OFFICERS/COMMITTEE

Interim Directors of Music

Harriet Oakley is a professional singer, conductor and singing teacher. She is the musical director of The Alvington Singers and teaches the Choristers of Buckfast Abbey as well as teaching at a number of other schools across Devon. She sings as a soloist for ensembles such as The Bach Choir (Bodmin) and  The Dartington Community Choir. Prior to moving to Devon in 2020, Harriet was a guest conductor for the award winning Epiphoni Consort as well as conducting a number of amateur and professional ensembles.

Matt Davies studied music at Trinity Hall, Cambridge University where he served as an organ scholar and performed with a variety of ensembles from symphony orchestras to chamber ensembles. Matt teaches music at Exeter School where he directs the senior choirs and choral ensembles. Matt is organist, choir master and Director of Music at Stoke Gabriel Parish Church. He is an accomplished choral accompanist and has been accompanist to a number of choirs including  the Bristol Phoenix Choir, Portishead Choral Society and now South Devon Choir and Torbay Singers.

President

John Hobbs is the conductor of the North Devon and Bude Choral Societies and former Music Director of South Devon Choir; and is organist at Holy Trinity Church, Weare Giffard.

His singing career began as a choral scholar at Cambridge University.

He has sung an extensive repertoire of oratorio, lieder and songs with many choral and music societies and performs many principal baritone operatic roles for the Duchy Opera Company and New Cornwall Opera.

John’s enthusiasm for music and zest for life are reflected in the way he directs the  Choir, both in rehearsal and performance.  Everything he does is with good humour, great patience and enormous professionalism and his contribution to music across the Counties of Devon and Cornwall is appreciated and applauded by us all.