Aisling Kenny is a versatile soloist, recitalist, and ensemble singer specialising in historical performance. She has sung as a soloist and ensemble singer with prominent Irish and European ensembles including Collegium Vocale Gent, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Resurgam, the Norwegian Wind Ensemble, Balthasar Neumann Chor, Camerata Kilkenny, Chamber Choir Ireland, Ensemble Passio and Sestina. She has worked with renowned conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Peter Whelan, Grete Pedersen, Monica Huggett, Christian Curnyn and Teodor Currentzis. As an ensemble singer she has sung with Gabrieli Consort, the Academy of Ancient Music, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, RIAS Kammerchor and Utopia Choir. Aisling has appeared as soloist in several projects with the Irish Baroque Orchestra directed by Peter Whelan, including a solo Bach cantata concert at the National Concert Hall and Handelfest at Dublin Castle. International performances as a soloist include Johannespassion in Eisenach, and BWV 73 at the Thomaskirche Leipzig with Collegium Vocale Gent, directed by Philippe Herreweghe, and a recital at the Finding a Voice Festival at University of California, Irvine with pianist Lorna Griffitt. Aisling appears as a soloist on acclaimed recordings including Weelkes’ anthems and services with Resurgam (Resonus, 2023) and IBO’s Cousser/Purcell disc (Linn Records, 2022).

Soprano Charlotte O'Hare is an award-winning soprano based in Northern Ireland and works internationally as a soloist and ensemble singer. She studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and was awarded the RNCM’s Gold Medal, as well as the Elizabeth Harwood and Frederic Cox prizes. ​Charlotte has featured as soloist with various early music ensembles including the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Arcangelo, Resurgam and the Ulster Consort, as well as ensemble performances with the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Gabrieli Consort, Academy of Ancient Music and Polyphony. Charlotte regularly works with other European vocal ensembles including Det Norske Solistkor, Ars Nova Copenhagen and Chamber Choir Ireland. She has also appeared as a soloist with The BBC Philharmonic and The Ulster Orchestra. Operatic roles include Despina (Cosi Fan Tutte), Gabrielle (La Vie Parisienne), Pamina (The Magic Flute), title roles in Handel’s Semele and Theodora, and numerous productions with companies including Opera North, Garsington Opera, Buxton Festival and Opera Collective Ireland. Charlotte also works in music education and outreach for Sing Ireland, Leeds Lieder, Opera North Education, and the Royal Ballet and Opera House. Charlotte is generously supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Rachel Factor concertises on harpsichord as a soloist and chamber artist. She has performed with many of Ireland’s leading ensembles at prestigious festivals throughout Ireland and has participated in concerts recorded for and broadcast by RTÉ Lyric FM. Rachel has performed multiple times at the Handel-Hendrix House Museum in London. She has a keen interest in Irish Baroque music and contemporary music, of which she has premiered works by many emerging composers in Ireland, and has performed with Irish Composers’ Collective and Crash Ensemble. With the Irish and Baroque fusion group Sonamus Rachel has recorded a successful CD, Music of Ireland. Rachel is also the harpsichord professor at TU Conservatoire of Music and Drama Dublin and an examiner for the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Rachel’s initial studies were with Gillian Smith and later with Dr David Adams. Rachel also received tutelage from Carole Cerasi, Laurence Cummings, Malcolm Proud, and Christophe Rousset. Rachel was the recipient of the Arts Council 2017 Artist Bursary Award, 2011 and 2018 Music Network Music Capital Scheme and 2019-2021 Arts Council Agility Award. Rachel gratefully acknowledges support from Music Network and the Arts Council of Ireland.

Raymond O'Donnell is organist and director of music at Galway Cathedral, a post he has held since 1994. A native of Dublin, he studied music and mathematical physics at Maynooth University, graduating in 1991 with a first-class Master’s degree in organ performance and interpretation. He founded Galway Cathedral Recitals in 1994, to present a series of organ and other concerts in the Cathedral every summer; and between 2006 and 2007 he oversaw a major rebuild of the cathedral organ which saw it transformed into one of the finest symphonic instruments in the country. Before coming to Galway, he directed sacred music for three years in Clongowes Wood College. He has a busy performing career, and performs regularly as soloist and accompanist in Ireland and across Europe; forthcoming engagements include solo recitals in Germany and Italy later this year. He is an adjunct lecturer and tutor in St Patrick’s Pontifical University and Maynooth University. In addition to his musical career, Ray also specialises in developing bespoke software for online administrative systems, and when time permits he enjoys taking to the skies with Galway Flying Club, where he is presently training as a flight instructor.