Professional freelance bass guitarist and bass teacher working in London.
Sam is an experienced performer having worked with BBC Folk award winner Lucy Ward, O'Hooley and Tidow, Musical Theatre (including the West End) plus many other solo acts, function bands, big bands and more.
Qualified to masters degree (MMus in popular music performance from ICMP), Sam also teaches bass guitar from beginner to advanced. 

Website: https://www.londinium-voices.org.uk/ 

Directed by Andrew Griffiths, Londinium is one of London's most versatile chamber choirs, acclaimed for vibrant performances and distinctive programmes.

Yfat Soul Zisso (born 1987)
Ever since commencing on her music studies at the relatively late age of 15, Soul has been dedicated to her dream of becoming a composer. She graduated from Cardiff University, studying with Arlene Sierra and Robert Fokkens and for a brief time studying with Alison Kay, before commencing on a Masters and later a PhD in composition at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire under the supervision of Joe Cutler and Howard Skempton.

Her music, which has been described as "curiously original" (Wales Online) and "daring and moving" (The Daily Telegraph), has been performed by the likes of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Birmingham Opera Company, Xenia Pestova, Carla Rees, and the Fidelio Trio around the world in a wide range of venues including Symphony Hall, The Southbank centre, Hoddinott Hall, and St John's Smith Square, and festivals such as the Cheltenham Music Festival, Occupy the Pianos, and Birmingham Weekender festival. She was a Nonclassical associate composer for 2019-2021, and on the Philharmonia Orchestra's Composers' Academy scheme in 2023-2024.

She is interested in the connection between music, emotional states, and physicality in performance, exploring ideas such as quarter-tones and breathing as a musical idea.

In addition to composing, Soul is also a singer, specialising in performing contemporary repertoire, including Berio's Sequenza III for female voice. Previously a member of the BBC National Chorus of Wales and Via Nova chamber choir, she has performed as both soloist and choral singer across the UK (including at the Wigmore Hall and at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival) and abroad, most recently with the CBSO and BCMG as a soloist. Extremely committed to promoting new music, Soul has commissioned and premiered many new pieces, most of them for solo unaccompanied voice. She studies singing with contemporary specialist Wendy Nieper.

Born in New York City, Julia Howell holds a BMus in composition and viola performance from Loyola University New Orleans, an MMus from Cardiff University, and a PhD from Cardiff University under the supervision of Arlene Sierra. Julia’s research and work explores the relationships between memories and listening experiences, and how these are altered by the technology we use to preserve music and memory. Recent performances include works for Lontano, BBC NOW, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, rarescale, the Magnard Ensemble, a collaborative multimedia installation at the National Museum Wales in Cardiff, and two upcoming film scores. www.juliaehowell.com

Show-casing personal favourites and original material; our blend of funk, rock, latin and jazz has led to support slots with the likes of Joolz Holland, Maceo Parker and Bootsy Collins.




Composer and Arranger based in Cardiff and Liverpool.
Awarded a scholarship for a PhD in Composition at Cardiff University, writing music based on and informed by static visual art.
Awarded Distinction in Composition at Cardiff University in 2012.

Header photograph by Nata Moraru.

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