Our Team

James Bingham is a conductor, producer, animateur and choral singer. He is passionate about making music, once described by the Sunday Times as ‘unashamedly messianic’.
As well as Musical Director of Wicklow Choral Society, James is Head of Music and Opera at the Arts Council, managing investment and policy across all genres of music. He spent seven years working as a producer at Irish National Opera, where he set up the multi-award-winning outreach programme and opera studio.
Before moving to Ireland, James worked as a Choral Delivery Artist for Opera North in the UK, conducting groups of around 1,000 people a week, of all ages and abilities. He also worked for other major UK arts organisations, including Glyndebourne, the Halle, Only Boys Aloud and Sheffield Cathedral.
James also worked extensively as a freelance choral conductor, working as musical director for choral societies such as Chesterfield Bach Choir, the Cavatina singers in South Wales and Brighton Festival Youth Choir.

Tatiana Konina is a concert organist and choral conductor and is currently Director
of Music and Organist of Christchurch, Bray.
Tatiana graduated from Moscow State Conservatory with a double Diploma and Masters degree with Prof. Boris Tevlin in Choral Conducting and Prof Alexey Parshin in Organ. In 2008, Tatiana attended the Royal Academy of Music in London as an intern student furthering her studies with David Titterington and Nicolas Kynaston.
Tatiana has won several prizes in international organ competitions including the 2nd International Organ Competition of V. Kikta (first prize), the Czech National Organ Competition (second prize) and the 9th International Marcello Galanti Organ Competition, Italy (third prize). Tatiana was also selected to compete in the 2009 St. Alban’s organ competition (UK).
Tatiana has performed in the Halls of Moscow Conservatoire, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral London, Minsk Philharmonic, St Brigid’s Cathedral, Kildare, St Ann’s, Dawson Street, Dublin.
As a choir director, Tatiana founded a student’s choir in Moscow. She led the choir for 15 years and during this period the Chamber Choir won numerous international competitions in the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland and Italy.
Tatiana regularly presents concerts in Christchurch, Bray, in collaboration with other musicians.