| Name:
| Jenine Mudge
| | Skills:
| Player, Singer, Soloist, Teacher
| | Address:
| United Kingdom
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| Name:
| Kumar Mukherjee
| | Skills:
| Composer, Singer, Soloist, Teacher
| | Phone:
| 00 91 33 24292362 /98304 34008
| | Address:
| 25R Salimpur Road ,3rd. floor, Kolkata 700031, India
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| | Started learning North Indian classical vocal from a very tender age. Before I was introduced to vocals my training by learning the art of playing Tabla from Pandit Shankar Ghosh. Thereafter, my rigorous training began under the able tutelage of Ustad Munawar Ali Khan (son of the legendary Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan). Later I was taught by Ustad Raza Ali Khan.
I have been performing for the last 15 years and teaching serious students of this genre of music is something I love.
Apart from the usual classical fare which include genres like 'khayal','thumri','ghazal',and 'bhajan', I am also comfortable in certain folk based melodies of northern India. Sufi music as practised in northern India is another favourite. `
Apart from numerous shows both within the country and abroad I have also published some music.
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| Name:
| Sandro Naglia
| | Skills:
| Conductor, Singer
| | Phone:
| (+39) 0522518473
| | Address:
| Via Mafalda di Savoia 5, Reggio Emilia 42100, Italy
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| | Sandro Naglia, born in 1965, graduated from the Academy of Music in Pescara (Italy), and is Bachelor in Arts from Rome University. He attended Master Classes given by P. Esswood, J. Hamari, E. Werba, C. Desderi, and studied at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh (Great Britain) with A. Rolfe-Johnson and S. Walker. He made his debut in 1987 at the Carcano Theatre in Milan singing Falla's El retablo de Maese Pedro, and two years later he distinguished himself in Monteverdi's Vespers of the Blessed Virgin conducted by Sir J. E. Gardiner in London, Venice and Bath Festival, recorded by DG-ARCHIV.
Since then, he has sung throughout Europe, North and South America, Asia, regularly appearing in opera houses (Monte-Carlo, Rome, Bologna, Palermo, Ferrara), major festivals (Edinburgh, Flanders, San Sebastiàn, Schwetzingen, Utrecht) and concert seasons (Academy of S. Cecilia in Rome, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wiener Musikverein, Wiener Konzerthaus, Konzerthaus Berlin, Radio France, WDR, Société Philharmonique de Bruxelles, S. Petersbourg Philharmonic, Frick Collection in New York) under such conductors as Sir J.E. Gardiner, S. Preston, G. Gelmetti, G. Ferro, S. Bedford, M. de Bernart, A. Ballista, C. Desderi, R. Alessandrini.
His repertoire includes XVIth and XVIIth century music (often performed with Early Music groups, as Concerto Italiano and La Venexiana, with which he has recorded many CDs awarded with Gramophone Award, Deutsche Schallplattenpreis, Grand Prix du Disque), as well as operas, oratorios and symphonic works by Bach, Händel, Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Rossini, Verdi, Stravinskij, Britten, Weill. As a recitalist, he has a predilection for German Lied and XXth century music, with several first performances to his credit.
He has recorded almost forty CDs, among which (besides already quoted ones) Frescobaldi’s Arie Musicali (cond. R. Alessandrini - OPUS 111), Händel's Poro (cond. F. Biondi - OPUS 111), Wolf-Ferrari's Canzoniere (with A. Ballista, pf. - DISCANTICA) and the recital Song sketches - From Dowland to Dylan (with F. Pavan, lute - ESPERIA). Since 1996 he regularly teaches in Master Classes and seminars in Italy and abroad: from this ambit I Corpi Celesti (a project of theatre in music) started in 2000. In the same year he began to study conducting, and one year later he made his debut as a conductor with Monteverdi’s Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda. Since then, he has conducted works by Cavalli, Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Stravinskij.
