Dieci - A Cappella Vocal Octet

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The Sopranos

Jessica Broad
Jessica Broad, soprano, completed her BMus Hons and Postgraduate Diploma in opera studies at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music under the tutition of Helen Lawson and Clare Shearer.

Jessica’s operatic experiences have included; Galatea in Handel’s Acis and Galatea, chorus in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges (for which she understudied the role of Nicolette) and Prokofiev’s War and Peace which was the premier of the original version. These chorus experiences were all collaborative projects between the RSAMD and Scottish Opera and performed in the Theatre Royal in Glasgow and The Edinburgh Festival Theatre. Other chorus work includes Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Offenbach, Poulenc’s ‘Les Dialogues des Carmelites’ and one of the ‘Ladies if Mahagonny’ in Kurt Weill’s ‘The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny’. Jessica has also performed scenes from The Rake’s Progress by Stravinsky (Anne Trulove), The Bartered Bride by Smetna (Mařenka), Turn of the Screw by Britten (Governess), Semele by Handel (Semele), A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Britten (Tytania) and La Boheme by Puccini (Musetta).

Jessica was awarded the Jean Highgate Scholarship for Singing in 2007 and has been highly commended in the Scottish Song Prize two years running. Her solo work in the past year has included; Mozart’s Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, Handel’s Dixit Dominus, Bach’s Magnificat, Tilge Höchster Meine Sünden (after Pergolesi) and Cantata131, Vaughn-Williams G minor Mass, Schubert Mass in G, Buxtehude Cantata 15, Mendelssohn’s Hear My Prayer, Haydn’s Little Organ Mass, Vivaldi’s Magnificat and Gloria and recitals in Paisley Abbey, Salisbury and Liverpool.

She has taken part in masterclasses with Malcolm Martineau, Professor Paul Farrington, Julius Drake and Lisa Milne.

www.jessicabroad.co.uk

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Jessica Leary
Jessica holds a First Class Honours Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Edinburgh and recently completed a Masters in Performance at the RSAMD under the tutelage of Clare Shearer. Whilst at the RSAMD she performed the role of First Bridesmaid in The Marriage of Figaro, understudied the Najade in Ariadne Auf Naxos and performed the role of the Sandman in Hansel and Gretel in Opera Scenes. She was the winner of the Frank Spedding Lieder Prize for Singing 2010, a finalist in the Governors Recital Prize for Singing 2009, and was one of six singers at the RSAMD to premier new editions of Mendelssohn Lieder for broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland. As a concert soloist she has understudied the 2nd Soprano Soloist for an Edinburgh International Festival Performance of Haydn Seven Last Words with the Scottish Chamber orchestra under Garry Walker. Other recently oratorio performances include Jenkins The Armed Man; Haydn Little Organ Mass; Mozart Missa Brevis in D major; Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise; Rutter Requiem and Couperin Trois Lecons de Tenebres.
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The Altos

Catriona Morison
Edinburgh born mezzo soprano Catriona Morison graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) in 2009 with a BMus (Hons) and in 2010 with a PGDip in Opera Studies, under the tuition of Margaret Aronson. She was awarded the SAAS Postgraduate Scholarship 09/10. As part of her undergraduate degree, Catriona studied at the Universität der Künste, Berlin, for five months with Prof. Julie Kaufmann. She has participated in masterclasses with Håkan Hagegård, Svein Bjørkøy, Arlene Rolph, and Malcom Martineau.

For the RSAMD’s Monday Lunchtime concert series and Summerfest, Catriona has performed a selection of Monteverdi madrigals and Mendelssohn duets to critical acclaim. Solo performances include Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri and Cantata 15; Handel’s Dixit Dominus; Vivaldi’s Gloria; Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G Minor ; Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Magnificat, Mass in A, Tilge Höchster Meine Sünden (after Pergolesi), and Cantatas 39, 131 and 150.

Catriona appeared at the opening concert of the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival as one of the Ladies of Mahagonny in Kurt Weill’s The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. In the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe Festival she was invited to perform with Edinburgh Studio Opera (ESO) in their staged production of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.

Opera roles include Smeraldine (cover –The Love of Three Oranges: Prokofiev), Trishka (War and Peace: Prokofiev) and Marcellina (cover – Le Nozze di Figaro: Mozart). Opera scenes at the RSAMD include Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro: Mozart), Idamante (Idomeneo: Mozart), Sesto (La Clemenza di Tito: Mozart), Second Lady (The Magic Flute: Mozart), and Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Rossini). Most recently, Catriona sang the roles of La Ciesca (Gianni Schicchi: Verdi) and Madame Bubble (The Pilgrim’s Progress: Vaughan Williams) for ESO’s Opera Sins production for the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Catriona continues her studies at the RSAMD with Clare Shearer.
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Lynda-Jane Workman
Lynda-Jane Workman was born and raised in Northern Ireland. She is currently studying a MMus (Performance) at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, under the tutelage of Kathleen McKellar-Ferguson. Before coming to Scotland she sang with the Ulster Youth Choir at Proms in the Park and took part in their Ireland and France Tour. In 2006, at the end of her first year at RSAMD, Lynda-Jane represented the RSAMD at the Junior Kathleen Ferrier Awards. In the RSAMD’s Opera productions she has sang in Handel’s Rinaldo, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Poulenc’s Dialogues les Carmelites, Prokoviev’s Love for Three Oranges (chorus and understudy for Princess Clarissa), Tales of Hoffmann by Offenbach (Mother’s Voice and chorus) and in Kasper Hauser by Rory Boyle (Daumer’s Mother) and in Handel’s Messiah, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Taverner and Bach’s Magnificat with the RSAMD Chamber Choir. Lynda-Jane also sang in the opening concert of the Edinburgh International Festival in August 2008 as one of the ‘Ladies of Mahagonny’ from Kurt Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. Lynda-Jane has sung in masterclasses with Malcolm Martineau and Patricia McMahon and was a finalist in the Frank Spedding Lieder prize and the Governor’s Prize for Voice in 2009. Solo concert performances include Bach’s Magnificat, Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Beethoven’s Mass in C and Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Dettingen Te Deum and Charpentier Te Deum. Recent engagements include Bach’s Magnificat and Mozart’s Requiem in Canterbury Cathedral, Serenade to Music by Vaughan Williams in the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms and recitals in Edinburgh, as part of the St Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral lunchtime concert series, Portrush, Coleraine and Belfast, Northern Ireland. Future engagements include concerts in Northern Ireland and as guest soloist with the Glasgow Philharmonic Male Voice Choir. To support her studies for MMus (Performance) Lynda-Jane has received scholarships from the RSAMD Trust, the Thomas and Margaret Roddan Trust and the Honourable The Irish Society.
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