ENSEMBLES 2026

Ascham Singers

From Sydney, Australia, Ascham Singers is a treble-voice choir that was specially formed to participate in the 2026 Summa Cum Laude Festival. The group consists of secondary school girls, ranging in age from twelve to seventeen years old, who have extensive experience of choral singing within our school. Many of the members are also highly accomplished instrumentalists who will be performing as soloists on our current tour. It is our aim to showcase some wonderful Australian works with a particular emphasis on female composers. Ascham Singers are conducted by Belinda Montgomery and feature Phillida Green on piano.

Belinda Louise Montgomery

Conductor

Belinda Montgomery is based in Sydney, Australia and is the conductor of the treble-voice choir, Ascham Singers. She holds the position of Coordinator of Vocal Studies at Ascham School where she has also been a Senior Music Teacher for the past ten years. As part of her role, Belinda is the director of several choirs, ranging from small, auditioned chamber groups to a choir of one hundred voices from the senior years of the school. In addition to the student choirs, Belinda runs a Staff Choir whose yearly performance at the Christmas Festival is always a highlight. Belinda has been a longstanding member of many of Sydney’s most successful choirs and has featured as soprano soloist with a number of early music ensembles. She also directs the community choir, The Byrd Consort and, in her spare time, has taken up the cello.