Archie is a tenor originally from Scotland, currently pursuing a freelance career as a soloist and consort singer while completing a Graduate Diploma in Law at BPP University. He is supported by the Sir Elihu Lauterpacht Scholarship from Gray’s Inn and the Career Commitment Scholarship from BPP. As a consort singer, Archie regularly performs with groups such as the BBC Singers, Polyphony, and The Sixteen. In September 2025, he will begin a Master’s in Vocal Performance at the Royal College of Music, where he has been awarded a full scholarship. He is currently taught by Miranda Wright and Nicky Spence and will continue to study with them at RCM.

On the opera stage, Archie looks forward to singing the role of Alfred in Westminster Opera Company’s production of Die Fledermaus in August. In November, he will appear in the chorus of BALLS by Laura Karpman in its UK premiere at the Southbank Centre, performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra and conducted by Marin Alsop. He has previously sung in the chorus of Huang Ruo’s M. Butterfly with the BBC Singers. In 2023, Archie was the Emerging Artist for Westminster Opera Company and held the James Bowman Young Artistship at Vache Baroque. Other roles include Prince Gvidon in Orchestra Vox’s The Golden Cockerel (2023), Autumn in Purcell’s The Fairy Queen (2023), and the Headmaster in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys (2022).

In competition, Archie has received several accolades, including the Mendl-Schrama Song Prize, the Oxford and Cambridge Club Music Prize, the Association of English Singers and Speakers Dorothy Richardson Song Prize, and most recently, the Lux Amit Folkestone on Song Bursary Award and Song Prize.

Archie made his debut at the Oxford International Song Festival in November 2024, performing alongside James Gilchrist. He has given recitals in venues such as the Holywell Music Room and collaborates regularly with pianist Alfred Fardell. In September, he will present a programme of English song at Chianti in Musica. Archie also has extensive experience as an oratorio soloist, including performances of the Evangelist in Bach’s St John Passion, tenor solos in the St Matthew Passion, and Handel’s Messiah at Sunderland Minster in 2024.

Archie holds a degree in Philosophy and Theology from Christ Church, Oxford, where he was also a Choral Scholar at the Cathedral. He spent his gap year singing at St John’s College, Cambridge, under Andrew Nethsingha. Before that, he studied at the Junior Department of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with Paul Keohone, having begun his musical journey as a chorister at Durham Cathedral under James Lancelot. He has studied with Miranda Wright since that time.