SINGER

Archie Inns

NATIONALITY:

British

PIANIST

Alfred Fardell

PIANIST TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PRIZE?

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SINGER BIOGRAPHY:

Archie Inns is a tenor originally from Scotland and is currently in his first year studying for a Master’s in Vocal Performance at the Royal College of Music, where he is supported in full by the Drapers’ de Turckheim Scholarship and Mason Award. Alongside this, Archie is supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Sir James Caird Trust, who awarded him the 2025 Wiseman Prize, the Elizabeth Izatt Trust, and the Kathleen Trust. At the Royal College of Music, Archie is taught by Miranda Wright and Nicky Spence. In the sphere of song, Archie made his debut at the Oxford International Song Festival in 2024 alongside James Gilchrist and has performed at the Holywell Music Room. He is the recipient of the Luxon Amit Folkestone-on-Song Bursary Award and Song Prize, the Mendl-Schrama Prize, the Oxford and Cambridge Club Music Prize, and the Dorothy Richardson English Song Prize. Archie holds a degree in Philosophy and Theology from Christ Church, Oxford, where he was a Choral Scholar, and he spent his gap year singing at St John’s College, Cambridge under Andrew Nethsingha.