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| Name:
| Dominic Natoli
| | Skills:
| Singer, Soloist, Teacher
| | Address:
| London, United Kingdom
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| | Dominic Natoli made his first public appearance at age five, and subsequently joined the Australian Boys' Choir, achieving success as a soloist. He later studied with renowned Italian Baritone Afro Poli, until he travelled to Vienna where he studied at the Vienna Conservatorium of Music, graduating with a first class honours Diploma of Opera. He has studied with Carol Blaickner-Mayo in Vienna and with Nicholas Powell, David Harper, and Ludmilla Andrew in London.
His numerous awards include first prize in the Alfredo Kraus International Singing Competition; the prestigious Dame Joan Sutherland Scholarship which he has been awarded twice; and an Arts Fellowship from the Queensland Government. He also holds degrees in Law and Economics.
Dominic's operatic engagements have been with numerous companies in Australia, Austria, Germany, France, USA, Ireland, and the U.K., including Opera Australia, Victoria State Opera, Opera Queensland, Holland Park Opera, Anna Livia International Festival, and English National Opera. His operatic repertoire includes Tamino, Don Ottavio, Idomeneo, the Steuermann, Loge, Ernesto, Nemorino, Edgardo, Don Josè, Ismael, Alfredo Germont, Riccardo, Cavaradossi, Prunier, Rodolfo, and Des Grieux.
His Oratorio performances include the Verdi Requiem, Haydn's The Seasons, Bach's St. John Passion, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Handel's Joshua and Messiah. His extensive concert repertoire encompasses lieder, French and Italian songs, and he makes frequent appearances on Friday Night is Music Night on BBC Radio 2. He records on CD with Vienna Modern Masters, Opera Rara and Chandos.
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| Name:
| Vasilis Nicolopoulos
| | Skills:
| Arranger, Composer, Player, Singer, Sound Engineer,Producer,Programmer
| | Phone:
| 8003139
| | Address:
| DIOS 23A N.KIFISSIA, ATHENS,Kifissia,Attica 14564, Greece
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| | -'doitmusic'- is an artist with a different new perception for music creation. He is a composer and producer and also a sound engineer.He is related with Live Audio Concerts,music production,sound and digital production application techniques. Music Orchestration and other. The music sounds fresh and new, a good way to escape and realize things, it could trip you at any place,era and dimention!!! "Love The Art Inside Yourself. Not Yourself Inside Art" (Stanislavski)
Be Aware of the 'Mind awake'live demo or the "I Understand", trip hop+acoustic+world soundy Love song??? Take a taste Of the mixed elements of"Euphoria"and"Jungle Euphoria"songs. Check the art(cool),lyrics(cool),sign my guestbook, or do whatever you feel like. I'll be glad to talk again. Any ideas about promoting my music are welcomed. Any comments are welcomed in terms of respect. Peace. -doitmusic- doitmusic@hotmail.com
The band-doitmusic-(Vasilis Nicolopoulos.) exists about 15 years.His musical education started by learning Traditional Greek String instrument bouzouki,followed by a few years of piano lessons and a few years of drum and guitar lessons.After that,he studied sound engineering(S.A.E. college)and digital sound production techniques(MEDIA college)in London.He created a band there(Depends)and stayed for four years.Later he worked as a Main Sound Engineer at Live Audio Concerts with mainstream artists.At the present he is doing music productions and compositions,creations with electronic sound base,mostly mixed with acoustic traditional instruments,but not only!The creations could be dance,ethnic,a rock baland,an industrial,or a pop soundy piece.Could Be Gothic Or Hard trance...Could be Anything!For now just try to hear,not to listen
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| Name:
| Sylvia O'Brien
| | Skills:
| Singer, Soloist (Soprano)
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| | This Dublin-born soprano possesses a voice of great quality and is establishing herself as a performer of renown in many genres of vocal repertoire.Sylvia began her musical journey at the age of six in the College of Music Chatham Row studying piano and theory. During her time at Trinity College where she read music, Sylvia continued her piano studies while involving herself in nearly every vocal ensemble in Dublin at the time. It wasn't until she began deputising with the National Chamber Choir that she thought to make a career in singing. Sylvia has studied with Irene Sandford at the Royal Irish Academy of Music Dublin, Mimi Freissler and Peter Woss in Vienna and Janice Chapman in London as well as with her father Frank O'Brien. During which time she was recipient of many awards, bursaries and scholarships. She is currently persuing a masters in contemporary vocal techniques at the Dundalk Institute of Media and Technology.
