Meet Levowan
Director of Music (Accompanist & Founding Member)
Mark Smith
Studied piano and organ at Trinity College of Music, London and worked as an accompanist in London and the South East before moving to Cornwall in 2011. Mark’s interests aside from music are organic gardening, foraging, walking and reading.
Soprano ( Administration & Founding Member)
Anne Shaw
Invited to join at the beginning of Levowan in 2015. Happily retired after a career in banking , started singing at age 55 - the best thing anyone can do!
Love painting, in watercolour, and relaxing in the garden.
Soprano (Hospitality)
Mel Mehta
Joined in December 2021, one week before concert. Enjoys stabbing cloth 10000 times, working with performers on vocal health & returning them to their passion following vocal challenges. Loves singing in beautiful venues.
Soprano
Nicky Brown
I am very excited and honoured to be joining Levowan in January 2026. I took my first tentative steps into singing in my early 20s and have loved performing in musicals, Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, Opera South West and most recently with the Chorus of Westerly in Rhode Island, USA. I am often found on the side of a rugby field or basketball court with my husband Mike, cheering on our son Benjamin.
Alto (Hospitality)
Helen Reid
Joined August 2016. Met and married husband Andy through their love of singing and had Hannah who pursues the same love for creating music professionally.
Kept busy as an HR Manager for an outstanding care company which cares for young individuals with complex physical and learning difficulties transitioning from childhood to young adults.
Alto (PR & Marketing)
Kaye Rogers
Joined in January 2019. I am proud to be a domiciliary care worker, enabling people to remain independent in their own homes. I enjoy speaking Spanish and German, sampling good gin with friends and walking on Dartmoor with our two Springer Spaniels.
Alto
Hilary Savigear
Joined in January 2026.
Tenor (Events Co-ordinator)
Rob Shepherd
Joined in 2017 and is a Devonian, a civil engineer by profession but with music being a major pastime including work as choir leader and orchestra member. Other interests include sailing a catamaran, skiing, gardening and organising an annual music festival in Tavistock.
Tenor
John Concannon
Retired Chartered Surveyor, moved from Manchester to Devon in 2022 and sang with the Plymouth Area Police Choir before joining Levowan at the end of 2024. John has lots of interests including amateur dramatics, hillwalking, tennis, cycling and skiing.
Tenor
Phil Harriman
Joined in January 2026.
Bass (Composer in Residence)
Hugh Walkington
Joined in 2016 when Levowan 8 became Levowan12. Enjoys teaching French and playing golf. An enthusiastic traveller with a love for composition. Levowan are proud to have premiered a number of his pieces.
Bass (Finance & Founding Member)
Graham Shaw
An original member in November 2015.
Ex RN and retired gardener but still interested in gardening, walking, genealogy and quality testing real ales and ciders.
Bass
Stewart MacDougall
Joined in September 2021. Singing has always been a passion from early years in Old St Paul’s Church in Edinburgh, Bristol Choral Society in later years and Plymouth Philharmonic Choir. Ex RN of 46 years and now retired, offering more opportunities to enjoy golf, theatre, caravanning and Plymouth Argyle.