Musical Director: Ellie Verkerk. An acclaimed musician combining skills as a performer and musician, She has performed with Bristol Old Vic, West End production of Six and was lead pianist for Lea Salonga's Dream Again Tour. 

Artists:

• Adenike Adewale. Who recently appeared, to great acclaim, as Whitney Houston in Whitney: Queen of the Night nationally and internationally.
• Felicity Buckland. Who has sung with the Royal Opera House, ENO, Opera North and recently appeared at the BBC Proms.
• Tina Carr. A London-based jazz singer who has been captivating audiences with her husky authentic jazz sound in sell-out jazz shows in London and Europe.
  
• Penelope Chalmers. Whilst now retired, she has performed many major roles with the Royal Opera House, English National Opera and Scottish Opera and major opera houses in Geneva, Koblenz, Frankfurt, Berlin, Seoul, Adelaide and San Francisco. 
• Germana Stella La Sorsa. An Italian London-based singer and storyteller. She has performed in the most iconic London jazz venues; and is currently touring with her second album.
• Lynda Olivia Nwabudike. Recently demonstrated her vocal agility at the US Embassy in London singing in opera in her native language; and sung nationally and internationally.
• Sarah Wilkinson. An accomplished pianist, who is the director of several choirs and performed on radio and in various theatres. 
• Sam Brown. A cordophonist who has performed at major venues including Wigmore Hall, London and Konzerthaus, Vienna. 
  Aanu Sodipe. Currently tours with the Chineke! Orchestra and performed with BBC Concert Orchestra.

Speakers, In addition To The Singers :

• Antoinette Vermilye. Co-founder of the Gallifrey Foundation and She Changes Climate, drives tangential solutions to global challenges like overfishing, plastic pollution, gender and social injustice, combining action-oriented coalitions and campaigns to foster social justice, environmental sustainability and human health. 
• Cindy Forde. An author, activist and the founder of Planetari, an organisation dedicated to worldwide environmental education. 
• Juliette Champaud. Who has worked for a marine conservation NGO in Zanzibar, Tanzania where they are interacting with the local community to protect marine ecosystems. 

About ROARing Voices

Uniting environmentalists, vocalists  and musicians in a shared mission of interactive discussion to spotlight the planet’s environmental polycrisis: climate, biodiversity: and pollution.

By intertwining song with the narratives of women working on these ecological challenges, the movement seeks to highlight urgent environmental issues and propose solutions with an innovative, artistic approach with audience participation.

This platform amplifies voices using the power of music to engage and inspire you towards sustainability and conservation.

Visit the ROARing Voices website here.

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