OUR people
TOM HERRING
Artistic Director
E: tom[@]sansarachoir
T: +44 (0)7871 502 244
Tom is a conductor, singer and artistic director with a passion for vocal music. Co-founder and Artistic Director of SANSARA, Tom develops the group’s projects, programmes and collaborations. As an ensemble singer, Tom works regularly with Tenebrae and the Monteverdi Choir and has performed with groups including the Tallis Scholars, Alamire, Vox Luminis and Contrapunctus. Tom has worked for several leading arts organisations including Oxford Lieder, Intermusica Artist Management, the Association of British Orchestras, Sulivan Sweetland and produced the Holy Week Festival (St John's Smith Square/Tenebrae). He is an alumnus of the Netherlands Chamber Choir's innovative NXT scheme and a mentor for Young People in the Arts.
FIONA FRASER
Learning & Participation Manager
our singers
We work with a large number of freelance professional singers from around the UK with a core team of twelve talented musicians.
Photos by Matthew Johnson
We are currently planning a round of auditions for our pool of singers with details to be announced in the coming months. If you would like to sing with SANSARA, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with our Artistic Director Tom Herring by writing to him on tom@sansarachoir.com.
composers
ASSOCIATE COMPOSERS
COMMISSIONS
Marco Galvani
Oliver Tarney
Natalia Tsupryk
Rebecca Dale
Jasmin Kent-Rodgman
Chris Williams
Anna Semple
Alex Mills
Piers Connor Kennedy
Joe Bates
PATRONS
ARTISTIC PATRON Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars
NEW MUSIC PATRON Sir James MacMillan, Composer
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
SANSARA has been a registered charity (CIO No. 1179978) since September 2018. Our highly engaged board is made up of choral enthusiasts with a range of experience across various sectors.
Charles Graham (Chair) Impact Partnership Director, Serco Group
Rosamund Hatfield Senior Development Manager, Philharmonia Orchestra
Ben Inman Tax Accountant, Burberry
Michele Price Charity Partner, Gunnercooke LLP
Karen Redhead OBE CEO of Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College
Sarah Rennix General Manager of Southwell Music Festival (The Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia)
Henry Southern Senior Programming Manager, Royal Albert Hall (HarrisonParrott, Tenebrae)
Simon Tanner Public Health Physician (retired)
CREATIVE PARTNERS
RECORDING Platoon
VIDEOGRAPHY Ben Tomlin Productions
PHOTOGRAPHY Matthew Johnson, Nick Rutter
ARTWORK Charlie Barton, Masha Krivopishina
REGIONAL AMBASSADORS
HAMPSHIRE
Bridget Herring, Deborah Butterworth, Jennifer Herriott, Tim Lowden
OXFORDSHIRE
Sarah Graham
SURREY
Rebecca & Clive Cunningham
WEST SUSSEX
Fiona Bell
If you are interested in becoming a Regional Ambassador for the choir, please get in touch.
