Anna Semple

Anna Semple is a mezzo-soprano and composer based in London. Having finished her Masters in Composition at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2021, she currently freelances alongside her position in the choir of All Saints, Margaret Street, and as a Teacher-Singer with Pimlico Musical Foundation, where she also teaches violin and music theory. Anna sings for a number of concert groups including Tenebrae, Alamire, Ex Cathedra, SANSARA and The Carice Singers, and is an alumna of Genesis 16 and the Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge. As a composer, recent commissions include works for the Royal Opera House, Waterperry Opera Festival, The Sixteen, The Marian Consort, and Wells Cathedral. Alongside her collaborator, Emily Collinson, Anna is one half of Sol Pont – a multi-disciplinary arts company exploring collaboration and improvisation within a variety of creative contexts.