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 Ben
Rayfield was born in Yorkshire and educated at Leeds
Grammar School. He was awarded a choral scholarship to study
Mathematics and Philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he
sang in the choir under the direction of Bill Ives. After
graduating in 1995, Ben was appointed as a lay-clerk in the choir
of New College, Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom,
regularly touring and recording with groups such as The King's
Consort and The Academy of Ancient Music, as well as appearing on
the best selling Erato CD “Agnus Dei – Music of Inner
Harmony”.
On
leaving Oxford in 1997, Ben embarked on a freelance career as a
musician, and has enjoyed great success, having made over a hundred
recordings in repertoire as diverse as medieval music on
Hyperion, via grand opera on Opera Rara and Chandos, through to
the Cannes Classical Award winning recording of Arvo Pärt's
“Passio” on Naxos.
Particularly
noted as an early music singer, Ben has regularly performed with
consorts such as The Tallis Scholars, The Cardinall's Musick and
The Clerk's Group, as well as the larger choirs of The Sixteen,
The Gabrieli Consort and The English Concert.
In
2003, Ben moved into the field of artist management, firstly
working closely with Sue Nicholls in the vocal department at
Hazard Chase Ltd, and since 2005 for his own company, Rayfield
Artists.
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 Elisabeth Fleming studied Music at Jesus College, Cambridge, where she was a choral scholar, and she also sang as a volunteer in the Choir of Clare College. She completed an M.Phil on the subject of Handel's borrowings in Giulio Cesare, Tamerlano, and Rodelinda. She now works as a freelance singer and arts administrator. She is the manager of and sings in English Voices; recent projects include a tour of Spain with the OAE and Gustav Leonhardt, Handel's Solomon with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Ivor Bolton, and staged performances of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in the Aix-en-Provence Festival with Concerto Vocale and René Jacobs. She is also company manager of the Cambridge Handel Opera Group, and the administrator for The Clerks. She studies singing with John Llewellyn Evans.
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 Miranda Heldt graduated from Cambridge University in 2008 with a BA in Modern and Medieval Languages (German and Italian). A brief period at Hazard Chase as an assistant artist manager for the Endellion String Quartet and the Hilliard Ensemble introduced her to arts administration. Following this she took on the role of assistant company manager of the Cambridge Handel Opera Group in their 2009 production of Ariodante.
Whilst at Cambridge, she held a place as choral scholar in Girton College Chapel Choir, directed by Dr. Martin Ennis. As a soprano she continues to study privately with Julie Kennard, as well as Jennifer Partridge, with whom she has performed with in many venues, most notably at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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