One of the most multi-faceted flautists of her time, Eliza’s musical path has followed her musical passions; diverse, organic and without boundaries. From tours with Peter Gabriel, recording Sam Smith’s Bond Theme, Top of the Pops with Katie Melua, to holding the flute chair at The Lyceum Theatre in London’s West End for The Lion King since 2015. She has appeared as soloist on numerous blockbuster films, video games and BBC drama and documentaries, on albums with Paul McCartney to Stevie Wonder, and worked with leading orchestras from The BBC Concert Orchestra to The London Symphony Orchestra.

Cellist Tara Franks composes, curates and facilitates a myriad of creative projects working across genres and art forms. Her work centres around collaboration, both when working with other professional artists and within the community. As co-founder of acclaimed string duo Balladeste, she has been interviewed on Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 3, Soho Radio and NTS. She has worked with renowned artists including; Kae Tempest, Akala, Jocelyn Pook and Jasdeep Singh Degun and is a core member/composer of contemporary trio Quest Ensemble. Tara also collaborates on cross-arts projects for theatre, dance and visual artists, including creating the sound score for the acclaimed show ‘Foreign Body’ by Imogen Butler-Cole.

Patrick Rimes is a musician, composer, arranger and conductor from Wales. Born and raised in the thriving traditional music heartlands of Snowdonia, he went on to study classical violin and viola at Leeds University, Janáčkovo Akademie Muzických in Brno, Czech Republic and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Widely regarded as one of the best players of English traditional music, Archie has worked as a session musician for some of the UK’s top folk acts (Cara Dillon, Eliza Carthy, Blair Dunlop, Jim Moray) and producers (Andy Bell, Ed Harcourt), as well as performing with the trio, ‘Moore, Moss, Rutter’ – the outfit which saw him receive the coveted BBC Radio 2 folk award in 2011.

Letty is one of the UK’s most innovative and versatile horn players. As a multi-genre orchestral and chamber musician, Letty has worked with major orchestras including the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Heritage Orchestra, Multi-Story Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra and English National Opera and Ballet orchestras.

Suntou Susso is a multi-instrumentalist: Kora player, percussionist, singer and composer from The Gambia. Born a Griot in a 700-year-old tradition, the Kora – harp-lute with 22 strings – is unique to the Griots of the Mandinka people. Griots have a unique societal role as oral historians, transmitting and preserving a people’s culture through the generations in song, music and poetry.

Australian violinist Bridget O’Donnell is enjoying a varied career as a chamber and orchestral musician in the classical and folk scene. Firmly established in London, Bridget regularly performs and tours with the London Symphony Orchestra, Aurora Orchestra, Manchester Collective and a variety of exceptional folk and jazz musicians. She has given performances in venues across Europe including the BBC Proms, the Elbphilharmonie and Paris Philharmonie.

Malin Lewis is an award-winning piper, fiddler, composer and instrument-maker from Ardnamurchan and Skye. They marry deep traditional roots with adventurous innovation – not least as maker of a unique 2-octave version of the Scottish smallpipes. Malin studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, plus took an ERASMUS sojourn at Helsinki’s Sibelius Academy (exploring everything from extinct Finnish bagpipes to free improvisation).

As composer and taegŭm (Korean flute) soloist, Dr Hyelim Kim has been performing professionally since 2000 specialising in traditional repertoire and various cross-over genres. Kim has produced five recordings and performed numerous solo recitals around the world. She is a regular member of the Club Inégales and the Third Orchestra (Barbican Art Centre). Based on her belief that Korean heritage can act as an artistic inspiration for the contemporary and cosmopolitan environment of the UK, Kim has also set up and leads the music and dance group, the Shilla Ensemble.

Josh Doughty began playing the kora (a West African 21-stringed harp) when he was eight years old. First learning from his father, Adam Doughty, Josh soon developed a fascination for the instrument and would practice for hours on end, rewinding and replaying cassette tapes of kora masters and figuring out how to play along.

Jack Durtnall is a multi-instrumentalist, soprano saxophonist and singer. A lover of folksong and nature connection, Jack is a keen improviser and listener able to blend and bridge the traditionally jazz-orientated tones of the saxophone into the realms of folk. Jack is also a song carrier, giving voice to the old traditional songs of Britain and Ireland, as well as bringing through contemporary folk songs in his own writing.

Clarinettist, composer and maker Jack McNeill is a musician exploring the intersections of different traditions and sound worlds. Director of the 12-piece cross-genre Propellor, who create audio-visual performances mapping our collective experience of the natural world. He makes work that sits somewhere between live music, theatre and radio.

Playing low, rarified woodwinds and primarily bass clarinet, Chris Cundy explores a music where free improvisation and composition meet, drawing on self-developed playing techniques such as multiphonics, circular breathing, and microtonal voicings.

Temesgen Zeleke is a leading exponent of the Ethiopian krar lyre. Born in Addis Ababa, where he studied under Ethiojazz bandleader Mulatu Astake, he now leads the London-based group Krar Collective, who have toured internationally and collaborated with Damon Albarn’s Africa Express project.

Dylan Walker is an ecologist and founder of Wilderlife. During his fun and interactive talks and walks Dylan shows us how to rewild the places we call home by channelling the wild instincts of beaver, boar, bear and more! With thought-provoking insights on how these large animals engineered our landscapes and practical advice for you to take away with you, a walk in the woods may never seem the same again!

Charlotte Pulver is a modern-day alchemist and lover of the waters; being born into the Pulver lineage of apothecarians. She has a background in natural healthcare, studying and practising various medical systems of healing for 20+ years. Her love is rooted in making medicines for people which she sells through ‘Pulver’s Apothecary’. It is during her time of studies she came across healing practises that involved water which sparked and renewed a long life journey in her work with water.

For the last 15 years Naamah Pinkerfeld has been leading community choirs and groups, mostly in East Sussex but also in London; teaching much-loved and deeply-enjoyed songs to many (both traditional and more modern folk songs from England as well as from other places). Her main ongoing weekly Forest Choirs have been going strong since 2008 and in recent years have taken place in a beautiful spot on the Ashdown Forest (in the warmer spring/summer months)!

Lora’s practice embraces interests in herbal art, explorative foraging, wild foods and plant medicine. She shares her research by re-telling, researching and reviving the wisdoms of the environment, through practical uses. Landscapes and the world of plants they are home to can be hard to navigate, so her creative practice takes the outside inside, inviting other people to join this journey, on her walks, by application of foraged materials in traditional and digital practice.

The Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) is a small, brown, unremarkable-looking bird, but they possess one of nature’s finest singing voices. The English population winters in Sub-Saharan Africa in the western countries like Sierra Leon and Senegal, returning to the very same thicket they were born in arriving in early to mid-April. They spend April to the end of May mating and nesting where we can encounter the extraordinary display of the males’ courtship song, famous for his all-night broadcast.

Sam is a folksinger, song collector, activist, nature conservationist, guide, and presenter. With three critically acclaimed albums - his debut receiving a Mercury Music Prize nomination - he works holistically in challenging the sound and purpose of our indigenous music in the 21st Century.