About Us

Welcome to the home of the Setra Consort, a new dynamic vocal ensemble based in London, UK. Drawing on some of the finest young ensemble singers in the country the Setra Consort aims to explore all types of choral music ranging from 16th Century polyphony to modern day close harmony arrangements with an emphasis on performing music by under represented composers and minorities.

The members of the Setra Consort are all leading choral musicians working in the UK and abroad and currently sing with top vocal ensembles such as Tenebrae, Tallis Scholars, The Sixteen and The Monteverdi Choir. Above all they have all been friends for many years and share their common love of making music to the highest standards with friends.

In January 2022 the group travelled to Kenardington, Kent to record their debut album ‘In Beauty May I Walk’.

British Soprano, Daisy Walford, graduated from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance with first class honours. Here, Daisy held scholarships, generously supported by Trinity College London and Dame Susan Morden Trust.

Daisy performs regularly as a soloist for oratorio, recent performances include Vivaldi’s Gloria with Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Bach - St John Passion with London Mozart Players and Bach Mass in B Minor with Swansea Philharmonic Choir.

On the stage, Daisy has performed the role of Belinda in Purcell’s ‘Dido and Aeneas’ for The Erebus Ensemble, and covered Signora Avolio in Nick Drake’s play ‘All the Angels’, performed at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe. Daisy went on to play ‘Devil’ in ‘The Tempest’ as part of a Restoration Shakespeare research programme at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe. Daisy performed in a staged production of the Bach St. John Passion with the Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle and directed by Peter Sellars.

As an ensemble singer, Daisy works with some of the world’s leading ensembles, including, Monteverdi Choir, The Tallis Scholars, Tenebrae, The Sixteen, Choir of the Age of Enlightenment, Sansara, St Martin’s Voices, Philharmonia Voices and London Voices.

Rachel Haworth is a Soprano from Lancashire. She received her musical tuition at the Royal Northern College of Music Junior Department before going on to read English at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where she was also an Organ Scholar and sang with the University of Cambridge Chamber Choir. After graduating Rachel was the Graduate Assistant Organist at Sidney Sussex from 2015-2016 and then sang with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge the following year, when she took up the position of Choir Administrator.

Rachel joined St Martin-in-the-Fields in September 2019 as a choral scholar and was then appointed a Fellowship with St Martin’s Voices from 2020 to 2021. She was also a choral scholar at St Saviour’s Church, Pimlico. She now enjoys a busy performing, touring and recording schedule with groups such as Tenebrae, Alamire, Ex Cathedra, Tallis Scholars and St Martin’s Voices. From September 2022 Rachel will take up the position of Soprano Associate Artist with Tenebrae Choir.

Alongside singing, Rachel is a Visiting Music Teacher of Organ, Piano and Singing at The Leys School in Cambridge and also works as a freelance organist and accompanist.

Amy graduated with a BMus degree from Cardiff University in 2012, receiving the Geraint Evans Vocal Prize for outstanding performance in her final recital.

Currently based in London, Amy enjoys a busy career as an ensemble and consort singer performing with some of the UK’s top vocal groups including Tenebrae, Polyphony and London Voices across the UK, Europe and the US. In additional to her concert and recording session work Amy is involved in regular liturgical commitments with the UK’s prestigious professional church choirs including St. Paul’s Cathedral. In 2020 she recorded and toured Max Richter’s critically acclaimed ‘Voices’ at the Barbican Centre, Crystal Palace Bowl and Warwick Arts Centre. Amy is a regular member of the award winning vocal collective Sansara. Performance highlights with Sansara include Barbican Sound Unbound, Kings Place, St. John’s Smith Square, V&A, Temple Winter Festival, Newbury Spring Festival and Winchester Festival and is particularly looking forward to an upcoming collaboration with the Viol Consort Fretwork as part of the St. John’s Smith Square Holy Week Festival.

Recent solo performances include Durufle’s Pie Jesu, Mendelssohn’s Gartenlieder and Haydn’s Heiligmesse.

Tom Perkins started his singing career as a chorister at Arundel Cathedral. He went on to study Vocal Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and held a Lay Clerk position at Llandaff Cathedral during his time in Cardiff.

Tom later went on to become Lay Vicar at Chichester Cathedral and has since moved to London where he works as a freelance singer. To date Tom has sung with some of the UK's top ensembles including Tenebrae, English Concert, Carice Singers, Echo Vocal Ensemble and Recodare Chamber Choir. He is currently a member of the Chapel Royal Choir at the Tower of London. Tom regularly performs with St. Martins Voices including concerts with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London Mozart Players and the Will Todd Ensemble. Tom is a former member of Genesis Sixteen.

As well as singing Tom is a freelance producer and recording engineer and has produced recordings for Chichester Cathedral Choir, Carnegie Hall, Classic FM and St. Martins-in-the-Fields.

Will is a freelance tenor and conductor based in London after graduating from University of Bristol, where he was supported by the J. H. Britton Fund. Will has performed and recorded with a number of ensembles including Marian Consort, Synergy Vocals, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Eric Whitacre Singers, Sansara, Echo Vocal Ensemble, London Choral Sinfonia, Siglo de Oro and the Carice Singers.

Will regularly records and works with London Voices and the Audio Network specialising in film and video game soundtracks. During lockdowns, Will recorded audio and guide tracks for the Stay at Home Choir, Choir of the Earth as well with St Martins Voices for their regular online worship.

Recent solo highlights include performing a staged off-copy Messiah, Evangelist in the St Matthew Passion, Stainer Crucifixion and Mozart's Requiem and C Minor Mass. Over the next few years Will continues to perform in a touring premiere of Steve Reich’s Travellers Prayer with Synergy Vocals and the Colin Currie Group throughout Europe, USA and Asia as well as an upcoming performance of Reich’s Proverb in Nancy with the Ictus Ensemble.

Tom is a freelance artistic director, singer and conductor. Since graduating from Oxford in 2016, he has worked for Oxford Lieder, Intermusica, the Association of British Orchestras and Sulivan Sweetland. He is the Producer of the Holy Week Festival (St John's Smith Square/Tenebrae) and an alumnus of the Netherlands Chamber Choir's NXT scheme. Tom performs regularly with Tenebrae and the Monteverdi Choir amongst others. Outside music, he is a keen photographer, traveller, verified dog person and wannabe yogi.