has worked with instruments and voices of every kind, and his duo partnerships have resulted in engagements from the Kirckman Concert Society and Park Lane Group, leading to critical acclaim from the Times and the Independent. He is also in demand as a repetiteur, having worked at Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater, Regents Opera and Surrey Opera.
As well as innumerable appearances in London (venues including the Purcell Room, Cadogan Hall and Wigmore Hall), he has travelled around the UK, and has also performed on BBC Radio 3.
Jonathan’s wide musical interests include a particular attraction to British music, especially that of the early 20th-century. Supreme among many other names sits Ivor Gurney, whose manuscripts he has edited and brought to performance for the first time. He has also premiered several pieces of contemporary music, by composers including Roxanna Panufnik and Toby Young.
