Musical Team
Musical Director
Sophie Pascall is a choral conductor, cellist, and music education specialist.
In singing, she works across Academy Trusts to form massed children’s choirs. She also enjoys playing her cello, performing in orchestras, and with her sister as Sorelle Cellos.
As an education specialist, she supports teachers to develop their practice, working with local Music Education Hubs and music charities.
Sophie studied at the Junior Department of The Royal College of Music, Leeds University & Homerton College Cambridge. Passionate about choral singing, Sophie has conducted choirs in many major venues, including The Millenium Dome, The Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Leicester DeMontfort Hall, Nottingham Albert Hall, Leicester Cathedral and Southwell Minster.
Accompanist
Rebecca Temple is a Secondary Music Teacher, currently working at the Loughborough Schools Foundation. Having completed both her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Nottingham, Rebecca now lives in Beeston, where she maintains an active musical life.
Whilst at university, Rebecca specialised in performance, with singing being her first study. As a soloist, Rebecca has performed with several choirs, works including the soprano solos in Handel's Messiah, Bach's Magnificat, and Schubert's Mass in G. Rebecca is a longstanding member of the choir of St. Peter's Church, Nottingham, with whom she has sung in many prestigious venues, including St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and Salisbury and Ely Cathedrals. She has also sung in St. Paul's Cathedral with the RSCM Millennium Youth Choir.
Rebecca is passionate about choral conducting, and has directed several choirs including the University's Chamber Choir 'Viva Voce', the Mansfield-based choir 'Harmony', as well as holding the position of Assistant Musical Director for the university Gilbert & Sullivan productions of Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore. Rebecca was also appointed Assistant Conductor of the University Choir, studying for a year under the direction of professional choral conductor Calum Fraser. Rebecca has conducted choirs on several international tours, performing in venues such as Cologne Cathedral and St. Stephen's Church, Vienna.
As a second-study pianist, Rebecca also enjoys accompanying, regularly playing for choir rehearsals both within the school setting and outside of school.