For All The City 2024: MOZART REQUIEM

Sinéad White is an Irish-born soprano now living in Halifax who is praised for her "luminous soprano" (The Whole Note), "gorgeous and subtle vocal palette" (La Scena Musicale), "soft and dreamy vocals" (Oxford Daily Info, UK) and "lovely, precise coloratura" (OperaRamblings). Sinéad maintains an active performing and teaching schedule in North America, and performs regularly with ensembles such as the Elora Singers, Toronto Mendelssohn Singers, Theatre of Early Music, the Toronto Bach Festival and Tafelmusik Orchestra & Chamber Choir. A graduate of McGill University, she is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Historical Performance at the University of Toronto. 

Francis Bamford is a British countertenor currently studying for a Master of Music in Voice at the Royal College of Music. Francis read Music at the University of Cambridge, where he was a Choral Scholar in the Choir of St John’s College, studying singing with Andrew Watts. Whilst at Cambridge, he participated in masterclasses with leading singers including Iestyn Davies, Lucy Crowe and Miriam Allen, and was a scholar on the Sir Arthur Bliss Lieder Scheme, receiving coaching from Joseph Middleton. Francis is a keen recitalist, equally at home in lute song or Romantic lieder. Most recently, he has been a SongEasel Young Artist, and a finalist in the Ashburnham English Song Awards. Alongside his studies, Francis continues to perform as a choral and consort singer. He is a VOCES8 Scholar for 2024-5, and sings with various London church choirs and ensembles including the choirs of Temple Church, Westminster Cathedral, and Southwark Cathedral – where he is a Lay Clerk. Francis currently studies with Ben Johnson and Stephen Varcoe.

Philippe Gagné, tenor, is praised for his rich expressivity, refined musical sensitivity, rare vocal agility, and the beauty of his timbre. Specializing in the Baroque repertoire, he has performed on many of the world's great stages and worked with a number of renowned ensembles, including Les Talens Lyriques, Tafelmusik, Les Violons du Roy, Les Voix humaines, Arion Orchestre Baroque, Ensemble Masques, Pacific Baroque Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Québec, L'Harmonie des saisons, Ensemble Caprice, Le Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal, and many others. He is recognized as an exceptional interpreter of the French Baroque repertoire, as well as the music of J. S. Bach.