Lowri Probert

Lowri is a soprano from Brecon, South Wales. She is currently studying at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester under the tuition of Jane Irwin.

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​Before arriving at college in 2016, Lowri was involved in several groups for young singers, including Welsh National Opera's Youth Opera and Ty Cerdd's Training Choirs. Through these groups, she gained experience of Opera Scenes and was given opportunities to study roles such as Cherubino from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Dido from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.

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​Lowri also had the privilege of being one of the choral scholars with Crickhowell Choral Society. As well as performing within the choir, Lowri has also sung as a soloist with the choir on a number of occasions, such as singing the alto solo in Handel's Messiah; 2015, and the mezzo-soprano solo in Mahler's 2nd Symphony, 2017. 

Jasmin Allpress

Jasmin Allpress is 21 years old and is originally from Bath. She began playing the piano at six and continued her studies at Chetham's School of Music at sixteen, studying with Peter Lawson and Graham Caskie. Having spent three years studying with Frank Wibaut on the 'joint course', she has now graduated from the University of Manchester, and is currently in her fourth year at the Royal Northern College of Music, studying with Helen Krizos. 

A keen advocate for contemporary music, Jasmin works with composers internationally and across the country. Collaborations have included working with Michael Finnissy on a piece dedicated to her as part of the Larisa Trio and Czech composer Jiri Kaderabek on his piece Hindyish which she performed in the Carole Nash Recital Room at the RNCM in 2017.