Lunchtime Concerts

A Century of American Song

Someday My Prince Will Come - Churchill

Night and Day - Cole Porter

Every time we say Goodbye - Cole Porter

Stella by Starilight - Victor Young

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When I fall in Love - Victor Young

Lost in the Stars - Kurt Weill

Emily - Marc Blitzstein

I’ll be Here - Adam Gwon

American Tune - Paul Simon

Luca Wetherall is a conductor, bass, pianist, organist, and singing teacher. His debut release, The Blue Bird, premiered on BBC Radio 3. He is a researcher and tutor for the Faculty of Music at the University of Oxford.

His musical career began as a scholar at Liverpool Cathedral under the direction of Lee Ward followed by a degree in Music at the University of Oxford where held a choral scholarship at Merton College. He was then the University of London Headley Trust Music scholar, fully funding his Master’s research at Royal Holloway. Luca is now a Clarendon Scholar, Tutor in Music, and doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford teaching undergraduates at Christ Church, Magdalen, New, and St Peter’s College.

He is the Director of Music and Organist at St. Mary’s Acton and one of the choral directors for St John the Baptist Holland Road. He is also the choral conductor at Edgware and Hendon Synagogue and a Musical Director for Barnes Community Choir. He recently conducted the Arts Council Funded opera tour of Disunited Jukebox for Company Carpi and was also the Assistant Musical Director for Ordo Virtutum (Kensington Olympia Festival of Music and Arts) and Power of Camelot (British Youth Music Theatre). He has appeared with numerous professional choirs including the Armonico Consort, Mosaic Voices, Ensemble Pro Victoria, and the Liverpool Philharmonic Chamber Choir. He teaches singing at Latymer Upper in Hammersmith.

Luca was a featured artist in the Bitesize Proms concert series and has appeared as a soloist with the Instruments of Time of Truth, Oxford Contemporary Sinfonia, and the Orchestra of St. John’s. Recent solo appearances include a residency at King’s Place London, Keble Early Music Festival, Barnes Music Festival and recitals at Liverpool Cathedral, Jesus College Oxford, and the Victoria Gallery. He has worked as a session singer for acclaimed R&B music collective SAULT in both studio recordings and live performances. He recently made his debut for Pegasus Opera in Ethel Smyth’s Fete Galante. He studies singing with Gary Coward.