History

Karen Faulkner - Mosaic MD from 2003 - 2012

Karen Faulkner was the founder and very first Musical Director of Mosaic Chamber Choir. She studied at the Universities of East Anglia and London and was, for many years, Director of Music at Sir William Perkins’s School, Chertsey.

Having left the field of education, she formed Mosaic in 2003, assembling musical friends and colleagues from far and wide.  During that time Karen and Mosaic raised many thousands of pounds for various charities and good causes.

Karen stepped down from Mosaic in September 2012 after almost 10 years with the choir.

Benjamin Gaughran FRSM - Mosaic MD from 2012-202

Benjamin began his musical studies as a pianist, spending a number of years as an accompanist for a variety of choirs and musical theatre companies, as well as giving solo performances. During this time, he also studied voice with British opera singer Margaret Preece and former BBC Singers member, Graham Titus. 

Benjamin earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Royal Holloway, University of London where he officially began his studies as a choral conductor. Mentored by Rupert Gough, he was one of the first conductors of the Royal Holloway Founder’s Choir and also conducted The Royal Holloway Early Music Ensemble and Singers. He went on to study choral conducting with Dr. Amy Bebbington, Sarah Tenant-Flowers and Manvinder Rattan.

Benjamin is a Fellow of the Royal Schools of Music in Choral Conducting and is currently living and working in Michigan, USA as choral conductor. Positions he currently holds include: Associate Conductor of The Orpheus Singers, Assistant Conductor of the U-M Men’s Glee Club, conductor of U-M’s University Choir, and Music Director of the Ann Arbor Women’s Chamber Chorus. 

He recently completed his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Conducting under Dr. Eugene Rogers

Victoria Henshall  LRSM - Mosaic MD from from 2021 - 2022

Victoria grew up singing regularly in school choirs and with the Ulster Youth Choir and went on to study Music at Nottingham University where she sang with their Chamber Choir – Viva Voce, and the University Philharmonic Choir. Following a PGCE and a Masters in Education at Cambridge University, Victoria trained with the British Kodaly Academy and gained her LRSM Diploma in Choral Direction from the ABRSM with Sing for Pleasure.

Since then, she has taught music in secondary schools, as well as working with the highly skilled and award-winning BHS Chamber Choir. Choral opportunities have included European Cathedral Tours, joint performances with Taplow Girls Choir and joint ventures with Reading University. Victoria’s experience leading community choirs has included taking the John Lewis Partnership Choir through to the finals of the National PartnerSing competition.

Victoria is passionate about choral directing and encouraging a love of singing through her work with choirs.