Antara is a flute and harp duo based in London and serving the south east of England. Formed in 2007, both Thomas and Rachel were instrumental and academic scholars at the University of Oxford (St Peter's College), before graduating with double-firsts.

Recital work has covered the United Kingdom and they also perform on cruise ships for P&O and Fred. Olsen..

Weddings and functions have included work at Buckingham, Kensington, and Blenheim Palaces, Mansion House, Spencer House, and Penshurst Place.

Rachel Wick has learnt the harp since the age of six, originally studying with Thelma Owen and Sioned Williams, and now with Karen Vaughan.

Having been the principal harp of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain for several years, Rachel now is in demand as a freelance orchestral musician and soloist, working with orchestras including the City of London Sinfonia, the Corinthian Chamber Orchestra, the London Soloists Chamber Orchestra, and the Salomon Orchestra.

She has also recently recorded with the choirs of New College and Christ Church, Oxford on the Decca and Avie labels respectively, alongside a Christmas day broadcast from Buckingham Palace on Classic FM of Britten's Ceremony of Carols with the choir of the Chapel Royal.

After graduating from Oxford, Thomas Hancox completed his prix with Patrick Gallois at the École Nationale de Musique, Paris, and currently studies with Paul Edmund-Davies and Samuel Coles as a scholarship student at the Royal Academy of Music, supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the Musicians Benevolent Fund, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the Craxton Memorial Trust.

He has worked with musicians and ensembles including Trevor Pinnock, the Allegri and Sacconi String Quartets, the orchestra of English National Opera, the London Handel Orchestra, the Saraband Consort, and the Locrian Ensemble.

Alongside this, he is an animateur and co-ordinator for CAVATINA Chamber Music Trust, having previously acted as the Junior Editor for Flute, the journal of the British Flute Society.