SOPRANOS
Suzanne Jones
Soprano
Day job Business manager
Aspires to sound like Andrea Haines
Choral highlight Meeting his blondness Eric Whitacre backstage at St David's Hall.
Random fact I've sung backing vocals in a band with Adele's granny...
Favourite Spectrum piece Pearsall's 'Lay a Garland' never fails to send tingles down my spine!
Emily Scaglioni
Soprano
Day job Music teacher
Aspires to sound like Eva Cassidy
Choral highlight Conducting a delightfully enthusiastic junior choir in Manchester.
Random fact I founded and led a Ukulele Society at York University for two years.
Favourite Spectrum piece 'Song of the Dawn' from the 1930s' film King of Jazz.
Jess Davies
Soprano
Day job Arts psychotherapist/ Probation officer
Aspires to sound like Kate Bush
Choral highlight Singing Christmas carols in winter sunshine at Dyffryn with Spectrum, after a 2-year Covid silence...
Random fact I was an extra in a Bollywood movie called Tere bin Laden 2: Dead or Alive
Favourite Spectrum piece I love doing 'Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town', because I usually get totally lost and enjoy the chase of trying to keep up!
ALTOS
Helen Turner
Alto
Day job HM Inspector of Health and Safety
Aspires to sound like Katherine Jenkins
Choral highlight Being in the visiting choir at Chester Cathedral for a week. Sleep, sing, repeat: bliss.
Random fact I have performed with Hinge and Bracket at the Wimbledon Theatre.
Favourite Spectrum piece 'Northern Lights' by Ola Gjeilo. At last, a composer who likes altos!
Shelagh Greenland
Alto
Day job RNLI fundraiser. Retired teacher of the deaf
Aspires to sound like Kathleen Ferrier
Choral highlight Singing evensong in Tewkesbury Abbey.
Random fact I played Queen Eleanor giving birth to Edward, first Prince of Wales, while 9 months pregnant. The large bump was still there after the recording; fortunately it was BBC radio!
Favourite Spectrum piece I enjoy most of the music; there are just a few I'd rather send to Room 101!
Julia Nasrallah
Alto
Day job English teacher
Aspires to sound like Norah Jones
Choral highlight Singing Brahms' Requiem in the University of Beirut's Assembly Hall.
Random fact When studying in Utah, USA, I was part of the only all- women crew-racing yachts on Salt Lake.
Favourite Spectrum piece I mainly love the variety of secular and religious pieces, which keeps things interesting.
Lucy Woodhall
Alto
Day job Account Manager for Conker Distillery and Volunteer Support Worker for Cruse
Aspires to sound like Etta James
Choral highlight Singing 'Silent Night' live for the first time as the alto in a three-part harmony trio, it definitely planted the seed that led me to joining Spectrum Singers.
Random fact I have 4 daughters, 2 cats, 1 tortoise, 1 snake, 1 lizard, 1 hamster and 2 fish.
Favourite Spectrum piece 'My Lord has Come' is just so beautiful, it's lovely to be a part of that gorgeous sound!
TENORS
George Speed
Tenor
Day job Bus driver
Aspires to sound like Any proper tenor, preferably a Welsh one! (I'm Scottish.)
Choral highlight Singing in St Davids' Praise at St David's Hall with Cambrensis choir and orchestra.
Random fact I've played the organ in Westminster Abbey (very loudly!).
Favourite Spectrum piece 'Christmas Medley' and any Swingle-style arrangements of Bach and Handel.
Benjamin Gait
Tenor
Day job Composer/Local Authority Officer
Aspires to sound like Scott Walker
Choral highlight Playing first horn in a performance of Elgar's 'Dream of Gerontius'.
Random fact I own roughly 50 Miles Davis albums.
Favourite Spectrum piece 'Clew Ein Llef'.
BASSES
David Bacon
Baritone
Day job Policy and project development for Welsh refugee sector
Aspires to sound like Elvis Presley
Choral highlight The first time I saw Mozart's 'Magic Flute' was incredible; it made my spine tingle!
Random fact I partnered the King of Lesotho in a tennis doubles match in the 1970s...
Favourite Spectrum piece The melodic, slower ones (because I can sing them!) especially 'Ave Verum' by Saint Saens.
Carsten Muller
Bass
Day job Researcher and lecturer, University of Cardiff
Aspires to sound like Ivan Rebroff
Choral highlight Performing 'Carmina Burana' with Cardiff University Choir and Orchestra in St David’s Hall, 1996.
Random fact I steered a 45m merchant vessel through Kiel canal aged 17.
Favourite Spectrum piece
One of my favourites is 'Pokarekare', the harmonic equivalent of strawberries and cream...