Michael Veazey was educated in Gloucestershire and then studied music at Leeds University, The Franz Liszt Academy, Weimar (Germany) and the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. After a period as a freelance horn-player and teacher, during which he conducted amateur orchestras, he studied conducting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff. There, his teachers included Adrian Partington, Artistic Director of the National Chorus of Wales, Howard Williams, former chorus master at English National Opera, and former Music Director of the Pécs Symphony Orchestra, Hungary, and Anthony Negus and Gareth Jones of the Music Staff of Welsh National Opera.
Michael has taken conducting masterclasses with Jorma Panula, Christian Gansch, Christopher Adey, Siân Edwards and Martyn Brabbins, and worked with Adrian Partington and Paul Spicer.
Orchestras Michael has conducted have included the Leeds Mozart Players, The Clifton Chamber Orchestra in Bristol, The Exeter University Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, at venues including St. David's Hall, Cardiff and Fairfield Halls, Croydon.
William Godfree was born in London and was a student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he learned piano and composition. A musician for all seasons he plays cello as well and jazz is also amongst his talents.
In 1976, after a period of study at Oxford, he started teaching, and is currently Head of Music at Highfield School in Liphook. He has trained various choirs in the South East, from Twickenham to Haslemere, as well as conducting the Dolmetsch Summer School Choir for some years.
When he is not teaching, he pursues a career as a composer, having written music for television, theatre and the concert hall. His works include a choral symphony for the Nativity "Hail O Sun of Righteousness" commissioned by the Haslemere Musical Society and given its first performance in 2003. On Saturday 13th June 2009 he, together with Martin Muncaster, will be giving a cabaret performance for the Society at Rake Court, Milford.