As a soloist and member of the National Chamber Choir (1998-2003), she toured internationally, recorded and broadcasted on television and radio. During this time Sylvia also had the opportunity to work with international conductors and ensembles and perform a variety of musical styles from Gregorian to contemporary.
A regular recitalist around the UK and Europe, Sylvia's repetoire this year includes programs of French song, Spanish (with guitar), Lieder and a tour of Shostakovich Seven Romances Op.127 with the Clara Schumann Trio. She has sung a wealth of the oratorio repetoire with the major choral societies and orchestras in the country. She is in great demand in the contemporary field due to her vocal skill and musicianship. Sylvia has added to her operatic roles in the last year as Jenufa (Jenufa/Janacek), Aspasia (Mitridate/Mozart), Governess (The Turn of the Screw/Britten, Gabriel (Petra von Kant/Barry) premiere, Neither/Feldman and future engagements include Despina in Cosi fan tutte, Konstanze in Die Entfuhrung/Mozart and Grafin in Der Wiener Bluthe/J.Strauss.
Ms O’Brien is a remarkable performer of oratorio repertoire and has been guest soprano with Ireland’s leading choral groups. Her repertoire this season includes Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gobots by Mozart with the NDR in Hannover, Verdi’s Requiem, Mozart's great C minor and Mozart’s Exultate Jubilatae conducted by David Agler. Mozart Festival with the Orchestra of St Cecilia, performing Despina in Cosi fanTutte C minor Mass, and the Requiem conducted by Kenneth Montgomery.
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| Name:
| Vanessa Paloma
| | Skills:
| Composer, Singer, Soloist, Teacher (Singer and play medieval harp)
| | Phone:
| +1 (310) 497 5137
| | Fax:
| +1 (310) 659 3736
| | Address:
| Los Angeles CA, United States
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| | A Colombian singer of passion and power. Her vocals soar and plunge into the depths of your heart and soul. Has performed throughout the United States, Israel, South America and the Orient. Her specialty is the interfase of tradition and contemporary expression. Performed with Long Beach Opera, Ensemble Nuance and Camerata Pacifica Baroque among others. Founding Artistic Director of the SYNERGY Ensemble and Flor de Serena.
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| Name:
| Ruchira Panda
| | Skills:
| Singer, Soloist, Teacher, Vocalist (NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC)
| | Phone:
| +91 33 22450783
| | Address:
| 122 C ANANDA PALIT ROAD, WEST BENGAL, KOLKATA 700 014, India
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| | Ruchira Panda……blessed with a voice which invites listeners down memory lane into the golden era of Hindustani classical music, is an ardent upholder of the Kotali Gharana. Mentored by her guru, Pandit Manas Chakraborty, whose careful attention, her own dedication and discipline, have propelled Ruchira to where she stands out with her excellence from most of her contemporaries, carrying on the legacy of the Kotali Gharana. Her cerebral approach to both classical and semi-classical forms of music witnesses her profound knowledge, versatility, an intelligent, modern outlook enabling her to create a universe of music, adored by the connoisseurs……
ABOUT RUCHIRA Ruchira, an outstanding vocalist groomed in the Kotali gharana has earned an enviable distinction amongst the younger musicians in the realm of Hindustani Classical Music. The competent upholder of this rich heritage was born in 1975 in high traditional family of educationalists, arts and music. She had the privilege of being initiated to this parampara and went under the protégée of the great maestro musician Pandit Manas Chakraborty, her one and only Guru. The master mind of her guru noted the quality of her gifted and rare voice and creative capabilities. Being a perfectionist and trend setter his strict and vigilant guidance moulded her musical genius into a unique blend of highest order. Her gayaki speaks out for her keen interest in aesthetics, spiritual awareness and serenity which is seldom found in modern days. She carefully keeps up with the purity and nuances of the Kotali gharana aligning with the multifarious gayaki of her Guru and his predecessors. The flawless manner in which she brings out the texture of the ragas and taans shows that a rigorous training, hard, and sincere labour has gone into her making as a vocalist and culminated her craftsmanship to what it is- perfect and finished to every detail. Her cognition and remarkable ability to execute intricate combinations of notes in rare ragas, specially her delineation of innovative sargams and taans confirm her eagerness to reach out to wider and wider dimensions. Her voice, the crest of a class can execute a total feast of melody and classicism in khayal, thumri and other semi classical forms. Her music is not only perfect craftsmanship but a rare blend of immaculate precision and emotive imagination, which takes the listeners into a peaceful journey through the unseen and unheard marvels of a new world. She craves for perfection and attains it with ease, the more she attains bigger becomes her reach, richer she becomes newer becomes her dimension. To her, Music is not only an art to perform but a love to live with - it’s a voyage towards eternity that can only be realized by feeling one and the same with Music.
