Toby Ward

Biography

Toby Ward is a rapidly rising tenor, experienced in opera, early music, and Lieder. He studied music and sang with the King's College Choir under the direction of Stephen Cleobury. Ward emerged as a star of the ensemble and also sang and toured with the select small group The King's Men. By the time he graduated from King's in 2016, he was already an experienced recording artist, having appeared on several King's College Choir albums. Moving on to Cambridge, he co-founded and served as co-director of the early music group Ensemble Pro Victoria, with which he continues to perform. In 2021, Ward led Ensemble Pro Victoria on the release Robert Fayrfax: Music for Tudor Kings & Queens. He performed with the Choir of the Holy Sepulchre, National Musicians' Church, on the album Samuel Sebastian Wesley: Sacred Choral Music in 2024.