The Consort of Melbourne was co-founded in 2008 by Warren Trevelyan-Jones and Peter Tregear. The group comprises of a core membership of 4 to 8 singers, and an extended family of up to 16 singers, drawn from Australia's finest young soloists. It offers stylish and historically-informed performances to the highest international standard.

It draws inspiration for its sound from the world's leading early music ensembles, striving for a strong and focused tone ideally suited to performances of music ranging from 13th Century motets to contemporary Australian compositions.

Since it's establishment in 2008, The Consort of Melbourne has continued to engage the concert-going public with fresh and exciting performances. It has featured on ABC Classic FM on frequent ocassions, including a broadcast of works by Percy Grainger and also Claudio Monteverdi's famous Vespers of 1610.

For more information about this year's concerts click here to download the season brouchure.

Warren Trevelyan-Jones began his singing career as a Choral Scholar and Lay Clerk in Exeter Cathedral Choir, graduating in music in 1988. In 1993, he qualified as a music therapist at Bristol University and became a Lay Clerk in Winchester Cathedral Choir, combining freelance singing with work in music therapy. In 1999 he was appointed Lay Vicar in the Choir of Westminster Abbey, London.

In 2001 he co-founded the ensemble group Ensemble Plus Ultra with Michael Noone and has been fully involved with the administration and direction of the group in addition to contributing as a singer. In 2008, Warren was appointed Head of Music at St James’ Church, King Street, Sydney. Warren is also director of Sydney based ensemble The Parsons Affayre.

Warren is also a regular member of many of the leading early music ensembles both in Britain and in Europe; including Vocalconsort Berlin, The Gabrieli Consort, Taverner Consort, Orchestra of theRenaissance, Dunedin Consort, Collegium Vocale of Ghent and La Chapelle Royale of Paris. He has also performed with The Sixteen and the Tallis Scholars. He has travelled extensively and appeared on over 60 CD recordings, and on many television and radio broadcasts, and in many of the worlds' leading music festivals and concert halls and in more than 30 countries. Warren has recently appeared as soloist with Melbourne Symphony Chorus in concerts in Melbourne and in Angel Place, Sydney. He is also a qualified music therapist and an experienced singing teacher, and has held posts at Winchester College and was the vocal coach to the Choristers and Choral Scholars of Portsmouth Cathedral in the UK.

Peter Tregear has a diverse musical career that encompasses work as a singer, academic and conductor. He began his career as a student of flute and piano at University of Melbourne and subsequently undertook doctoral studies at King’s College, University of Cambridge, where he was a Choral Scholar. In 2000 he was appointed a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge where he was a Lecturer and Director of Music. He was a regular performer in opera and oratorio in the UK and Europe.

Peter was invited to return to Australia in 2006 to take up the position of Dean of Trinity College, University of Melbourne. He has subsequently taught at the University of Melbourne and the Australian National Academy of Music, worked with both Victorian Opera and Melbourne Opera, and performed with the Tallis Scholars as part of their Australian tour in 2007. In that same year, with Gert Reifarth, he established the innovative opera company iOpera and the Choir of London. In 2007 he was invited to lecture and perform in Jerusalem as part of the Palestine Mozart Festival and he will return in June this year as a member of a touring production of La Boheme directed by Sam West. Other forthcoming projects include conducting a season of the eighteenth-century opera Erwin und Elmire for the Ekhof-Festival in Gotha, Germany.

Most recently, Peter has embarked on an ambitious project with violinist and entrepreneur Simon Hewitt Jones to develop a world-wide on-line global network for musicians and music-lovers. MusBook.com was launched in December 2008, and aims to become the leading on-line creative commons for classical music and music education.