Peter Broadbent, conductor and founding director of the Joyful Company of Singers was awarded the Knight’s Cross of Merit of Hungary by President János Áder for promoting and strengthening British-Hungarian cultural relations. Peter Broadbent has been working tirelessly since the late 1970s to perform classical and contemporary Hungarian music to audiences across the UK...

Elaine Gould, an alto with the Joyful Company of Singers, has been Senior New Music Editor at Faber Music since 1987, in which capacity she has edited the complex and varied scores of many composers, including Jonathan Harvey. Recognised as a leader in the field, and a vital source of wit and common sense in...

Roxanna Panufnik (born 24 April 1968 in London, UK) is a British composer of Polish heritage. She is the daughter of the composer and conductor Sir Andrzej Panufnik, whose centenary Joyful Company will help celebrate in 2014. Roxanna is currently one of the Vice Presidents of Joyful Company. Since studying composition at the Royal Academy of Music, Roxanna has written a wide range of pieces including...

Michael Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Baron Berkeley of Knighton, CBE (born 29 May 1948) is a British composer and broadcaster on music. He currently serves as one of the Vice Presidents of Joyful Company. His father, Lennox Berkeley, was also a gifted composer and is well-represented within our repertoire, and his godfather was Benjamin Britten. With such an auspicious introduction...

Robert Lucas Pearsall (the “de” he adopted in Germany was an affectation) was born in Bristol and embarked on a career in the Law. However he went to live in Germany, where he studied Renaissance music and became enthused with the idea of encouraging a renewed interest in Britain in the English Renaissance composers...