Curriculum Vitae
Education and Training
University of Warwick - BA. Hons Class 2, Division 1 (Mathematics)
University of Oxford ( Keble College) - Post Graduate Certificate of Education
Royal College of Music - ARCM (Post Graduate)
Royal College and Royal Academy of Music Joint Vocal Faculty - Preliminary Opera Course
Mayer-Lismann Opera Course
Scheggino Summer Opera School (director Colin Baldy)
Singing Teachers: Margaret Cable, Robert Sutherland, David Mason, Colin Baldy, Philip Doghan
Masterclasses: Emma Kirkby, Kurt Equilutz, Sarah Walker, Nicoletta Conti
Opera Chorus - Staged Productions
Birmingham City Opera - Mittwoch aus Licht (Stockhausen). Solo step-out Alto 7 (Listen here) dir. Graham Vick
Salzburg Easter Festival Opera - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Simon Rattle. Peter Grimes (director: Trevor Nunn) Cosí fan Tutte, Idomeneo
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden - A Greek Passion (Martinu) cond. Charles Mackerras, dir. David Pountney
English National Opera - Pearl Fishers, Carmen dir. Jonathan Miller, Don Pasquale, Fidelio dir. Graham Vick, The Prisoner (Dallapiccola), Fairy Queen (Purcell), dir. David Pountney, Turandot dir. Christopher Alden
English National Opera Studio - Damned and Divine (Will Todd)
Opera de Lyon - L’Amour des Trois Oranges, La Traviata, La Damnation de Faust, Schliemann
Berlin Philharmoniker - On the Town (Bernstein) cond. Simon Rattle
Chatelet Theatre, Paris - Le Grand Macabre (Ligetti) - cond. Esa-Pekka Salanon, dir. Peter Sellars.
Rôles
Ahmadi Music Group - Juno/Ino (Semele) in first staged opera production to take place in Kuwait
Opera Chez Cartier - Fiordiligi (Cosí van Tutte) dir. John Ramster
New College Opera - Dejaniera (Hercules) cond. Stephen Grahl
Christ Church Opera - Mrs Noye (Noye’s Fludde)
Christ Church Opera - Morgan la Fay (The Triumph of King Arthur by Simon Whalley) dir. John Ramster
Handmade Opera - Cherubino (Marriage of Figaro) cond. Nicoletta Conti, dir Colin Baldy
Abingdon Opera Exchange - Sorceress (Dido and Aeneas)
West Sussex Opera - Hänsel (Hansel und Gretel)
Professional Choirs and Ensembles
Choir of the Age of the Enlightenment - Haydn Creation BBC proms cond. Charles Mackerras contralto soloist
Handel Messiah, Göttingen Festival cond. Nicholas McGegan
Brahms Requiem BBC proms cond. Simon Rattle
Bach Mass in B minor BBC proms cond. Roger Norrington
Purcell Dido and Aeneas BBC proms cond. Richard Egarr
Collegium Musicum 90 (Director: Richard Hickox)
Schubert Mass in Eb - BBC proms
Schubert Ständchen - BBC proms
Beethoven - Mass in C, Meeresstille und Glückliche Fahrt (alto solo)
Handel Messiah - Barbican
recordings of Vaughan Williams, Hummel, Haydn and Schubert masses
London Voices (Director: Terry Edwards)
Verdi Requiem - BBC proms cond. Colin Davis
Bach St Matthew Passion - Royal Festival cond. Andras Schiff
Bernstein Wonderful Town - BBC proms cond. Simon Rattle
Rachmaninoff Francesca di Rimini - Royal Festival Hall cond. Andre Previn
Ligeti Requiem - BBC proms cond. Esa Pekka Salonen
Ligeti Clocks and Clouds - Paris, Vienna cond. Esa Pekka Salonen
Tavener The Whale - BBC proms
Tallis Spem in Alium - KKL Luzern
Gubaidalina Canticle of the Sun (cello: Rostropovich) - Barbican
Andriessen Trilogy of the Last Day Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival cond. Oliver Knussen
McCartney Ecce Cor Meum - Royal Albert Hall
Brubeck Classical Brubeck
Tiomkin - film music - Barbican
Film score recordings including Star Wars Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter etc film scores
The King’s Consort (Director: Robert King)
Mendelssohn Elijah - KKL Luzern
Mendelssohn Paulus - KKL Luzern
Haydn Creation
Handel Messiah
Bach St Matthew Passion - Conzertgebouw, KKL Luzern
Mozart and M.Haydn Requiems - BBC Proms
Duruflé Requiem
European Voices (cond. Simon Rattle)
Wagner Parsifal - BBC proms
