Omnium Ensemble

conducted by Olivia Earl

Tremayne Hall, Mylor Bridge TR11 5NA, 7:30pm, 23 May 2026

Founded in 2024 and directed by Olivia Earl, Omnium Ensemble brings together outstanding emerging professional singers from Oxford, Royal Holloway, Genesis Sixteen, and other distinguished backgrounds. The ensemble is committed to musical excellence, supporting living composers, and promoting the wellbeing benefits of singing together.

Olivia Earl began singing as one of the first Girl Choristers at Canterbury Cathedral. She later studied at Royal Holloway, University of London, and completed an MPhil in Music with Distinction at the University of Oxford. A former member of Genesis Sixteen, Olivia has sung with ensembles including Schola Cantorum of Oxford, the Magdalen Consort of Voices, and numerous professional groups, alongside solo performances including Mahler’s *Symphony No. 2* at the Sheldonian Theatre.

Alongside her performing career, Olivia is passionate about choral leadership, vocal education, and vocal wellbeing. She is Choral Director for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark, a Section Coach for the National Youth Choir, and works with organisations including Sing Inside and the VOCES8 Foundation.

Soprano: Ciara Williams, Amelia Smith

Alto: Issie Davis, Charlotte Sleet

Tenor: Jordan Berry, Rob Murray John

Bass: Inigo Jones, Edwin Hughes

www.omniumensemble.com

Truro Male Choir directed by Russell Pascoe

Special guests Truro Male Choir, directed by Cornish composer and conductor Russell Pascoe — founder of the Cornwall Youth Chamber Choir and recipient of the Gorsedd Prize. The choir combines a proud male voice tradition with an adventurous, contemporary musical approach. Pascoe has also worked with the Cornwall Male Voice Choir and Duchy Opera as répétiteur and chorus master.

www.cityoftruromalechoir.co.uk

PROGRAMME

William Harris: Holy is the True light

(with workshop singers participation)

Nathan James Dearden: Full of Sweet Days

(from ‘Full of Sweet Days’)

Simon Beattie: With One’s Thoughts

Russell Pascoe: I am the Song

William Byrd: Ne Irascaris / Civitas

Richard Rodney Bennett: A Good-Night

Frank Ticheli: There Will Be Rest

Matthew Coleridge: Abendlied

Ben Parry: O Nata Lux

INTERVAL

Judith Weir: My Guardian Angel

(with audience/workshop singers participation)

Ola Gjeilo: Ubi Caritas

Gerald Finzi: My Spirit Sang All Day

Will Harmer: Three Madrigals

John Rutter: It was a Lover and his Lass

Nathan James Dearden: Let All the World

(from ‘Full of Sweet Days’)