Choral Scholars 2026/2027

HCS has appointed two choral scholars for the 2026/2027 season. The choral scholar’s role is to support their relevant voice part and the MD during rehearsals and occasionally take step-out solos during performances. 

Tapasya Sharma | Soprano

Raised in both the European and South Asian classical music traditions, Tapasya is a soprano with a uniquely multifaceted background as a musician.  

She graduated in 2022 with a BSc (Hons) in Theoretical Physics from the University of Nottingham, during which she held a choral scholarship at Nottingham Cathedral. Blending her analytical background with a dedication to vocal studies, she went on to complete the Certificate Programme in Voice & Communication Aesthetics at the Accademia Europea di Firenze. Continuing her formal performance training, she will begin the Graduate Diploma in Vocal Studies at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in September 2026 under the tutelage of Patricia Rozario. 

Tapasya’s rich choral experience encompasses a variety of liturgical and ensemble settings. She has performed at the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, with the Old Royal Naval College Chapel Choir in Greenwich, and with the Rudolfus Choir.  Whilst at VI Form, she was awarded the Eunice Morgan Prize for Musician of the Year and was a dedicated member of the music department. In addition to classical singing, she also enjoys singing regularly with jazz ensembles, playing piano and has recently taken up the harmonium. 

Beyond performance, Tapasya has worked as a peripatetic music teacher and continues to teach voice, piano and curriculum subjects privately, preparing students for ABRSM examinations as well as GCSE and A-Level music curricula. As a polyglot, she brings a deep passion for language, communication and text-setting to all of her vocal interpretation and sacred choral work. 

Cameron Galvin | Bass

Cameron Galvin is an Anglo-Irish tenor in his third year at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where he studies with Dr Robert Alderson and Rianka Bouwmeester. Having joined his local parish choir at the age of six, Cameron has developed a longstanding commitment to choral singing alongside his developing career as an operatic performer.

Cameron is currently a Choral Scholar with the Old Royal Naval College Chapel Choir, under the direction of Ralph Allwood MBE, and with Eltham Choral Society, directed by Naomi Butcher. His previous scholarships include St Alfege Church Choir, under Joshua Ryan and Benjamin Newlove, and the Esterházy Singers, directed by David Halstead. With the Esterházy Singers, he performed as a soloist in Haydn’s St Nicholas Mass, Kodály’s Missa Brevis and extracts from The Vagabond. He is also a section leader with the Trinity Laban Chamber Choir.

His choral experience began with the St Thomas of Canterbury Parish and Boys’ Choir in Brentwood, where he was Head Chorister from 2018 to 2021 and received the RSCM Gold Award in 2017. He has also performed with the National Youth Choir, Choir of the 21st Century and Holy Trinity Consort.

Alongside his choral work, Cameron is establishing himself as an operatic performer. His roles include Kaspar in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, in Trinity Laban’s 2025 Winter Opera Scenes, and Aeneas in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with the Curious Opera Company in 2026. He will also sing the role of the Magician in Menotti’s The Consul in Trinity Laban’s 2026 Autumn Opera Scenes.

Cameron’s forthcoming engagements include performing as the tenor soloist in Britten’s War Requiem on 18 October 2026, in a performance and workshop led by Peter Allwood as part of the West Sussex Festival Chorus weekend at Christ’s Hospital.

He intends to pursue postgraduate studies in opera, with the aim of developing a career as a professional singer.