Our Story
Norwich Consort of Voices is the premier Norwich based professional classical vocal ensemble.
Founded in 2021 by Soprano and co-founder of Recordare, Kirsty O’Neill and our Conductor, Assistant Organist at Norwich Cathedral, George Inscoe, we offer the highest quality of classical vocal music and are comprised of some of the top classical singers and musicians in Norfolk, East Anglia and The UK.
We offer a versatile ensemble of up to Sixteen singers, including solosists and smaller ensembles to provide a broad range of music for a veriety of different concerts and occasions.
We are a platform for Norfolk and East Anglia’s professional Singers, enabling them to sing together as an ensemble and enabling Choral Societies to find soloists through us.
Take a look at our ‘Listen’ page to hear us perform, our ‘Concert Diary’ page to keep up to date and we would be grateful for any support you can offer us by becoming a Friend or Benefactor or just by sharing our performances with others.
“after living in Norwich for some time and having had family here all of my life, I feel a strong connection to this beautiful county. We knew that Norfolk was full of exceptional professional singers who, like myself, often travel around the country and further afield, to perform as soloists and with professional groups such as The Monteverdi Choir, Chamber Choir of London and The BBC Singers, among others. We both felt it was time to bring Norfolk’s professional singers together to form an new, exciting ensemble that represents this beautiful county and what it has to offer.” Kirsty O’Neill, Co-Founder
Our Team.
George Inscoe - Conductor (Assistant Organist at Norwich Cathedral)
George is the Assistant Organist at Norwich Cathedral, having previously held the cathedral's organ scholarship. Prior to his move to Norfolk, he was the organ scholar at the Temple Church and St Mark’s Church, Hamilton Terrace in London. His musical career began as a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral. In December 2005 he was chosen to be a soloist for the Young Voices Tour of the UK, performing in some of the countries’ largest and most prestigious concert halls including the Manchester and Sheffield Arenas, the Birmingham NIA and the Royal Albert Hall in London. Other prestigious events included the 2008 Lambeth Conference. He was made Senior Chorister in his final year.
He studied the Piano and the Organ with David Flood whilst a student at St Edmund’s School, Canterbury where he was a music scholar. He took part in many musical performances during his time at St Edmund’s culminating in a performance of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue during his final Gala Concert in Canterbury Cathedral.
George is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music where he was a scholarship student, studying with Susan Landale (in London and Paris) and Bine Bryndorf (in Copenhagen), he also studied improvisation with Gerard Brooks and Neil Wright. Whilst at the academy, George won numerous prizes for performance and academic achievement and performed regularly in concerts as part of the renowned Bach Cantata series and Widor Organ Symphonies series. During his four years in London, George performed with the London Mozart players in Cadogan Hall; the City of London Sinfonia in St Paul’s Cathedral and appeared on stage at the Royal Festival Hall.
Since moving to Norwich, he has given numerous recitals around the county, and has performed regularly with Norwich Baroque as a continuo player.
When not at the Organ, George will often be found playing football or out on the Golf course!
Kirsty O’Neill - Co-Founder and Soprano
Kirsty O’Neill is a freelance soprano ensemble singer and soloist performing throughout the UK and abroad. She is currently studying for her Masters with a scholarship in voice at The Royal Academy of Music and is supported by the Josephine Baker Trust. Her solo performances include Mozart's Requiem and Haydn’s Nelson Mass in Canterbury Cathedral, Handel’s Dixit Dominus and Israel in Egypt in Norwich Cathedral, Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri, Handel's Messiah, Vivaldi Gloria, Faure Requiem, and is soon to be performing Mozart Mass in C in Cadogan Hall with Ealing Choral Society and Bach’s St John Passion with Bournemouth Symphony Chorus.
As a choral singer, Kirsty has performed, recorded and toured with professional choirs in London, including The Gabrieli Consort, Polyphony, The BBC Singers, Chamber Choir of London, ORA Singers, Royal Hospital Chelsea, Church of the Holy Sepulchre and is an alumnus of the Genesis Sixteen programme run by Harry Christophers and The Sixteen. Kirsty was a choral scholar at Royal Holloway, University of London, graduating with honours and the chamber music prize in 2018.
Kirsty was a member of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain for 10 years, where she featured as a soloist on their CD, ‘A Festival of Britten'. Alongside her roll with Recordare she is also the cofounder of The Norwich Consort of Voices, run by George Inscoe.