Benjamin Luxon was born in Cornwall and became one of Britains's top international singers; in recognition of his distinguished career he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1986.

Thomas Allen is an established star of the great opera houses of the world. At the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, where in 1996 he celebrated the twenty-fith anniversary of his debut with the company, he has sung over forty roles.

Janice Cairns was born in Northumberland and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music. After a season with Scottish Opera she studied with Tito Gobbi in Rome and Florence. She made her operatic debut as Desdemona in Otello at the Thessaloniki Festival, Greece, directed by Gobbi.

Suzanne Manuell's operatic roles include Papagena in The Magic Flute, Prince Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Olga in Eugene Onegin, Giulietta in The Tales of Hoffman and the title roles in Rossini's La Cenerentola and Bizet's Carmen.

Rachel Luxon completed postgraduate studies as the Brady Scholar at the RNCM in June 2000. Operatic roles include Madame Goldentrill The Impressario, Pamina and Konigen Der Nacht Die Zauberfldte (Britten-Pears, RNCM, English Touring Opera), Papagena Die Zauberflote (English Touring Opera), Poussette Manon (English Touring Opera), Despina Cos! Fan Tutte (Camerata), Gianetta The Gondoliers (Christchurch College, Canterbury), and she created the role of Mary in Joe Carpenter & Son by Ken Roberts for First Act Opera.

Rachel sang soprano in solo-ensemble for Dido and Aeneas and Freda in Weill's The Silver Lake for Broomhill Opera. She also sang the role of Euridice 04E (Opo) in an education project for Opera North.

Born in Melbourne, Australia where he graduated from The Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Music, Blake is currently a postgraduate student at the Royal Northern College of Music where his studies are generously supported by the Peter Moores Foundation.

James graduated from the Alexander Gibson Opera School in Glasgow with an MMus (Advanced Opera). He has performed many operatic roles, the most recent including Theseus - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Armando - L'Assedio di Calais, Luka - The Bear, Count Asdruble - La Pietra del Paragone, Don Alfonso - Cos! fan tutte, the doctor - Punch and Judy, First Lad - Silverlake, Prince Gremin - Eugene Onegin, Pistola - Falstaff, the Carpenter - HMS Pinafore, Antonio - The Gondoliers, 2nd Yeoman - The Yeomen of the Guard, Harum - The Wondrous Tale of Fanferlizzy Sunnyfeet (Broomhill Opera) and Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro for Clonter Opera.

Born and bred in Coldstream, singer Bobby Hanlon first met George at the Hirsel Golf Club where they were both members and where he first learnt of NEPAC and Georges' Last Night of the Proms. Together with friends from Coldstream, he attended the Proms concert for the first time in October 2002. and was inspired by the whole event. Through a mutual friend he made contact with Rosalynde to say that his ambition had always been to perform on the 'big' stage with a leading orchestra and "to do so would be the realisation of an unfulfilled dream".