Schumann Das Paradies und die Peri - solo 3rd Houri - Royal Festival Hall
Mozart Mass in C minor
Philharmonia Voices (dir. Aidan Oliver)
Messiaen La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur - BBC proms cond. Nagano
Britten Death in Venice - step out German mother - cond. Richard Hickox
Lindberg Graffiti - Royal Festival Hall cond. Esa Pekka Salonen
Berlioz Romeo and Juliet
Ligeti Requiem, Lux Aeterna
Mahler 3rd Symphony - Royal Festival Hall cond. Salonen
Beethoven 9th Symphony - Royal Festival Hall cond. Pletnev
BBC Singers
ad hoc list
Maida Vale Singers (dir. Chris Dee)
Sullivan HMS Pinafore - BBC Proms cond. Charles Mackerras
Weill - Der Kuhhandel - Barbican
Danny Elfman - Film soundtracks - Royal Albert Hall
Final Fantasy Suite - Royal Albert Hall
Apollo Voices (dir. Chris Foster)
Birtwistle The Second Mrs Kong - Barbican
Rimsky Korsakov Mlada - cond. Gergiev
Chausson Le Roi Arthus
Harry Gregson-Williams film scores
Geoffrey Mitchel Singers/Opera Rara
Donizetti Parisina
Donizetti Roberto Devereux
Rossini Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra
Mercadante Emma d’Antiochia
Mercadante Margherita d’Anjou
Pacini Alessandro nell’Indie, Carlo di Borgogna,
Beethoven Fidelio - BBC proms cond. Barenboim
Puccini Turandot,
Wagner Flying Dutchman
St. Michael’s Cornhill Choir (dir Jonathan Rennert)
Vaughan Williams Visions of Aeroplanes, recordings, services
Pinewood Singers (dir Allan Wilson/Malcolm Banham)
studio recordings for film and games soundtracks
Aurora Nova (cond. Patrick Craig)
Services at St Paul’s Cathedral, Concerts of upper voice repertoire, including commissions
Schola Gregoriana, Cambridge
Tallis Gaude Gloriosa, motets by Mouton, Poulenc
Edvard Grieg Kor, Bergen
Shafer Magic Songs, a/c works by Monteverdi, Grieg, Gibbons, Holberg Suite arranged Jonathan Rathbone
Solo Oratorio
Surrey Voices, St James’, Piccadilly (cond. Malcolm Hicks)
Handel Messiah
Mozart Requiem
Luton Choral Society (cond. Crispin Lewis)
Duruflé Requiem
Handel Messiah
Vivaldi Gloria
Beethoven Mass in C
Haydn Theresienmesse
St Cecilia Chorus, Epsom (cond. Jonathan Rennert)
Elgar Music Makers
Vivaldi Gloria
Bach Christmas Oratorio
The Pink Singers - Westminster Abbey
Duruflé Requiem
Market Rasen Choral Society, Lincolnshire
Rossini Petite Messe Solenelle
Hexham Abbey Festival Chorus
Handel Messiah
Keele Choral Society
Handel Jephtha (Storge)
Handel Theodora (Irene)
St Paul’s Knightsbridge Festival Choir
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Magnificat, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford (cond. Philip Cave)
Bach St John Passion
Bach B minor Mass
Bach St Matthew Passion
St Stephen’s St Stephen’s Gloucester Road (cond. Paul Plummer)
Brahms Alto Rhapsody
City Chorus (Paul Ayres)
Vivaldi Gloria
Heinichen Mass in F
Harpenden Choral Society (cond. Adrian Bawtree)
Mendelssohn Elijah
Highgate Choral Society
Verdi Requiem
Shepherds Bush Cantata Series Bach Cantatas 169, 35, 82, 145, 187, 43
Recital
St Bride’s, Fleet Street
Mozart Cantata k505 Ch’io mi scordi di te, Strauss songs (piano: Gregory Drott)
National Portrait Gallery
Shakespeare settings by Quilter, Shostakovich, Berlioz, Arne etc
Southwark Music Festival
Schubert Winterreise (piano: Simon Over)
International House Concert Series
Debussy Chansons de Bilitis, Wagner Wesendonk Lieder (piano: Robert Thompson)
Holywell Music Room, Oxford
Brahms Vier Ernste Gesänge, Schumann Frauenliebe und Leben (piano: Charles Hattrell)
Maldon Festival
Songs by Schubert and Brahms (piano: Jocelyn Freeman)
Chelsea Schubert Series, Holy Trinity Chelsea
Songs by Schubert and Michael Brough (piano: Michael Brough)
Silvia Townsend Warner Society
Songs by Silvia Townsend Warner
Teaching
Streatham and Clapham High School for Girls
Head of Singing, Teacher of Singing
Old Palace School for Girls
Teacher of Singing
St Georges’ School, Windsor
Teacher of Singing
New London Music School