The Southrepps Music Festival has championed young talent since 2014 through its Young Artists’ Programme, offering exceptional emerging singers a unique opportunity to learn, grow and perform. Every year, participants bring fresh musical voices and perspectives to the festival stage, enhancing both their own artistic journeys and the festival experience for audiences.
This annual scheme brings promising young musicians to Southrepps for an intensive week of individual coaching with professional artists from the festival and visiting experts, including Tom Primrose, Ben Johnson, David Parry, James Platt and Julian Hubbard, among others. Participants benefit from focused mentorship, performance practice, and the chance to perform for our vibrant musical community.
What the Programme Offers
This immersive experience gives exceptional and promising young musicians meaningful performance opportunities in a supportive and inspiring environment, and often becomes a stepping‑stone to further professional development.
This annual scheme brings promising young musicians to Southrepps for an intensive week of individual coaching with professional artists from the festival and visiting experts, including Tom Primrose, Ben Johnson, David Parry, James Platt and Julian Hubbard, among others. Participants benefit from focused mentorship, performance practice, and the chance to perform for our vibrant musical community.
What the Programme Offers
- Masterclasses – Young Artists take part in public and private masterclasses, gaining insights into technique, interpretation, and performance practice.
- Performance Opportunities – Participants perform in festival concerts and recitals, including dedicated Young Artists’ recitals.
- Professional Mentorship – One‑to‑one coaching with festival artists helps develop artistic confidence and repertoire skills.
This immersive experience gives exceptional and promising young musicians meaningful performance opportunities in a supportive and inspiring environment, and often becomes a stepping‑stone to further professional development.
Former Young Artists
Over the years, the programme has supported many talented singers who have gone on to exciting musical paths. Recent Young Artists include:
2025
Naomi Boot, mezzo soprano
Daisy Livesey, soprano
Armand Rabot, baritone
Francisco Ribeiro, tenor
2024
Maddie Boreham, soprano
Kirsty McNaughton, soprano
Francis Melville, tenor
2023
Richard Decker, countertenor
Jacob Fitzgerald, baritone
Caitlin Goreing, mezzo soprano
Jake Harris, tenor
Southrepps at Long Common 2023
Maddie Boreham, Soprano
Josh Lane, Baritone
Francis Melville, Tenor
Armand Rabot, Baritone
2022
Isabel Garcia Araujo, soprano
Lily Mo Browne, mezzo soprano
Michael Temporal Darrell, baritone
Oliver Bowes, baritone
2019
Young Artist Reunion Year
2018
Charlotte Brosnen, Soprano
Olivia Warburton, Soprano
Archie Buchannon, Tenor
Dan D’Souza, Baritone
2017:
Jenny Stafford, Soprano
Joel Williams, Tenor
Lawrence Halksworth, Baritone
Ed Kay, Baritone
2016:
Clarire Barnett-Jones, Mezzo-Soprano
Magnus Walker, Tenor
Henry Neill, Baritone
James Wafer, Baritone
2015:
Sinead O'Kelly, Soprano
Adam Temple Smith, Tenor
Joel Williams, Tenor
Huw Montague-Rendall, Baritone
Alex Otterburn, Baritone
2014:
Emily Garland, Soprano
Tim Morgan, Countertenor
Julian Gregory, Tenor
Tim Kingston, Tenor
Peter Kirk, Tenor
Thorvald Blough, Baritone
Over the years, the programme has supported many talented singers who have gone on to exciting musical paths. Recent Young Artists include:
2025
Naomi Boot, mezzo soprano
Daisy Livesey, soprano
Armand Rabot, baritone
Francisco Ribeiro, tenor
2024
Maddie Boreham, soprano
Kirsty McNaughton, soprano
Francis Melville, tenor
2023
Richard Decker, countertenor
Jacob Fitzgerald, baritone
Caitlin Goreing, mezzo soprano
Jake Harris, tenor
Southrepps at Long Common 2023
Maddie Boreham, Soprano
Josh Lane, Baritone
Francis Melville, Tenor
Armand Rabot, Baritone
2022
Isabel Garcia Araujo, soprano
Lily Mo Browne, mezzo soprano
Michael Temporal Darrell, baritone
Oliver Bowes, baritone
2019
Young Artist Reunion Year
2018
Charlotte Brosnen, Soprano
Olivia Warburton, Soprano
Archie Buchannon, Tenor
Dan D’Souza, Baritone
2017:
Jenny Stafford, Soprano
Joel Williams, Tenor
Lawrence Halksworth, Baritone
Ed Kay, Baritone
2016:
Clarire Barnett-Jones, Mezzo-Soprano
Magnus Walker, Tenor
Henry Neill, Baritone
James Wafer, Baritone
2015:
Sinead O'Kelly, Soprano
Adam Temple Smith, Tenor
Joel Williams, Tenor
Huw Montague-Rendall, Baritone
Alex Otterburn, Baritone
2014:
Emily Garland, Soprano
Tim Morgan, Countertenor
Julian Gregory, Tenor
Tim Kingston, Tenor
Peter Kirk, Tenor
Thorvald Blough, Baritone