Philip is a research manager who has sung tenor with the choir for six years. His other musical interests include playing the piano in chamber ensembles; and many years ago he also played the organ.

Elisabeth Toye is current principal conductor

Elisabeth is a graduate of Birmingham University and also of the Royal Academy of Music, where she won the 2004 Michael Head Prize for English Song and the 2005 Arthur Bliss Prize for twentieth Century music. In 2008, she won the A.E.S.S. Patricia Routledge National Prize for English Song and has subsequently built a busy and successful career as a professional soprano, vocal coach, and choral trainer. She has for some years been working with Berkshire Maestros (The Young Musicians’ Trust) and is currently Director of the Royal Borough Children’s Choir. In addition, Elisabeth has tutored for the National Youth Choir of Wales and, in 2008, worked alongside the Director of The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain.

Julie joined the choir in 2009 as a member of the Alto section and was immediately ‘a hit’ for her musicality and friendliness. She has always enjoyed singing – she began in church and school choirs when she was seven and moved on to local operatic groups in Buxton where she was a teenager. In Nottingham, she was a member of a very similar choir to Cantorum; a special moment for her was when they sang Bruckner’s Ave Maria at her wedding. She now works as a Practice Nurse in a busy surgery in Slough.

Bridget Bentley has been in Cantorum since its formation (she was very young at the time!). The choir consisted of 12 members for its first Christmas carol concert 25 years ago. Bridget teaches music locally, as does her daughter, Julia, who now also sings with Cantorum, having first performed in Cantorum's children's choir, Cantorum Too, at the age of eight.