The past three months have been some of the most hectic and significant in my career so far!
After a lovely 'Concert for Peace' in Grassington with Graham Coatman, and a short week of rest at Easter I dove straight in to my final(!!!) semester as an undergraduate at the Conservatoire. First, a baroque double bill: John Blow's 'Venus and Adonis' and Marc-Antoinne Charpentier's 'Actéon'. I was cast in the role of the nymph, Hyale in Actéon and in a little over three weeks we produced a show we were all really proud of. It was an absolute joy to work with a baroque orchestra for the first time, and the beautiful dresses we were put in were definitely a plus!
In the middle of all this I also gave my Bachelor of Music Final Recital, which had a broad range of repertoire including Orlandini, Poulenc, Bizet and Weir. I will be uploading some recordings from this concert on the media page, along with some highlights from 'the little match girl passion' performance I directed and performed in as part of the Frontier's Festival in February - so keep your eyes peeled!
I then headed back up to my hometown of Harrogate to rejoin St Peter's church choir, of which I have been a part of for 16 years, to celebrate the retirement of our vicar, Tony Shepherd. It has been an absolute honour to be part of that choir for so long, but also to return for such a significant event also meant that I saw many people I haven't seen for so many years, including the composer Philip Wilby and his wife, Wendy. Philip was choirmaster when I joined the choir as an overly energetic (and distracted) seven year old, and gave me my first ever choral solo, so reuniting with them was a huge highlight to what was an amazing weekend of choral celebrations.
On my return to Birmingham, we began the new Conservatoire Chamber Choir recording of Vaughan Williams, Holst and Howells disc for Somm Records, which is due to be released next year!
As mentioned, there will be some new media uploaded to the website shortly, as well as some pretty exciting news to be announced within the next few months! But here is some candid/backstage photos of my recent adventures!
After a lovely 'Concert for Peace' in Grassington with Graham Coatman, and a short week of rest at Easter I dove straight in to my final(!!!) semester as an undergraduate at the Conservatoire. First, a baroque double bill: John Blow's 'Venus and Adonis' and Marc-Antoinne Charpentier's 'Actéon'. I was cast in the role of the nymph, Hyale in Actéon and in a little over three weeks we produced a show we were all really proud of. It was an absolute joy to work with a baroque orchestra for the first time, and the beautiful dresses we were put in were definitely a plus!
In the middle of all this I also gave my Bachelor of Music Final Recital, which had a broad range of repertoire including Orlandini, Poulenc, Bizet and Weir. I will be uploading some recordings from this concert on the media page, along with some highlights from 'the little match girl passion' performance I directed and performed in as part of the Frontier's Festival in February - so keep your eyes peeled!
I then headed back up to my hometown of Harrogate to rejoin St Peter's church choir, of which I have been a part of for 16 years, to celebrate the retirement of our vicar, Tony Shepherd. It has been an absolute honour to be part of that choir for so long, but also to return for such a significant event also meant that I saw many people I haven't seen for so many years, including the composer Philip Wilby and his wife, Wendy. Philip was choirmaster when I joined the choir as an overly energetic (and distracted) seven year old, and gave me my first ever choral solo, so reuniting with them was a huge highlight to what was an amazing weekend of choral celebrations.
On my return to Birmingham, we began the new Conservatoire Chamber Choir recording of Vaughan Williams, Holst and Howells disc for Somm Records, which is due to be released next year!
As mentioned, there will be some new media uploaded to the website shortly, as well as some pretty exciting news to be announced within the next few months! But here is some candid/backstage photos of my recent adventures!
 With Graham Coatman in Grassington |  Final Recital Programmes |  Daphne, Diane et Hyale - Acteon |  with Phil and Wendy Wilby - St Peter's Church, Harrogate  Conservatoire Chamber Choir Recording 2015 - St Albans, Highgate |  Conservatoire Chamber Choir Recording 2015 - St Albans, Highgate  Conservatoire Chamber Choir Recording 2015 - St Albans, Highgate |
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