About York Proms
Guest Singers for 2025
Lucy Farrimond - Soprano
British lyric soprano Lucy Farrimond has captivated audiences at prestigious venues across the UK and internationally, including the Royal Albert Hall, The Bridgewater Hall, Snape Maltings, The Stoller Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, and the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Paris. Featured on BBC, ITV, BBC Radio 4, and BBC Radio 3, she has been recognised as a "rising star soprano”.
At just 21, Lucy made her BBC Proms solo debut in 2019, performing Haydn's The Creation at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra - an acclaimed performance that earned praise in The Guardian. Originally from the North West of England, she is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, where she studied under the esteemed soprano Jane Irwin.
Lucy has toured extensively across the UK and Europe, performing at renowned festivals and venues. Find out more about Lucy on her website lucyfarrimondmusic.co.uk
Oscar Bowen-Hill - Tenor
Oscar is a passionate Tenor who has spent the last four years completing his BSc in Cognitive Science and singing with the London Philharmonic Choir, the Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, as well as with the Rodolfus Choir. Having graduated with 1st Class honours, Oscar is excited to be embarking on the next steps of his singing career with scholarships at St Paul’s Knightsbridge as well as with the Oxford Bach Soloists, while also finding time to indulge his enthusiasm for being outdoors.
Highlights include being awarded a place in the 2023 Glyndebourne Academy, joining the Royal Academy of Music’s 2023 Chamber Choir tour to Neresheim, Germany, and also singing in the London Philharmonic Semi-Chorus for a 2022 BBC Proms performance of Elgar’s ‘Dream of Gerontius’. Find out more about Oscar on his Oxford Bach Soloists page.