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2020

2019

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​Soprano soloist
Handel, Messiah 
​Live broadcast
HPO Singers &
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Conductor: Marcio da Silva

December 22nd, 2020
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​Soprano soloist
Mozart, Coronation Mass
St John's Hyde Park
​Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Robert Greenhill
St John's, Hyde Park
​December 24th, 2019




​​​Soprano soloist
'Ave Maria',
Verdi, Otello (Act 4)
St Margaret's Church, Putney
December 20th, 2020
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Soprano soloist

Christmas Carols
[Concert in aid of access to justice charities]
Temple Church, London.

December 17th, 2019. 
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​Soprano soloist
Handel, Messiah 
HPO Singers &
Ensemble OrQuesta Baroque
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christchurch, St Leonards-on-Sea
December 5th, 2020
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​Soprano soloist
Oh Night Divine
St Mary's Church,
Carlow, Ireland

December 14th, 2019. 
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​Leonore
Beethoven Fidelio
Wendover Choral Society
Conductor: Peter Bassano
St Mary's Church, Wendover

December 5th, 2020
​Postponed due to Covid-19
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​Mrs Page

​Vaughan Williams, 
Sir John in Love
Royal Academy Opera - Scenes
Susie Sainsbury Theatre
Director: Sebastian Harcombe

November 28th ​& 29th, 2019.
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​​Soprano soloist
'Drop, drop, slow tears'
Howard Goodall, 
Eternal light: A Requiem
St John's, Hyde Park
October 8th, 2020.
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La Wally, Catalani
'Ebben! Ne andrò lontana'
​Royal Academy Voices:
​Transcending Borders VII - Italy

Italian Cultural Institute, London
November 19th, 2019. 




​​​Recital:
The Shepherd on the Rock

Helen May and Ivanov & Chen
Christchurch, St Leonards-on-Sea
October 17th, 2020.
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​Soprano soloist
Brahms, Requiem
'Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit'
St John's Hyde Park Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Robert Greenhill

St John's, Hyde Park
November 10th, 2019.
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​Pamina
Mozart, The Magic Flute
The Tuckwell Amphitheatre
Cheltenham
August 8th, 2020.

Cancelled due to Covid-19
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​Soprano soloist
​Fauré, Requiem
​St John's Hyde Park Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Robert Greenhill
St John's, Hyde Park
November 4th, 2019.


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​Leonore

Excerpts from Beethoven's Fidelio
Wendover Choral Society
Conductor: Peter Bassano
St Mary's Church, Wendover
May 16th, 2020.

​Postponed due to Covid-19
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Soprano soloist
Mozart, Missa brevis in
​B-flat major, K.275

​St John's Hyde Park Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Robert Greenhill
St John's, Hyde Park
November 3rd, 2019.
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​Alice Ford
Verdi, Falstaff
Royal Academy Opera Scenes
​Steiner Theatre
Marylebone
May 14th & 15th, 2020

​​Cancelled due to Covid-19
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Tatyana
​Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin
Royal Academy Opera Scenes
​Susie Sainsbury Theatre
Stage Director: Victoria Newlyn
Music Director: Philip Sunderland
October 24th, 2019.
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​Choral solos

Broadcast service 
St John's Hyde Park

75th Anniversary
Commemoration of VE Day
May 10th, 2020.
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Soprano soloist
The Perils of Love and Arrogance
TAL Festival - Glyndebarn II
Barns Centre, Thame.
October 18th, 2019. 
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​Soprano soloist
Haydn, The Creation
Hastings Philharmonic
Christchurch, St-Leonards-on-Sea
April 4th, 2020.

Postponed due to Covid-19
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​English Song Prize
David Josefowitz Recital Hall
Royal Academy of Music
October 9th, 2019.


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​Soprano soloist
Haydn, The Creation
Faringdon Singers
Conductor: Terence Carter
St. Mary's Church, Buckland,
​March 29th, 2020.

​Postponed due to Covid-19
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​Soprano soloist
Murray Schafer​ 
String Quartet no. 4

Echéa Quartet
Lunchtime Recital
Royal Academy of Music
October 8th, 2019.
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​Soprano soloist
Haydn, The Creation
Faringdon Singers
​Conductor: Terence Carter
All Saints' Church, Faringdon,
March 28th, 2020.

