Musical Director – Jonathan Lewsey
JONATHAN was educated at the Purcell School of Music where he studied piano, composition and conducting. He subsequently trained as an operatic Bass and studied all aspects of opera with Else Mayer Lismann. On the latter’s death in 1990 he became Artistic Director of the Mayer-Lismann Opera Centre. He has pursued a busy professional career as opera singer, Director & lecturer. He has also sung widely in concert and oratorio including at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, Sheldonian Oxford, & Dome, Brighton. He has lectured extensively on opera including for Glyndebourne Opera, & the BBC, and has toured throughout the USA promoting his books on Wagner and Verdi (Ashgate Press). Jonathan was Director of Sterts Theatre in Cornwall 2000-2007. He currently pursues a busy freelance career and is delighted to be MD for 3 local choirs including Rame MVC, Keltique & Tamar Concert Choir.
Accompanist – Sue Stubberfield
SUE learned to play the piano aged seven, while at College Road Primary in Keyham and was entered for Plymouth Music Festival within a year. So she was already a veteran of music festivals while attending Stoke Damerell High School. While passing music exams to grade 8, she competed in local festivals at Plymouth, Launceston, Paignton, and St Austell, winning many solo and duet classes. Adjudicators whom she impressed included composers Michael Head, Eric Thiman, and Herbert Howells. But her competitive instincts persist. Just a couple of years ago she and childhood duet partner Anne Salvage took first place at Saltash Festival, and she is regularly asked to accompany pupils sitting Royal Schools of Music exams.
Sue qualified as a primary school teacher at Goldsmiths College (part of the University of London) before settling in Torpoint. There she taught piano to pupils of all ages, working at Torpoint Nursery and Infant school and then at Millbrook C of E school. She was enlisted as accompanist by the Carmenians drama group, and played with many productions at the Guildhall, Theatre Royal, and Athenaeum.
In 1996 she became accompanist with Torpoint Lady Singers and was soon recruited by Friends in Harmony which metamorphosed into Reflections. Over the years she has played for Tintagel Orpheus and Loveny MVCs before joining Rame in 2025. She has played the organ at many churches on the Rame Peninsula, but particularly loves accompanying choirs, soloists, and instrumentalists. She hopes to be doing so for many years to come. Sue is married to guitarist and teacher John Stubberfield.