Katy Cawkwell has been telling traditional tales since 1996, drawing especially on British and Norse material. She has performed in a wide range of venues - from a tale of Loki in a burial chamber on Anglesey to a 20 minute version of "The Ring of the Nibelung" at the Barbican to a presentation of the myths behind the Ring Cycle at the Royal Opera House. Early exposure to Wagner and the recent revival of interest in Tolkien's work prompted her to seek out the original sources for the stories of the Ring.

Rachael Buxton studied at the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama and went on to spend a year at the Royal College of Music, studying piano with Bernard Robers and Simon Nicholls and chamber music with the Chiligirian Quartet. She gained her BMus degree at King's College London in 1997, whilst having piano lessons with Patsy Toh at the Royal Academy of Music. In July 2001 she completed a postgraduate course in piano accompaniment at the Academy where she studied with Geoffrey Pratley and Aaron Shorr. She has participated in masterclasses with Rudolf Jansen, John Streets, Geoffrey Parsons and with Martin Isepp, Malcolm Martineau and Graham Johnson at the Britten-Pears School. Rachael has been staff accompanist for the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, "Singing in Aragon" course in association with European Chamber Opera and also for Junior Guildhall. She has worked as a repetiteur for British Youth Opera, Beaufort Opera and the Genesis Project and is currently studying at the National Opera Studio.

Mandy Groom graduated from the Western Australian Conservatorium of Music in 1997 with a Diploma of Performing Arts and a Bachelor of Music. She was part of the Western Australian Opera Company Chorus. Other performances in Australia include solo recitals for the Society of WA Opera Lovers, Opera in Company, emerging artist with the Lieder Society, Kern Gershwin and Berlin Concert and Oratorio works at the Perth Concert Hall. Mandy moved to London in 1999 and has a postgraduate in performance from the Royal Academy of Music. Her most recent performances include Soprano Soloist in Verdi's Requiem, Musical Director / Accompanist for the News Revue at the Canal Cafe Theatre, Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro and solo recital at St-Mary-le-strand, London