​Postponed due to Covid-19
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Aurora (cover)​
​Noah Mosley, Aurora
Grimeborn Opera Festival, 
Arcola Theatre
August 23rd-25th 2019
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Soprano soloist
Górecki, Symphony No 3
​'Sorrowful Song II'
[#International Women's Day]
St John's Hyde Park Chamber Orchestra
​Conductor: Robert Greenhill
St John's Hyde Park
March 8th, 2020. 
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Diane (reprise)
​Rameau, Hippolyte et Aricie
Ensemble OrQuesta
Grimeborn Opera Festival, 
Arcola Theatre
August 13th-17th, 2019. 
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​* OFFIE nomination
​(Performance: Opera Production)

​Calisto*
​Cavalli, La Calisto
Ensemble OrQuesta
​The Cockpit Theatre, 
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​Director: Marcio da Silva
Jan 29th - Feb 1st, 2020.
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​Handel, Alcina
Alcina
Ensemble OrQuesta
John McIntosh Arts Centre,
​SW6 1AW
July 27th, 2019. 



​Calisto*
​Cavalli, La Calisto
Ensemble OrQuesta
​The Cockpit Theatre, 

Director: Marcio da Silva
Jan 29th - Feb 1st, 2020. 
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Chosen Woodhouse Alumni
​​Arias by Mozart and Puccini
Memorial Recital 
Woodhouse Copse, 
July 7th, 2019.
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​​Soprano soloist
Rossini, Petite Messe Solennelle
Hastings Philharmonic Choir
Christ Church, St Leonards
July 6th, 2019.  
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​Glinda​

Arlen, Lloyd Webber, Stothart, The Wizard of Oz Musical
St John's Choral Scholars and Orchestra and combined community choirs
St John's Hyde Park
July 3rd, 2019.
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Dew Fairy and Sandman
Humperdinck, Hansel and Gretel
Lambeth Orchestra and
Dunraven Chamber Choir
Conductor: Christopher Fifield
All Saints Church, West Dulwich
June 29th, 2019. 


Recital
Schoenberg, Vier Lieder, Opus 2
​Royal Academy Voices
'Transcending Borders II - Austria'
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Belgravia
June 18th, 2019. .
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End of year Postgraduate Recital
Master of Arts (Performance)
Royal Academy of Music
June 4th, 2019. 


​​Pamina
​Mozart, Die Zauberflöte​
Hastings Philharmonic 
& Ensemble OrQuesta
St. Mary in the Castle, Hastings
June 1st, 2019. 
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Woodpecker​
Janáček, Cunning Little Vixen
Royal Academy Opera
Conductor: Philip Sunderland
Susie Sainsbury Theatre
May 21st - 24th, 2019.
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​Participant
Toby Spence vocal masterclass 
Susie Sainsbury Theatre
Royal Academy of Music
​April 30th, 2019.
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​Soprano soloist
Poulenc, Stabat Mater
St John's Hyde Park
Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Robert Greenhill
St John's, Hyde Park
April 14th, 2019.


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​Soprano soloist
A Night at the Opera
Grange Choral Society 
Conductor: Marcio da Silva
Christchurch Priory
April 13th, 2019.
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​Soprano soloist
Haydn, 'Nelson Mass'
Cardiff University Symphony Chorus & Chamber Orchestra
​Conductor: Andrea Quinn
Llandaff Cathedral
March 22nd, 2019. 
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Song Recital
Royal Academy of Music
Helen May - voice,
Adam Repa - piano
Ethel Barns, Rebecca Clarke, Katharine Emily Eggar
Part of 'The Amazing Women of the Academy' series 


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Noah Mosley, Aurora
Aurora (cover)
Bury Court Opera
Bury Court, Bentley, Farnham
​February 21st & 23rd, 2019.

Nerone​
​Monteverdi, 
L'incoronazione di Poppea
Ensemble OrQuesta
The Cockpit Theatre, 
Jan 30th - Feb 1st, 2019.
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​Soprano soloist
Opera Gala
Arias, duets and ensembles by
Handel, Mozart, Verdi and Puccini

The Cockpit Theatre

January 20th, 2019. 
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