Janet Oates

Janet has a PhD in composition from Royal Holloway, University of London.  She has written prize-winning songs, 2 short operas, an oratorio for baroque forces and a cantata for 6 solo voices and theorbo. She is a singer, conductor and teacher, and is artistic director of the vocal ensemble Philomel, specialising in 17th century works and new commissions, with a focus on female composers.

Her current projects are accessible experimental music for choirs, children and instrumental students, with the aim of taking creative music into mainstream choirs and schools; and writing / commissioning new works for baroque instruments.