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Lisa Swayne

Operatic Repertoire:
Merrie England, German – May Queen and cover of Bessie (2012 Opera South)
The Messiah, Handel (staged)– Soprano Solo/Methodist Preacher (2011 Unexpected Opera)
Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck - The Dew Fairy (2011 West Sussex Opera)
Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky – Tatyana (2011 Kentish Opera)
Rusalka, Dvořák – First Nymph, Cover (2011 Grange Park Opera)
Peter The Great (Zar Und Zimmerman), Lortzing – Cover of Marie (2011 Opera South)
The Love for Three Oranges, Prokofiev – Chorus and covering Nicolette (2010 Grange Park Opera)
Tosca, Puccini – Chorus (2010 and 2011 Grange Park Opera)
La Pericole, Offenbach – Berginella and Frasquinella (2010 Opera South)
Parthenogenesis, James MacMillan – Kristel (2009 Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, conducted by Will Dawes)
The Messiah, Handel (staged)– Soprano Solo/Methodist Preacher, (2009 Unexpected Opera)
Orpheus in the Underworld, Offenbach – Diana (2009 Kentish Opera)
The Cunning Little Vixen, Janacek – The Cricket, chorus and covering The Hen (2009 Grange Park Opera)              
Norma, Bellini – Chorus (2009 Grange Park Opera)
Martha, Flotow – first lady and chorus leader (2009 Opera South)
Idomeneo, Mozart (EUROPA GALANTE and conductor Fabio Biondi) – chorus (touring to Amsterdam, Lisbon and London, May 2008)
The Rape of Lucretia, Britten (scene)  - Female Chorus (2008 RSAMD)
The Turn of the Screw, Britten (scene) – Miss Jessel (2008 RSAMD)
Alcina, Handel (scene) – Morgana (2008 RSAMD)
The Cunning Little Vixen, Janacek (scene) – The Vixen (2008 RSAMD)
Semele, Handel (scene) – Semele  (2008 RSAMD)
Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky (RSAMD production) – chorus, in Russian (2008)
The Island of the Bird Men, David P. Graham and Jean Paul Dessi (Stornoway productions) – Soprano for the operatic quartet (2007)
The Vanishing Bridegroom, Weir (RSAMD production) – chorus (2005 RSAMD)
Beatrice Di Tenda, Bellini (Opera South) – chorus (2003)
Dido and Aeneas, Purcell (Bryanston production) – Dido (2002)

Solo Oratorio Repertoire:
Requiem, Verdi - Newcastle (2012)
The Music Makers, Elgar – Newcastle (2010)    
Carmina Burana, Orff – Newcastle (2010)
The Messiah, Handel – Cambridge (2009)
St John Passion, Bach – Carlisle (2009)
Petit Messe Solenelle, Rossini – Newcastle (2009)
The Armed Man, Jenkins – Nottingham (2009)
The Messiah, Handel – Manchester (2008)
Elijah, Mendelssohn – Newcastle (2008)
Video Games Live – Glasgow (2008) with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Choir
Samson, Handel – Ulverston, Cumbria (2008)
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Brahms – Newcastle (2008)
St John Passion, Bach – Dunblane (2008)
St John Passion, Bach – Edinburgh (2008)
The Messiah, Handel – High Wycombe (2008)
The Messiah, Handel – Carlisle (2007)
The Messiah, Handel – Newcastle (2007)
Requiem, Faure – Edinburgh (2007)
The Chichester Psalms, Bernstein (alto solo) – The Albert Hall, London, Proms (2006)
Carmina Burana, Orff – Chichester (2006)
Child Of Our Time, Tippett – Chichester (2006)
Horrotorio, Horowitz – Chichester (2005)

Contemporary music performances:
The Wedding Music Company (2009-present) –Weddings and Funerals around London.
Ludos Baroque (2009) – Handel’s Alexander’s Feast and Bach’s B Minor Mass – Canongate
Kirk, Edinburgh 
The Choir of St Augustine’s, South Kensington – every sunday
The Solomon Choir (2009) – Handel’s Solomon – St James’ Piccadilly
The Solomon Choir (2008) – Handel’s Messiah – Trinity College Cambridge
National Youth Choir of Great Britain (1998- 2006): Soprano section leader (2005- 2008)
World tours: Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore (2003)
Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (2006)

