Classical Crossover Soprano
CV, 2016-2023
Education
2012 – June 2017 – Laurence Jackson School, Guisborough
September 2017 - July 2019 – Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester
September 2019 - July 2023 - Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Choir Membership
2012 – July 2017 Laurence Jackson School Choir and Stage Band Voices
2014 - National Youth Choirs of Great Britain Junior Girls’ Choir
2015 - National Youth Choirs of Great Britain Senior Girls’ Choir
2016 - National Youth Choirs of Great Britain Training Choir
2017 - National Youth Choirs of Great Britain Training Choir
2018 - National Youth Choirs of Great Britain Training Choir
2014 – July 2017 Tees Valley Youth Choir and Tees Valley Youth Chamber Choir – featured soloist
September 2017-July 2019 – Chetham’s Chamber Choir - featured soloist
Ensembles
2012 – July 2017 Laurence Jackson School Orchestra and Wind Band
2014 – 2016 Middlesbrough Youth Theatre (MYT)
2015 – July 2017 Silverwood Wind band
July 2023 - North Skelton Band, Durham Miners Gala
Workshops/Master classes/ Consultation
2014, 2015 & 2016 Masterclass with Sydney based opera singer Sarah Sweeting
11.10.2014 – Peter Polycarpou Workshop and 1:1 session for Les Miserables
21.01.2016 - 1:1 vocal consultation with Greame Danby - principal bass with English National Opera and Professor of Music at Sunderland University
06.02.2016 Orchestral Workshop with Tees Valley Youth Orchestra and Royal Northern Symphonia
13.02.2016 – Samling Academy Taster Day – Jesmond, Newcastle
20.02.2016 Masterclass with Kevin Thraves - Head of Music Staff in the School of Vocal Studies and Opera at the RNCM
23.07.17 – Junior Oxenfoord – Masterclass with Malcolm Martineau, OBE and concert
29.07.16 – Royal Opera House Workshop (TVMS) – Come and Sing Opera Day
October 2016 – Samling Academy, The Sage, Gateshead (Vocal Workshops: Madeleine Hyland, Caroline Dowdle, Patricia MacMahon, Miranda Wright)
February 2017 – Samling Coming of Age, The Sage, Gateshead – with Sir Thomas Allen
July 2017 – Samling Academy Summer Concert
October 2017 – Samling Academy, The Sage, Gateshead (Vocal Workshops: Nicky Spence, Caroline Dowdle, Patricia MacMahon, Miranda Wright. Movement/Stagecraft: Mandy Demetriou, Jimmy Garnon. Language coaching: Jean-Paul Pruna)
April 2018 – Chetham’s – Masterclass with Sarah Leonard
May 2018 – Singing Lesson – Yvonne Howard, Royal Academy of Music
Lessons
2014 – July 2017 weekly singing lessons with Miranda Francis
2011 - July 2017 group brass lesson with Steve Baxter
2016 - Monthly vocal lesson with Valerie Reid Vocal Coach, Sunderland University
2016 - Mentored by Kevin Thraves, RNCM
2004 – July 2017 weekly Ballet lesson and class
September 2017 – July 2019 singing lessons with Helen Francis
September 2017 – July 2019 trumpet lessons with J Dickinson
September 2017 – July 2019 piano lessons with J Middleton
September 2019 - July 2023 singing lessons with Sarah Pring
Examinations
May 2015 – Grade 6 Singing Distinction (Trinity)
June 2015 – Grade 5 Bb Cornet (ABRSM)
January 2016 – Grade 7 Singing Distinction (Trinity)
December 2016 – Grade 8 Singing Merit (Trinity)
December 2017 – Grade 5 Theory (ABRSM)
July 2022 - Dissertation with a Distinction
Solo Performances 2016 - 2023
30.01.2016 – Stockton Brethren evening recital
12.03.2016 –NODA North Conference Dinner – Scotch Corner Hotel
19.03.2016 – 80th Birthday Afternoon Tea – Gisborough Hall
17-19.03.2016 – Middlesbrough Theatre – MYTalent
01.05.2016 – Guest soloist Stockton Rotary’s fundraising concert
20.05.2016 –Evening Recital Elton, Stockton
11.06.2016 – St Andrew’s Church, Darlington
02.07.16 - Invited featured soloist, Stockton Rotary’s HRH 90th Birthday Celebration
09.07.2016 - Invited featured soloist at chamber music festival in Lythe, N.Yorks
25.07.2016 – Rotary Gala Dinner at Gisborough Hall
02.10.16 – Redcar & Cleveland Mayor’s Civic Service
14.10.2016 – Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation’s Gala Dinner, Wynyard Hall
15.10.16 – High Sheriff N Yorks – private recital
16.10.16 – Classical Café Recital – Middlesbrough Town Hall
22.10.16 – Zetland Ladies’ Charity Concert
04.11.16 – Soloist at official opening of LJS
12.11.16 – Featured soloist – Saltscar Lodge – 1940’s Evening (Help for Heroes)
19.11.16 – Messiah (solo arias) - Durham Singers, Durham Cathedral
24.11.16 – Redcar Lights Christmas Lights Switch-on
04.12.16 – TVYC – Messiah (solo arias)
19.12.16 – Stockton Rotary Carol Service
