Biography

I was awarded a scholarship to study at The Royal Academy of Music.

I was also a major prize-winner in the English Song Award at The Brighton Festival. (The money from which bought me a car and a computer.) I still love English Song and believe that the best examples rank alongside the great Lieder and Mélodies.

Recitals and Concerts in London include:

          The Royal Albert Hall

          The Queen Elizabeth Hall

          The Purcell Room

          St. John's Smith Square 

          The National Portrait Gallery

        as well as :

          The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

          The Cultural Centre, Hong Kong

          The National Arts Club, New York

Oratorio and concert appearances at major British Festivals include:

          Bath

          Buxton

          King's Lynn

          Nottingham

          Ryedale

          Thaxted

Operatic Rôles include:  

 

Papageno (Die Zauberflote)

Dandini (La Cenerentola)

Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro and Il Barbiere di Siviglia)

Escamillo and Dancairo (Carmen)

Schaunard (La Bohème)

Leporello and Masetto (Don Giovanni)

Sharpless (Madame Butterfly)

Balstrode (Peter Grimes)

Yevgeny Onegin

Rigoletto

Companies include:

I have also enjoyed the unique pleasure of sharing the platform alone with Lesley Garrett in an Opera Gala before twelve thousand adoring fans!.