Ensemble Performances:
Ludos Baroque (2009) – Handel’s Alexander’s Feast and Bach’s B Minor Mass – Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh 
The Choir of St Augustine’s, South Kensington – every sunday
The Solomon Choir (2009) – Handel’s Solomon – St James’ Piccadilly
The Solomon Choir (2008) – Handel’s Messiah – Trinity College Cambridge
National Youth Choir of Great Britain (1998- 2006): Soprano section leader (2005- 2008)
World tours: Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore (2003)
Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia (2006)
CD recordings: Die Vögel unter dem Himmel: Heinrich Schütz, Sacred Choral Works, Mike Brewer and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain - Delphian Records; NYCGB 2003 World Tour, Mike Brewer and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain - Delphian Records; When I’m Gone: Richard Allain, Mike Brewer and the National Youth Choir of Great Britain and Laudibus - Delphian Records
Live Radio performances – In Tune BBC Radio 3 (2007)
Laudibus (2004- present)
Performances in London, Holt, Edinburgh, Chester, Aberdeen, Churchill, Richmond, and a private performance for Her Majesty the Queen in Balmoral.
CD recordings:
Scotland At Night, Mike Brewer and Laudibus – Delphian Records
Song of Songs, Mike Brewer and Laudibus - Delphian Records
The Mostly Mozart Festival Chorus – The Barbican (2005, 2007 and 2008)
Tenebrae - Belgium (2007) conducter Nigel Short
Scottish Voices, conductor Graham Hair – Glasgow, various venues (2007 and 2008)
Vocal Fusion, quartet – around Scotland (2006-2008)

Conducting:
Conductor of COMA (Contemporary music for amateurs) Sussex.
Conductor and vocal trainer of the girls of the National Youth Training Choir of Great Britain.
Conductor and vocal trainer for the Merchant Voices, Glasgow.
Conductor and vocal trainer for the Edinburgh Singers, Edinburgh.

Education projects and teaching:
Singing Teacher to children aged 6-11 at Oakfield Preparatory School, Dulwich. (Present)
Vocal trainer, ensemble coach and warm up co-ordinator for The National Youth Choir of Great Britain (2010)
Vocal trainer, ensemble coach, section leader and warm up co-ordinator for The Ulster Youth Choir (2010)
Youth Leader and warm up co-ordinator for National Youth Orchestra courses (2009-2010)
Vocal trainer, warm up co-ordinator and assistant conductor for The National Youth Training Choir of Great Britain (2005-present)
Youth leader for choral workshops with Mike Brewer, OBE, around Britain in schools and music centres.
Miltenberger Singakademie – a leader of workshops for German amateur choirs on English choral music - Miltenberg, Bavaria (October 2008)
Stagecoach, Scotland. Vocal tutor of mixed groups aged 6-14. September 2007

Principal Teachers and Masterclasses:
Nan Christie (present)
Jane Robinson (ENO Opera Works)
Anne Murray, Masterclass and Gala Performance (2011)
Patricia Hay, RSAMD (2007-2008)
Margaret Aronson, RSAMD (2003-2007)
Lorna Anderson, Bryanston school (2001-2003)
Malcome Martineau, masterclass at the RSAMD (2006, 2007 and 2008)
Mhairi Lawson, masterclass at the RSAMD (2007)

Prizes and Competitions:
Margaret Dick Award for singing (2007), RSAMD
Alfred C. Young medal for recital singing (2005), Edinburgh Competition Festival
Finalist of the Governors Singing recital prize (2007), RSAMD
Second in the Jean Highgate Scholarship for singing (2005), RSAMD

Qualifications:
ENO Opera Works Course 2011-2012
Post Graduate Diploma in Music (Opera Studies) from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD)
Bachelor of Music degree (performance) from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD), class 2:1.

Education:
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Undergraduate Vocal Studies and Post Graduate Opera Studies (2003- 2008)
Bryanston School, Dorset (September 1997- July 2002), Music Scholar                   

Other Information
Other Instruments:
Saxophone (grade 8 standard), Viola (grade 6 standard) and Piano (grade 5 standard)         
Languages:
Good ear for picking up accents
Reading knowledge of German, French and Italian
Artist Liason and Box office operator:
Arundel Festival, Sussex 2005. Artists included the Royal Philharmonic and BBC Big Band
Director and Choreographer:
The Boy Friend, Sandy Wilson – Bryanston Productions, Dorset (2001)
Blithe Spirit, Noel Coward – Bryanston Productions, Dorset (2001)
Usher and Surtitle operator:
For the RSAMD (2004-2007)
Previous Education:
9 GCSE’S and 3 A-levels: Music (B), Theatre Studies (C) and IT AS level (C)