21.12.16 – Parish Council Community Carol Service, Saltburn
23.12.16 – Zetland FM live performance broadcast
24.12.16 – Redworth Hall – Resident’s Christmas Concert
02.02.17 – Redcar & Cleveland D of E Awards Presentation
20.02.17 – Featured soloist Mayor’s Charity CD
27.03.17 – Mayor of Redcar & Cleveland’s Community Awards Ceremony
31.03.17 - Invited featured soloist Stockton Synthonia Male Voice Choir, Yarm
27.04.17 – Drinks Reception, Gisborough Hall – Mayoral Ball
10.06.17 – Featured soloist, Silverwood Band ‘Showtime’
21.06.17 – Invited soloist - Childline Afternoon Tea, N Yorks
24.06.17 – invited soloist, Guisborough Choral Society, Vivaldi’s Gloria
14.07.17 – Recital at Grinkle Park for Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
19 & 21.07.17 – Samling Summer concert (The Whitham & Saltburn)
26.07.17 – Wedding, Rockcliffe Hall
31.08.1 - Zetland FM live performance broadcast
04.10.17 – Soloist, PiXL National Education Celebration, Central Hall, Westminster
29.10.17 – Samling Academy, The Sage, Gateshead
11.11.17 - Invited soloist – Saltscar Lodge – 1940’s Evening (Help for Heroes)
18.12.17 - Stockton Rotary Carol Service
22.12.17 - Zetland FM live performance broadcast
13.01.18 – 60th Birthday Recital, North York Moors
19.01.18 - Recital at Chetham’s School of Music
23.02.18 – Recital for Mayor of Guisborough (CRUK)
14.04.18 – Invited soloist, Honley Male Voice Choir, West Yorkshire
14.06.18 – recital at Sedbergh Music Festival
23.06.18 – Wedding, Darlington
29.6.18 - Recital at Chetham’s School of Music
13.07.18 - Recital at Grinkle Park for Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
27.07.18 – Recital, Bagni di Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
29.07.18 – Guest soloist with London Gala Orchestra, Proms in the Priory
26.08.18 – Classical Café – Opera Favourites, Middlesbrough Town Hall
06.10.18 – Invited soloist – Meltham Last Night of the Proms annual concert
07.10.18 - Redcar & Cleveland Mayor’s Civic Service
16.10.18 – Lady Captain’s Dinner – Brass Castle Golf Club
09.11.18 - Concert in Shrewsbury
13.11.18 - Private event for the High Sheriff of North Yorkshire
15.11.18 - World Premier at Chetham’s School of Music
17.11.18 – Lodge of Philosophy Ladies’ Night Dinner, Grinkle Park
09.02.19 - Soloist in Mendelssohn’s Elijah
22.03.19 - Guest Soloist with The Silverwood Band
27.03.19 - Recital at Chetham’s School of Music
06.04.19- Guest Soloist for Silverwood Bands Last Night of the Proms
13.04.19 - Guest Soloist with Honley MVC
29.6.19 - Performing two duets with Lesley Garrett and the Chesterfield Philharmonic Choir
24.07.19 - Solo concert in Bagni do Lucca, Italy
26.07.19 - Private concert in Bagni do Lucca, Italy
20.11.19 - Guest Soloist at Marlborough house for the Commonwealth of Nations function
23.02.20 - ITV Endeavour Season 7 episode 3
14.08.20 - Solo concert in Bagni do Lucca, Italy
16.08.20 - Private garden recital, Bagni do Lucca, Italy
31.05.21 - Soloist at Tudor Croft Gardens
04.09.21 - Concertin Swainby, North Yorkshire
22.12.21 - Soloist at Temple Newsam House
18.03.22 - Soloist for The Rotary Club of Roundhay
28.03.22 - APS Recital at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama
23.05.22 - Cis in Albert Herring at Guildhall School of Music and Drama
25.05.22 - Cis in Albert Herring at Guildhall School of Music and Drama
02.06.22 - Guest Soloist at The Silverwood Band’s Last Night of the Proms Concert
05.06.22 - Soloist at a Jubilee Proms in the Park
08.06.22 - End of Year Recital, Guildhall School of Music
21.09.22 - Wedding Singer in Northumberland
12.11.22 - Guest soloist with the Band of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers at Durham Cathedral
05.01.23 - Making latest sponsored CD
06.01.23 - Making latest sponsored CD
26.02.23 - Concert with members of Opera North in Leeds
25.03.23 - Soloist with The Band of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
01.04.23 - Recital at St Mary's Ambleside
15.04.23 - Concert for Hurworth Music Society
22.04.23 - Recital at St Paulinus Church Guisborough
Coming up in 2023
29,04,23 Invited Soloist at DKMS Charity Event, Yarm
12.05.23 Recital at St Saviour's Church, London
14.05.23 Bauhaus Band Project with The Guildhall, Oxford
28.05.23 Bauhaus Band Project with The Guildhall, Kent
16.06.23 Singing at a Wedding, County Durham
21.10.23 Guest soloist at DAAB Proms, O2 City Hall Newcastle
11.11.23 - Durham Cathedral Festival of Remembrance with RRF
Date TBC - Theme song for Nature Documentary
Date TBC - Recital in Tuscany