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Vocal leader for Voicelab Choirs; coach for treble soloists |
Composer: Leonard Bernstein; conductor: Marin Alsop |
Southbank Centre |
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre |
2018 |
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Music director |
Composers include: Kerry Andrew and Stephen Deazley; Director: Peter Cant |
Mahogany Opera |
Bridington Spa, Bridlington |
2018 |
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Vocal leader |
English National Opera Youth Company (pilot year) |
English National Opera |
London Colisseum and Lilian Baylis House |
2017-18 |
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Vocal director |
Silver Birch Composer: Roxanna Panufnik; Librettist: Jessica Duchen; Director: Karen Gillingham; choreographer: Natasha Khamjani; Conductor: Douglas Boyd Garsington Opera is a finalist at the International Opera Awards in the category of Education and Outreach for Silver Birch. |
Garsington Opera at Wormsley |
Wormsley Estate, Stokenchurch |
2017 |
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Vocal director |
Garsington Youth Opera Company Artistic director: Karen Gillingham |
Garsington Opera at Wormsley |
See dedicated page for performance details |
2015 – present |
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Founder and co- artistic director |
ROH Youth Opera Company Joint artistic director: Karen Gillingham |
Royal Opera House |
See dedicated ROH YOC page for details of performances |
2009 – 2017 |
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Mentor to RAM graduate singing student |
Advanced MiC Course Month long primary school project |
Royal Academy of Music |
Betty Layward Primary School |
2017 |
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Music director / arranger |
Project for primary schools based on Haydn’s Creation |
Garsington Opera at Wormsley |
Schools in High Wycombe |
2016 |
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Lead artist |
Royal Opera House |
2015 – 2017 |
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Vocal director and programme creator |
Voicelab: Schools’ Sing-in |
Southbank Centre |
Southbank Centre |
2014 – 2016 |
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Mentor to RAM graduate singing student |
Advanced MiC Course Month long primary school project |
Royal Academy of Music |
Betty Layward Primary School |
2015 |
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Director of Voicelab Wedding Singers |
Southbank Centre’s Big Wedding Weekend |
Southbank Centre |
Royal Festival Hall and Clore Ball Room, Southbank Centre |
2015 |
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Vocal director and presenter |
A joint songwriting project between RAM’s Open Academy and Spitalfields Music |
Royal Academy of Music |
Duke’s Hall, Royal Acadmy of Music |
2015 |
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Vocal director |
The Freedom Game Composer: Hannah Conway; Librettist: Richard Stilgoe; Director: Karen Gillingham; Conductor: Tim Murray |
Surrey Arts |
Royal Albert Hall |
2015 |
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Residency devising and leading vocal projects |
Various projects and performances Composers worked with include: James MacMillan, John Barber, Fraser Trainer and Dominic Harlan, and conductors include: Gijs Leenaars, David Lawrence and Manoj Kamps |
Muziekcentrum van de Omroep (Netherlands Broadcasting Music Centre) |
Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Tivoli Vredenburg in Utrecht |
2009 – 2015 |
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Choral director and conductor of Voicelab Children’s Choir |
War Requiem Composer: Benjamin Britten; Conductor: Marin Alsop This project won a Royal Philharmonic Society award in the category of learning and participation in 2015 |
Southbank Centre |
Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre |
2014 |
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Mentor to RAM graduate singing student |
Advanced MiC Course Month long primary school project |
Royal Academy of Music |
St James’ and St Michael’s CE Primary School |
2014 |
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Vocal director for all choirs |
A Wall of Music Composer: Peter Maxwell Davies; Conductor: Jessica Cottis |
Southbank Centre |
Royal Festival Hall |
2014 |
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Vocal leader / conductor |
Sing to the Flags – a Festival of Neighbourhood Artist: Bob and Roberta Smith; Directors: Polly Bennett and Darragh O’Leary; musical team included: Tim Sutton, Laka D, Lea Cornthwaite |
Southbank Centre |
Site-wide at Southbank Centre |
2013 |
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Vocal director |
Voices of the future programme A training programme for teachers |
Royal Opera House |
2012 – 2014 |
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Vocal leader |
Project with Palestinian teachers in Beirut, Lebanon Team included: Actor / director: David Morrissey; Director: Karlos Cole; designer: Emma Wee |
Creative Arts Schools Trust |
Shatila Camp, Beirut, Lebanon |
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Vocal director for Voicelab choir |
A Nightingale Sang – a community cantata Composer: John Browne; Conductor: Howard Moody |
Southbank Centre |
Royal Festival Hall |
2010 |
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Vocal director |
On the Rim of the World Composer: Orlando Gough; librettist: Jehane Markham; director: Karen Gillingham; conductor: Stuart Stratford |
Royal Opera House |
Main stage, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden |
2009 |
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Conductor |
Bloom Composer: Rufus Wainwright; Stephen Petronio Dance Company |
Southbank Centre |
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre |
2006 and 2008 |
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Vocal director |
The Last Genie Composers: John Barber, Mikey Asante; writer Inua Ellams; Director: Karen Gillingham; designer: Emma Wee; choreographers Rob Hylton and Natasha Khamjani |
Royal Opera House |
The Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Stratford Circus Arts Centre |
2008 |
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Vocal director for Voicelab Children’s Choir |
Requiem for the Earth Composer: Paco Peña; Conductor: Howard Moody |
Southbank Centre |
Royal Festival Hall |
2007 |
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Music director, conductor and soloist |
Off the Wall by Stan Won’t Dance Composer: John Barber; Directors Liam Steel and Rob Tannion |
Southbank Centre |
Site-wide at Southbank Centre |
2007 |
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Music Director |
Demon Juice Composer: John Browne; Director: Karen Gillingham; designer: Emma Wee; choreographers Rob Hylton and Natasha Khamjani |
Royal Opera House |
The Clore Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and Stratford Circus Arts Centre |
2007 |
and also…
Companies worked for in a similar capacity include English National Opera, Royal Philharmonic Society, City of London Sinfonia, Glyndebourne Opera and Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Youth Music, Opera Holland Park, Youth Music Voices, Spitalfields Festival (including the RPS award winning On Spital Fields by Jonathan Dove), London Symphony Orchestra, Opera North, English Touring Opera, Royal Academy of Music, Metropolitan Opera Guild (New York) – internship, Big Big Sing.
