John Savournin (2000-2001)

2000: Winner; Musical and Operetta (18 and under), Constance Shacklock Memorial Rose Bowl
2001: Winner; Junior Recital

John Savournin, Baritone, studied acting at LAMDA, before winning a scholarship to study singing at Trinity College of Music. He graduated with a BMus (First Class) and was awarded the Founder's Prize for Excellence and the Paul Simms Opera Prize. He currently studies with Russel Smythe. Whist at Trinity, John performed the roles of Doctor Hasselbacher, Our Man in Havana; Captain Macheath, The Beggar's Opera and the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Into the Woods. Since then he has performed Papageno, Magic Flute, and Shaunard, La Bohéme, for British Youth Opera/South Bank Sinfonia, Figaro, The Barber of Seville, the title role, Don Giovanni; Guglielmo, Cosi fan tutte; Colline, La Bohéme for Raymond Gubbay, Katisha/ Pish-Tush, The Mikado; Pirate King, The Pirates of Penzance; Captain Corcoran, H.M.S. Pinafore, for Charles Court Opera. Roles at the International G&S Festival include Grosvenor, Patience; Giuseppe, The Gondoliers; The Pirate King, The Pirates of Penzance and Sir Richard, The Yeoman of the Guard, Figaro, Barber of Seville for Minotaur Music Theatre and Guglielmo, Cosi fan tutte for Opera UK Company.

Oratorio and concert work includes Britten's War Requiem under Jan Latham Koenig; Serenade to Music at the Queen Elizabeth Hall; St. Matthew Passion with the English Chamber Orchestra; Kagel's 24. Xii. 1931, with The Warehouse Ensemble under Edwin Roxborough; James Young's A Collection of English Nonsense (World Premiere); The Sentinel, Cry of Innocence (Created for Gyenyame for Performing Arts) and George, Midsummer, (created for B.A.C. Opera 2005), and Messiah by Candlelight for Raymond Gubbay at The Bridgewater Hall, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. John has recorded the role of Yeti - an abominamusical by Grant Olding, which is soon to be launched on Broadway and A Collection of English Fairytales for Italian cartoons and commercials. He has also appeared on In Tune (Radio Three) and recorded two CDs with the highly acclaimed Eaton-Young Piano Duo.

He has recently covered the role of Sciarrone, Tosca for Raymond Gubbay, and is currently performing the roles of Hermann and Schlemil, Tales of Hoffmann for Mid Wales Opera. John is General Director of Charles Court Opera, one of London's leading small-scale opera companies, for whom he has directed 14 operas and musicals to date since the companies' inception in 2005.

Caitlin Procter (2000-2006)

2000: Runner-up; Vocal Solo
2002: Runner-up; British Song
2003: Winner; Oratorio (18 and under)
Runner-up; Opera, Musical and Operetta (18 and under)
2004: Winner; Junior Recital
2005: Winner; Duet
2006: Runner-up; Senior Recital

Having spent a year teaching music in schools in various African countries, Caitlin went to read Music at Newcastle University with singing as part of her studies.

Adam Hepkin (2000-2002)

2000: Winner; Junior Recital
2001: Winner; Musical and Operetta (18 and under)
Runner-up; Oratorio (18 and under)
2002: Runner-up; Oratorio (18 and under)

Adam trained at the Bristol Academy of Performing Arts (BAPA) studying professional musical theatre under Andrew Hambly-Smith. Whilst at college, he directed and played Brian in Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens and won much critical acclaim for his "superbly smarmy, groin-orientated and creepy" portrayal of Darryl Van Horne in The Witches of Eastwick. Adam is a regular personality at the International G & S Festival, where in 2004 he became the youngest ever recipient of the International Award, 'Best Male Gilbert and Sullivan Performer' for his portrayal of John Wellington Wells in The Sorcerer.

Most recently, Adam played the role of Issachar in Bill Kenwright's No.1 UK Tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat as well as understudying and playing the pivotal role of the Narrator and acting as dance captain for the production. He has also appeared in small-scale tours with Blag Theatre Company and their parody show, Entertainment My Arts! as well as Bristol based musical comedy group On That Note. Television credits include Four Fathers (ITV), Wild Horses (Channel 4) and an animation with Paul McGann entitled The Immortal Henri Blutoe.