Choir Leadership
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Brenda Tilley – Alto
I am responsible for keeping the library of music in a well organised manner for our members. I have been with the choir since 2006 having been taught by four musical directors since joining. Victoria Rowcroft is the choir’s longest serving musical director and we have been taught very well by her. I get satisfaction from…
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David Fewkes – Tenor
I joined the choir, since moving down to Whitstable from Hartley, Kent in 2015. I am responsible for media communication on various web sites to communicate the choir’s concerts and other fund-raising events for our chosen charity of the year, and finding additional members to join our wonderful community choir. Joining the Oyster Singers has…
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Donald Lugg – Bass
I have been in the choir for about 12 years. I am the Chairperson, responsible for chairing committee meetings, overseeing the smooth running of the choir and all its activities and generally keeping an eye on every member’s welfare. My history of singing in a choir, prior to joining the Oyster Singers, has been from the…
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Jane Tolhurst – Alto
I’m Jane Tolhurst and I sing Alto with The Oyster Singers. I used to sing in School Choirs and with Whitstable Choral society for a short time. Then after I retired and had more leisure time, I joined the Oyster Singers In September 2009. I took over the role of Secretary in January 2010 and…
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Michael Toh – Bass
Music has been an enjoyable part of my life since being a 7-year-old Treble chorister to singing Baritone and Bass in the Reading Festival Chorus and the Whitstable Choral Society. I played trumpet from the age of 11, eventually in symphony orchestras and jazz bands. I am currently learning the Tenor Sax. I joined the…
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Penny Maas – Soprano
I joined the Oyster Singers in 2022, having moved to Chestfield after 40 years of following my husband around with his career in the Royal Air Force. Our last posting had been in Brussels, and I became involved with setting up a Belgian branch of the Military Wives Choir. Initially I thought I would be…
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Richard Arthur – Tenor
Having moved from Leicestershire to the Kent coast in 2019, I didn’t have to search very hard to find a warm welcome with the Oyster Singers. Previously having performed with more formal choirs, I have been delighted with the wide variety of music we have had the opportunity to learn. Lockdown was a challenge but a determined…
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Rosie Henderson – Soprano & New Finance Lead
I’m a relatively new member, having joined in January 2020, a few weeks before lockdown. I enjoyed the choir so much that I joined the committee to help out in all aspects of running the choir. I’ve always sung in choirs since school days. school, university, small village choir, various community choirs. Choir singing has…
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Victoria Rowcroft – Musical Director
Our Musical Director, Victoria Rowcroft is also Head of Academic Music at St Edmund’s School, and our Oyster Singers concerts often feature St Edmund’s pupils as guest solo artists. She holds a PhD in Italian Renaissance madrigals from the University of Southampton, where she gained a master’s degree with distinction and a first-class undergraduate degree. She…
