Who we are

Founded in 2024, Omnium Ensemble is a choir comprising the finest emerging professional singers from various backgrounds, including Oxford, Royal Holloway, and the Genesis Sixteen programme.

Led by Olivia Earl, we are keen to be a force for good in the choral world by not only producing high-quality concerts but by following the mantra under which we were founded:

Spreading awareness of the benefits of singing with others

Supporting the work of living composers
Encouraging healthy singing and promoting wellbeing

The group has recently held highly successful concerts and workshops in London and Oxford, supported by six highly-celebrated composers, who have kindly agreed to be Honorary Patrons of our choir.

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Olivia Earl - musical director

Olivia is a conductor, educator and mezzo-soprano based in London. Her musical career began as one of the first ever Girl Choristers at Canterbury Cathedral, and she went on to study Music with a Choral Scholarship at both Royal Holloway, University of London, and the University of Oxford.

Currently, Olivia works as Choral Director for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark, Section Coach/Course Conductor and SING! Lead for National Youth Choir, and workshop leader for the VOCES8 Foundation. She is also Corporates Director for the Association of Teachers of Singing, having been introduced to the organisation during her time as a National Youth Choir Fellow (2024-25).

In 2024, Olivia graduated from the University of Oxford with a Distinction for her MPhil in Music, for which she researched the relationship between group singing and wellbeing. From this, she went on to be part of a research project for the VOCES8 Foundation, examining their classroom singing initiatives in the USA. Olivia continues to be an advocate for singing and wellbeing through her work, particularly as an Accredited Member of Vocal Health Education and a volunteer for Sing Inside.

As a singer, during her studies Olivia held positions with the choirs of Royal Holloway; St Bartholomew the Great; Merton College, Oxford; Magdalen Consort of Voices; Genesis Sixteen; and Schola Cantorum of Oxford. In her final year at Royal Holloway, she was the recipient of the Alice Dougherty Chaplin and Woodward Prize for Excellence in Performance and graduated with First Class Honours. She now enjoys a busy freelance schedule of both solo and ensemble singing, with recent highlights including the BBC Proms.