	David Hurley, Countertenor (1990) A member of The King's Singers since 1990, David Hurley began his musical life at the age of 8 as a chorister in Winchester Cathedral. In 1981 he went to New College, Oxford, where he combined the duties of a choral scholar with life as an undergraduate student. Armed with a degree in geography, he found his way back to Winchester, where he sang once again with the Cathedral choir, and freelanced with many London based musical groups, including many concerts and recordings with the Gabrieli Consort. In 1989 he was offered the chance to audition to replace Jeremy Jackman as The King's Singers' first countertenor, and sang his first concert with the group the following February in Ruston, Louisiana. He has no idea how many concerts he has now sung with The King's Singers, but imagines that it is somewhere in excess of the 2000 mark! The last nineteen years have given him the great opportunity to work with many fine musicians, to travel to many fascinating places around the world, to sing in many of the great concert venues, and to meet many wonderful people. When not touring with The King's Singers, David loves being at home in West Sussex with his musician wife, Sarah. Here he has the chance to sail his boat, and to cook a few meals, though not necessarily at the same time. Another passion for David is reading, and he thinks he is one of the better customer s at Heathrow Airport's various book stores; all his books have numerous flight boarding passes as bookmarks, which are lovely mementoes of his travels.

	Timothy Wayne-Wright, Countertenor (2009) As the new member of The King’s Singers, Tim is about to embark on the most exciting musical journey of his life so far. Tim began his musical education at Chelmsford Cathedral where he was a chorister from the age of 7. He was encouraged to pursue his vocal studies and in 2001 he successfully gained a place at Goldsmith’s College, University of London, where he studied for the following 3 years. After this music degree, Tim wished to continue his training at a music conservatoire and in 2005 he won a scholarship to Trinity College of Music in Greenwich. He studied under Timothy Travers-Brown and will be forever indebted to him for his work on technique, stagecraft and his useful professional advice. In 2006, Tim left London to begin his time as a Lay Clerk at St. George’s Chapel within the grounds of Windsor Castle. He was privileged to meet the Queen and other member s of the Royal Family. During his time at Windsor, Tim pursued a busy freelance schedule with many groups such as English Voices, Ex Cathedra Consort, Polyphony, Stile Antico and Voces 8. The opportunity to audition for Robin Tyson’s place within The King’s Singers came in 2008. Two gruelling rounds later and he found himself accepting the job as a member of this unique vocal group. Tim is thrilled to have this rare opportunity to perform in many of the world’s greatest venues and to work with some of the finest musicians around today. He now lives in London with his partner Anna.

	Paul Phoenix, Tenor (1997) Paul began his musical training aged 9,as a chorister in the choir of St. Paul's Cathedral under the direction of Barry Rose. Whilst a member of the choir he recorded the 1980, Ivor Novello award-winning theme to the acclaimed BBC tv series, 'Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy'. This also led to an album recording for which he was presented with a gold disc in 1981. After leaving school he attended the Royal Northern College of Music, where he studied singing, and graduated in 1991. During this time he was also a member of Manchester Cathedral Choir. Paul joined The King's Singers in 1997, having previously worked as a freelance singer and vocal coach, singing with groups such as the Monteverdi Choir, and coaching the choristers of Westminster Under School. He loves the touring life and hectic concert, recording and education schedule in The King's Singers, and was delighted to be a part of the group as it celebrated 40 years! He is married to Helena, has two sons, William and Edward, and lives in rural Cambridgeshire. He enjoys avoiding his mid-life crisis by staying fit (running around 5 times a week, whatever the weather, and wherever the group happens to be!) and driving his dream sports car.

	Philip Lawson, Baritone I (1994) Philip Lawson began his musical training in the choir of a small Saxon church not far from Gatwick Airport. He progressed to York where in addition to singing counter tenor in the vast Minster there he read Music at the University, specialising in singing, conducting and composing. In his second year Philip switched from counter tenor to bass, and having graduated he became a freelance singer in London, performing regularly with the BBC Singers, Taverner Choir, Opera Rara and all the major cathedral and church choirs there. In 1982 he became a full time Lay Clerk in the choir of Salisbury Cathedral and combined this with the post of Director of Music at a local preparatory school, while still returning regularly to London to perform mostly with The Sixteen, The Schutz Choir and the late Richard Hickox's choir, Collegium Musicum 90. It was in Salisbury that Philip developed his passion for composing and arranging, writing numerous pieces for the three choirs at the school, music for the late-night "fringe" shows at the Southern Cathedrals Festival, and arrangements for a local seven-piece jazz band for which he also was the pianist. In 1993 Philip was invited to audition for The King's Singers, and first appeared with the group in January 1994, taking the place of founder-member Simon Carrington. Two years later he made a unique move up one place to first baritone, the position he holds today. Philip lives in a village near Salisbury and is married with three daughters.

	Chris Gabbitas, Baritone II (2003) Christopher joined The King's Singers in February 2004 following the departure of Gabriel Crouch. He began his musical career as a boy chorister at Rochester Cathedral in south-east England, and from there proceeded to Uppingham School as a Music Scholar. Following intensive voice coaching he was encouraged to apply to St. John's College, Cambridge University where he successfully gained a Choral Scholarship and studied from 1997-2000. On graduating with a law degree, Christopher continued his postgraduate studies at Oxford University, combining this with a Lay Clerk's position within Christ Church Cathedral. From 2001-2004 Christopher combined his career as a solicitor, in the City of London, with various singing engagements including performances and recordings with The Cambridge Singers (under John Rutter), European Voices (Sir Simon Rattle), The English Concert (Trevor Pinnock), Polyphony (Stephen Layton) and The King's Consort (Robert King). He was also one of the Gentlemen of the Temple Church, the ancient church of the Knights Templar made more famous recently in the Da Vinci Code. In 2003 he successfully auditioned for the second baritone position within The King's Singers, and sang his first concert with the group in the opera house of Bordeaux, on 5 February 2004. Since then he has performed all over the world, and feels fortunate to have appeared with the group in many of the world's greatest concert halls, including The Royal Albert and Festival Halls in London, Carnegie Hall (New York), The Kennedy Centre (Washington DC), the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Philharmonie (Berlin) and Suntory Hall (Tokyo), as well as the National Concert Halls of Taiwan, Korea, and China (Beijing and Shanghai). Christopher lives in Greenwich, London, with his wife Stephanie. Their first child is to be born during 2009 and, until then at least, they enjoy spending their time visiting the restaurants and theatres of London, and travelling further afield on holiday.

	Stephen Connolly, Bass (1987) Stephen was born in Leeds and began his musical education as a boy chorister on the Choir of Leeds Parish Church. At the age of 18 he accepted a scholarship to study singing at the Guildhall School of music and Drama in London where his teacher was Rudolf Piernay. Before officially completing his studies in London he was offered the position as bass with The King's Singers at the age of 21. Now in his 22nd year with the group, he lives in Devon in the South West of England, enjoying the tranquillity of the Devonshire countryside between his frenetic travels.