Chloe Hinton is preparing for her first season singing in the Glyndebourne chorus but, before that, the talented vocalist will be performing as a soloist in Thames Philharmonic Choir’s first performance of the year at All Saints’ Parish Church next Saturday.

Hinton, 25, has performed with the choir before, singing alongside her mother, and she is delighted to now be returning to Kingston as a soloist.

“I sang with the choir about five-and-a-half years ago in the year before I went to university,” she explains.

“They are really good concerts to do and this will be my first concert as a soloist in London. It’s great to do it with a choir that I know well.

“A lot of the members know me from when I was 18 and now coming back to do this is really nice because there is that real support there.”

The solo that Hinton will tackle is from Schumann’s Mass in C minor (Missa Sacra), with the piece representing a new challenge for her.

She says: “I have never sang any Schumann mass before and, to be honest, I didn’t even know he had written any!

“Everybody I have mentioned it to has had the same reaction and, in that respect, it is a really interesting piece to choose as it is an obscure piece of music by a well-known composer.”

Hinton, from East Sheen, is currently studying for a masters in music performance at the Conservatory of Music and Drama in Dublin.

As well as the Schumann piece, next Saturday’s programme also includes Brahms’ Songs of Destiny and Elgar’s String Serenade, with the choir being accompanied by the Thames Festival Orchestra.

Thames Philharmonic’s artistic director John Bate will take up the baton for the evening.

Thames Philharmonic Choir, All Saints’ Parish Church, February 27, 8pm, £16/£13.50. Call 07522 524081 or visit thamesphil choir.org.uk for further information