Lunch Time Concert - May (Anna Gregg and Janice Tsui)

- Die stille Lotosblume - C Schumann 

- Die Lotosblume - R Schumann 

Recent Winner of the ‘Deborah Voight Opera Prize’ at the BBC Radio 3 Glenarm Festival of Voice, Anna Gregg is the ‘Northern Ireland Opera Young Opera Voice of 2023’. Anna graduated in 2022 with distinction, from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she studied BMus(Hons), MMus and MPerf under the tutelage of Sarah Pring. Last season, Anna was thrilled to play the role of ‘Gabriel’ in a staged production of Hadyn’s ‘Creation’ with the Scherzo Ensemble (Longhope Opera), cover the principal role of 'Elena' in the world premiere of ‘Elena and Gerardo’ - Bottini, with Random Opera, and play the role of ‘Lucia’ in Britten’s ‘Rape of Lucretia’ with British Youth Opera. Anna has also been fortunate to work with Wexford Festival Opera, Longborough Festival Opera, West Green Opera, Opera Collective Ireland, Sestina Music, Northern Ireland Opera and numerous choral societies in the UK and Ireland. Anna was recently awarded the Dufferin Prize at the Camerata Ireland Academy 2024 and toured with the ‘Merry Opera Company', performing a role in a staged ‘Messiah’. She played Papagena in the ‘Magic Flute 2’ (Paris) and looks forward to playing Cynthia in ‘The Dowager’s Oyster’ (London) in the coming season.

Currently a staff accompanist at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Janice Kit-ying Tsui gained her Masters in piano accompaniment with distinction and Concert Recital Diploma in 2022 as a recipient of the Guildhall scholarship, under the tutelage of Pamela Lidiard and Gordon Back. She has performed at venues around the UK namely LSO St Luke’s, St James’s Piccadilly, Faversham and Cuckfield. She joined The Belfast Ensemble to perform the world premier of "The Headless Soldier" at Lyric Belfast as a rehearsal pianist and celesta and Moog player in November 2023. Marie and Janice now are Live Music Now musicians as a duo, doing outreach performance for care settings.