BIOGRAPHY

Established in 2023 by co-founders Harvey Lok (Director) and Alicia Hunt (General Manager), Hemiola is a vocal ensemble mainly consisting of present and former choral scholars from the Choir of Royal Holloway. 
The ensemble’s debut 2023-2024 season included four full concert programmes, including a Christmas narrative focusing on the starry and Marian imagery found in Christ’s Nativity, a collaborative concert of Parry’s ‘Songs of Farewell’ with Lady Clare’s Consort, and two series of Romantic and contemporary works responding to the Book of Job and Sara Teasdale’s poem ‘Love and Death’ respectively. The group has also enjoyed a diverse range of commitments, including singing for the Principal and Senior Leadership Team of Royal Holloway University and recording music by award-winning composer Nathan James Dearden. 
The ensemble kicked off their current season with a concert of Bach’s motets in collaboration with The Dolor Consort. This Easter, they will embark on their first tour, performing a reflective programme responding to Christina Rosetti’s poem ‘Good Friday’.