John Hancorn - Director   John Hancorn has had an illustrious career in the world of Opera, Oratorio, recital and consort work. In addition to his busy concert diary, he has now established a firm reputation as a choral director and vocal animateur. He is Music Director of the East Sussex Bach Choir, with whom he has directed many performances of baroque and classical choral repertoire including a recent sell out performance of Bach St Matthew Passion in Brighton. He is closely associated with the Brighton Early Music Festival, and with Deborah Roberts is co-director of the Bremf Singers, with whom he has conducted Monteverdi Vespers, Bach B Minor Mass and Handel Israel in Egypt. In a more contemporary vein, he has directed the Orlando Consort in Tarik O'Regan Scattered Rhymes, and the world premiere of Orlando Gough's opera, The Finnish Prisoner, for Paddock Productions in Lewes. He is currently working with Helen Glavin on The Phoenix Cantata for performances in May 2012.  He was assistant conductor in the Brighton Festival production of John Tavener "The Veil of the Temple". Other recent projects have included Ed Hughes "Song for St Cecilia", Handel "Acis and Galatea", and Scarlatti Stabat Mater/ Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri. John is music director of Eastbourne Choral Society and The East Sussex Academy of Music “Academy Voices". John regularly leads vocal workshops and masterclasses, and is on the staff at Trinity College of Music, and Christ’s Hospital. He directs choral courses at Dartington International Summer School and leads vocal workshops at Ardingly International Summer Music School.

Alison Bury - Director Alison Bury is a founder member and regular leader of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with which she regularly appears and records as leader, soloist and director. As leader of the OAE she is usually to be found at Glyndebourne Festival Opera for performances of the operas of Handel and other baroque composers. In the 2007 season, she led the OAE in the Glyndebourne dramatisation of Bach's St Matthew Passion and in 2009 she was there for Purcell The Fairy-Queen and Handel Julio Cesare. For the 2012 season, she will be playing with the OAE in Purcell Fairy Queen and Mozart Nozze di Figaro. For over 20 years, Alison was leader of the English Baroque Soloists and has taken part in numerous recordings and toured in Europe, Australia, the U.S.A. and the Far East, including the Millennium Tour of Bach's Cantatas. Alison Bury started playing the baroque violin while a student at the Royal College of Music. After completing her studies there she won a Boise Scholarship to study at the Salzburg Mozarteum with Sandor Vegh and Nikolaus Harnancourt. While in Austria she performed and recorded with Concentus Musicus of Vienna. Alison also plays with the Raglan Baroque Players and accompanied them on their visit to the Baroque Music Festival in Australia. Recent chamber music activities include performances of the Beethoven Septet with other members of the OAE and recitals with harpsichordists Nicholas Parle, Maggie Cole and Malcolm Proud. She is highly regarded by singers with whom she has worked, including Andreas Scholl, and recently, Daniele de Niese, with whom she worked on a recording of Mozart arias. Additional solo work includes performances and recordings with the Academy of Ancient Music, the Raglan Baroque Players and the Taverner Players.