Neal Davies studied at King’s College, London and the RAM, and won the Lieder Prize at the 1991 Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. Neal Davies appears with the Royal Opera, the English National Opera, the Scottish Opera, Garsington Opera, Opera de Montreal, Opera de Marseille, the Deutsche Staatsoper, Berlin and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and regularly with the Welsh National Opera; in concert with the Oslo Philharmonic ( Jansons), BBCSO (Boulez), Cleveland and Philharmonia Orchestras (Dohnanyi), COE (Harnoncourt), OAE (Brüggen), Gabrieli Consort (McCreesh), the Hallé (Elder), Les Arts Florissants (Christie) and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Harding). He appears regularly at the Edinburgh Festival and has recorded for the major labels. Engagements include Don Alfonso for the Welsh National Opera, a tour of Jephtha with Les Arts Florissants, Death of Klinghoffer with the English National Opera, and Charpentier’s David et Jonathas with the Aix-en-Provence Festival and William Christie.

Andrew Kennedy studied at King’s College, Cambridge and the Royal College of Music in London. He was a member of the Young Artists Programme at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden where he performed many solo principal roles. Andrew has won numerous prizes and awards including the 2005 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Prize. He is a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award winner and won the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artists’ Award in 2006. He was also a member of BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists Scheme. Operatic roles include Tamino The Magic Flute (English National Opera); Flute A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Opera Covent Garden); Jaquino Fidelio (Glyndebourne Festival) and Ferrando Così fan tutte (Glyndebourne Touring Opera); Nemorino L’elisir d’amore (Opera North) and Tom Rakewell The Rake’s Progress (La Scala). Concert engagements include Jaquino Fidelio, Francesco Benvenuto Cellini and Mozart Requiem for the LSO/Sir Colin Davis (all recorded for the LSO Live CD label) and Novice Billy Budd (LSO/Harding, recorded on EMI/Virgin Classics). Equally passionate about song repertoire, Andrew gives numerous recitals in Europe and the UK and appears regularly with the pianists Julius Drake, Roger Vignoles Iain Burnside and Malcolm Martineau. Andrew’s fast growing discography includes four solo albums (‘Strauss Songs’ with Roger Vignoles for Hyperion; ‘On Wenlock Edge’ with the Dante Quartet/Simon Crawford Philips for Signum Classics; ‘The Dark Pastoral’ with Julius Drake and Simon Russell Beale for Altara Classics and ‘The Curlew’ with Simon Lepper for Landor Records) and two shared recital discs (‘On Buying A Horse’ and a recording of Liszt songs both with Iain Burnside for Signum Classics). Andrew has recently released his first orchestral album of Gluck, Berlioz and Mozart arias for Signum Classics

Founded in 1836, the Huddersfield Choral Society has developed an international reputation as one of the UK's leading choral societies.

The Society's busy schedule is centred on its own subscription concert season in Huddersfield Town Hall, including its annual performances of Messiah. The choir also performs in other major concert venues in the UK and abroad, it regularly broadcasts for BBC radio and television, and has a long history of pioneering recordings.