Date

17 Sep 2025

Time

13:00 - 14:00

Free lunchtime recital: Joseph Hancock and Amy Back, Tenor & Piano duo, Schumann’s Liederkreis op. 39

Join us for this recital series by students of the Royal Academy of Music
Free admission, donations encouraged

Joseph Hancock – Tenor


Joseph is a postgraduate student at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studies
with Mark Wildman and Janet Haney, and is the recent winner of the Flora Nielsen
Prize.

Joseph was a Chorister at New College Oxford, and then sang as a Choral Scholar and
Lay Clerk in the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. In recent years he has been a
member of the Sir Arthur Bliss Lieder Scheme at Pembroke College, studying with
Joseph Middleton, and a Scholar with vocal ensemble Voces8, with whom he
continues to work as a member of their Education Team.


Recent performances include Britten’s Male Chorus in ‘The Rape of Lucretia’ and the
title role in ‘St Nicolas’, the Evangelist role in Bach’s ‘St John Passion’ and ‘Christmas
Oratorio’, Handel’s ‘Messiah’, and Don Ottavio in excerpts from Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’
for Opera Scenes at the Royal Academy of Music. He also maintains a busy schedule
of choral work, including as a member of the professional quartet at Holy Trinity
Church, Sloane Square.


Joseph is grateful for the support of Help Musicians, the St John’s College Choir
Association, and the Josephine Baker Trust.
josephhancocktenor.com

Amy Bach – Piano


Amy Bach is an American collaborative pianist who is known for the elegance and
breadth of her playing. Her repertoire encompasses a diverse range of composers from
Boulanger, Schumann, and Dohnanyi and Muriel Herbert. A frequent collaborator for
both song and chamber music, Amy has experience performing with all voice types
and all orchestral instruments. In the UK she has performed in London, Devonshire,
and Kent, and her international audiences have included France and Prague as well as
across the United States. Currently, Amy is pursuing a Master of Music degree in
Ensemble Piano at the Royal Academy of Music in London studying with Anna Tilbrook
and Andrew West.


Amybach.com