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
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
23.07.23 - Recital in Bagni di Lucca, Tuscany
12.08.23 - Premiere of Cumbrian Red, Lake District
01.10.12 - Singing at Discover Film awards with Craghoppers, Proud Embankment, London
14.10.23 - Soprano soloist in the Faure Requiem, Guisborough Choral Society
21.10.23 Guest soloist at DAAB Proms, O2 City Hall Newcastle
11.11.23 - Durham Cathedral Festival of Remembrance with RRF
17.11.17 - Singing at Mansion House for the Worshipful Company of Coopers
25.11.23 - Guest soloist with Teesside Symphony Orchestra