Jimmy Holliday was born in Birmingham and sang as a chorister at Lichfield Cathedral. He was a Lay Clerk at Winchester Cathedral for five years before moving to London in 2006 to study at the RCM’s International Opera School, from which he graduated with distinction. He followed the RCM with a year’s study at The National Opera Studio, London, and was an Independent Opera Vocal Scholar from 2011-2013.

Jimmy is in extremely high demand as a consort singer and regularly works with EXAUDI, Ensemble Plus Ultra (winner of Gramaphone’s 2012 Early Music CD), Tenebrae, The Sixteen (including second series of BBC’s Sacred Music), I Fagiolini, Gabrieli Consort and The Binchois Consort. He sings in the choir at Temple Church, London, and is a regular Bass with The BBC Singers, the UK’s only full-time professional choir. He is also in demand as an Oratorio performer across the UK and Europe.