Susannah Lawergren - Soprano

Soprano Susannah Lawergren has developed a reputation for her versatility, “stunning vocal expression” and “beautifully clear soprano”. She has sung with some of the foremost ensembles, composers and festivals in Australia and is a principal singer of Bach Akademie Australia. Over her diverse performing career, she has developed a particular specialty in the music of Bach, especially his cantatas and motets.

Elizabeth Cooper - Mezzo-Soprano

Mezzo-soprano Elizabeth Cooper is an acclaimed emerging singer, most recently being a 2025-26 Young Artist with Opera Queensland including appearing as soloist in the company’s Brisbane Bel Canto Festival. She also performed in a number of programs at this year’s Newcastle Music Festival. Elizabeth undertook her Master of Music (Operatic Studies) in Sydney where she subsequently became a Young Artist with Pacific Opera. She performed numerous operatic roles across Queensland and New South Wales.

Kyle Stegall - Tenor

American-born tenor Kyle Stegall appears regularly in major sacred and concert works, particularly in baroque and classical repertoire, including Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem and Great Mass in C minor, Haydn’s Creation, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Monteverdi’s Vespers. A noted Evangelist in Bach’s Passions and Christmas Oratorio, he is also heard in the Mass in B minor and Magnificat and has performed with leading ensembles and orchestras across Australasia and North America.

Timothy Reynolds - Tenor

Timothy Reynolds has appeared as a tenor soloist with Australia’s foremost early music ensembles, including Bach Akademie Australia, Pinchgut Opera, Ludovico’s Band, and the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, and acclaimed international groups including The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam. A versatile ensemble singer, Timothy joined The Song Company as principal tenor in 2023, is a founding member of The Consort of Melbourne and has performed with other leading groups including e21 and Luminescence Chamber Singers.

David Greco - Baritone

ARIA Award-nominated baritone David Greco is internationally regarded for his recordings of Schubert and Bach. He has sung on some of the finest stages across Europe and Australia and was the first Australian to be appointed to a position with the Sistine Chapel Choir in Rome. David has an impressive catalogue of international recordings across a variety of labels.

David holds his PhD from the University of Melbourne and is member of the Vocal Faculty at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

The Choir of St James Church, King Street - Thomas Wilson, Director of Music

The Choir of St James’, King Street, Sydney is one of the oldest musical establishments in Australia and is regarded as one of the country’s foremost Anglican choirs. The Choir consists of around a dozen professional adult singers and maintains a regular schedule of weekly choral services and recordings, concerts, broadcasts and interstate and overseas tours.

It has become known and highly regarded for its artistically outstanding performances and enjoys regular collaborations with international groups including The Tallis Scholars and Gesualdo Six.

Julia Fredersdorff - Concertmaster

Melbourne-born violinist and Artistic Director Julia Fredersdorff studied baroque violin in the Netherlands with Enrico Gatti at The Royal Conservatorium in The Hague. Based in Paris for close to a decade, Julia freelanced with some of the finest European ensembles.

Julia is the founder and Artistic Director of Tasmania’s award-winning baroque chamber orchestra, Van Diemen’s Band and has appeared in major arts festivals world-wide, in addition to participating in over forty international recordings for various labels.