Alice Halstead

Who is Alice Halstead?

Alice Halstead is a chorister at St. Alphege's Church, Solihull. She won the title of "BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year 2008" in front of an audience of over 1,000 people in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, in October 2008. Halstead has since performed on UK national radio and television.

Halstead appeared on BBC One Songs of Praise on Feb 22nd 2009 and Aug 16th 2009 singing "Ave Maria" by Michael Head and appeared on September 27, 2009 singing "He Shall Feed His Flock" from Handel's Messiah.

She has recorded excerpts from the Messiah for BBC Radio 2 in St. Paul's Cathedral with the BBC Concert Orchestra in front of an audience of over 2,000 people, which was broadcast on Good Friday 2009. She has made several recordings for BBC Radio 2 Good Morning Sunday with Aled Jones, Sunday Half Hour and Friday Night is Music Night in London, Belfast, Manchester and Wells Cathedral. She sang "O for the Wings of a Dove" live in Birmingham Town Hall as part of BBC Radio 3's Mendelssohn weekend in May 2009 and has led the singing for BBC Radio 4’s The Daily Service and Sunday Worship.