Richard Bloodworth, the headteacher of Durham Johnston Comprehensive School, was Musical Director of Ryton Choral Society for sixteen years. He was until recently, Musical Director of Northern Opera where he has worked with professional singers such as Janice Cairns, Susan Stacey, Yvonne Howard, Mark Holland and Lynton Atkinson, as well as with the professional directors Jonathan Clift, Peter ReIton and Stuart Maunder. He also worked as a guest conductor with Cleveland Youth Opera in Don Giovanni and Opera Nova inThe Marriage of Figaro.

Len Young was born in Manchester and then lived in the North Riding of Yorkshire before going to the Royal College of Music in London. He taught in London and Newcastle for 14 years before spending ten years as Adviser for Music with Newcastle Education Authority. He resumed teaching as Head of Music at Queen Elizabeth High School in 1995.

David Haslam began conducting at school. At the age of seventeen he won the Walter Stokes scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music where he studied flute, piano and composition. As a student, he was offered the position of principal flute of the Scottish National Orchestra. He accepted and remained there until he joined Northern Sinfonia, again as a principal flute, in 1962. Today he is acknowledged as one of the most admired flautists in the profession.

With the Sinfonia, he is also involved in programme planning, composition, orchestration, solo-directing and conducting.

Baldur Brönnimann was born and educated in Switzerland. He studied at the Music Academy of Basle, participating in masterclasses with eminent musicians including György Kurtag and Witold Lutoslawski.