The Vale Consort, a vibrant new professional ensemble based in Wales and devoted to the rich sounds of Medieval and Renaissance music, will be our resident group for 2026, bringing fresh energy and artistry to our musical landscape.​
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Our mission is to champion and celebrate early music in Wales — and this exciting new group of young, passionate musicians perfectly embodies that spirit.
Scott Baker - lute
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​Scott Baker studied music at RWCMD, graduating with an MMus in 2003. Since then, alongside a career in education, he has performed regularly with ensembles, bands, duos, as a soloist and in theatre. Recent years have been busy; playing for a production of 'Shakespeare in Love', putting a Lieder program together, performing twice at the 'Early Voices Festival', and gigging with folk band Allan yn y fan. Looking forward to this exiting new venture with The Vale Consort"
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Ranen Chan
Ranen is a violinist and viola da gamba player from Malaysia. He is currently a student at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where he studies the viol with Dr. Lucy Robinson. A keen consort player, Ranen enjoys exploring early music repertoire on both the violin and the viol. He recently played at the Brecon Baroque Festival with the Courante Consort, and has performed with the Welsh Camerata, the Cwmbrian Baroque Singers, and the Llandaff Choral Society.
Logan Clark - soprano
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Logan Clark is a soprano from Phoenix, Arizona. In 2023, she left behind a career in national security to pursue a Master of Music from RWCMD, where she studied with James Gilchrist. In 2025, Logan was awarded The Elias Prize for Voice for her performance as The Angel in an English-language premiere of Handel's "The Resurrection" (La Resurrezione). She appears around Wales as a soloist, and is also a chorister with the BBC National Chorus of Wales. Her two cats remain unimpressed.
Anna Cristoni-Apel - portative organ​
Anna Cristoni-Apel was born and grew up in Bologna, Italy. She studied singing and choral conducting in Milan, specialising in medieval repertoire. In 1993 she founded Ensemble Weltgesang, a vocal ensemble dedicated to medieval sacred music, which she directed in concerts across Italy and Europe, as well as in recordings and broadcasts.
She later moved to northern Europe, teaching music in Germany and England before settling in South Wales. In 2015 she founded The Fountain Singers, an amateur vocal group devoted to early music.
Today Anna focuses on the promotion and performance of early music in Wales, working with several ensembles including the Vale Consort. She is the Artistic Director of Early Voices Wales.
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Lucas Maunder - bass
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Lucas is a Cardiff-based baritone from Winchester, currently studying for a Masters in Music at RWCMD. Recent highlights include Vaughan Williams’ 5 Mystical Songs (Weston Chorale) and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle (Chepstow Choral Society). Along his work as a soloist Lucas is a keen choral singer, singing with the Gloucester Cathedral Choir and as a Choral Scholar at St Martins in Roath in Cardiff. Outside of liturgical singing Lucas also performs with the Hampshire based choir Esprimo.
Sarah Dunbar - soprano
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Sarah is a Cardiff based soprano who completed her MA under Dennis O’Neill at WIAV. Before this she completed a Vocal Performance postgraduate at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Sarah has performed in many prestigious works throughout her career including Longborough Festival Opera’s Der Fliegende Holländer and Brahms Requiem in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford Upon Avon.
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Jonathan Reynolds - bass
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Jonathan is an Irish baritone currently studying a Masters in Music at RWCMD.
He has made professional operatic debuts at Buxton International Festival and
the National Eisteddfod, and was the Baritone Solo winner of the Feis Ceoil, 2023. Jonathan frequently works as a choral singer, notably with Chamber
Choir Ireland, Sestina, and the acclaimed vocal ensemble, ANÚNA. He enjoys
a portfolio music career, working also as an accompanist, musical director, and vocal coach.
​Kizzy Lumley-Edwards - soprano
Kizzy Lumley-Edwards is a recent graduate of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Their singing journey started in the National Youth Choir, an organisation they have been part of for a decade. Most recently with National Youth Voices, Kizzy did a prom with the BBC Singers conducted by Joe Hisaishi. They were in the 12th cohort of Genesis Sixteen and the 1st cohort of Voces8’s Future Talent scheme, working with Voces8 again as a scholar.
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Laurie Standish-Hayes - tenor
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Laurie Standish Hayes is a British/Irish tenor from Malvern, Worcestershire. He graduated with a master's in vocal studies from RWCMD in 2025 and is currently a freelance classical tenor working in South Wales. His most recent appearances include the opening concert of the Brecon Baroque Festival and as a soloist in Beethoven's 9th Choral Symphony at Llandaff Cathedral.
Carwyn Whomsley - tenor
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Carwyn began his musical life as a chorister at Brecon Cathedral and now studies composition at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Alongside his studies, he sings with various choirs in the Cardiff area, and is a founding member of the octet Bute Voices. He has been writing choral music since he was 16 with performances in Munich, Southwark Cathedral, and at the Brecon Choir Festival.