HERITAGE The Chakraborty family of Kotalipara, Faridpur, of the then East-Bengal, is believed to have been drawn towards Indian Classical Music long time ago. One of the ancestors of the family is known to have received training from Seni Gharana and brought the trend. Tarapada Chakraborty’s father Late Pandit Kulachandra Chakraborty and his uncle Late Pandit Ramchandra Chakraborty had their training from Ustad Jahur Khan of Khurja Gharana. Ramchandra had the honour of being the Dwarpandit (court scholar) and the distinguished musician of the Maharaja of Natore. Thus, both the brothers had a wide contact with many leading musicians of their time and had a phenomenal collection of musical wealth. Having moved to Calcutta with this rich inheritance, Tarapada Chakraborty first took lessons from Late Pandit Satkari Malakar especially in Khayal and Tappa. Later, under the guidance of the Great Maestro Late Sangeetacharya Girijashankar Chakraborty, he acquired the distinguishing features of various Ragas, styles and traditional Dhrupad, Dhamar and Khayal bandishes of different gharanas mainly, Seni, Betia, Delhi, Gwalior, Rampur, Agra, Rangila, Jaipur and Kirana. Girijashankar being a pioneer of Thumri style of singing at that time gave Tarapada Chakraborty an intensive training on the Thumri style of Kirana and Beneras gharana as well. In fact, it is quite discerningly evident that Khayal received a rare authenticity and completeness in the heralding voice of Sangeetacharya Tarapada Chakraborty in his own way. Sangeetacharya Tarapada Chakraborty, the pioneer of this Kotali Gayaki is the legend adored all over India for his contribution towards Hindustani Classical Music. His worthy son Pandit Manas Chakraborty, now the reigning Khalifa of Kotali Gharana is the devout pursuer of various sources and streams of Indian Classical Music. Enriched by his keen interest in Indian Philosophical tradition of all the existing gharanas and having been exposed to the corresponding confluences in his family’s assertively partisan art of music focused his attention on the necessity of discarding in order to select and the necessity of differentiating in order to unite. The Maestro has boldly made the manifold moves of his style to manifest an integrated oneness of the eternal Indian ethos and by now, has initiated a new dynamics of allegiance to the human efforts towards life and its values. Thus, presenting the obscure reality of music in a tangibly graceful, elocutionary form with his undaunted kalabant gayaki, nayaki and majestic mijaaz has made him an ‘institution by himself’ in the international realm of Hindustani Shastriya Sangeet. His contribution in Indian Classical Music for the last fifty years is undoubtedly worth-mentioning and as a Guru he is great. The schooling of Indian Classical Music through the mentors of his family and the torchbearers established around the globe has already entered the seventh generation. Practically, Pt. Manas Chakraborty is the new trend-setter of this Kotali-gayaki. His co-efficiency has earned a unique style which although endures many diversities with that of his father’s proclamatory approach, but at the same time very convergent at the philosophical end and its manifestation reveals the ultimate shape of ‘Kotali Gayaki’.
WORK AND CONTRIBUTION… Ruchira, since her debut performance at the age of seventeen, has, over the years, been performing in a number of prestigious and reputed music conferences throughout India. Ruchira, presently a regular artist of All India Radio has been featured on a number of leading Television channels of India. Besides Ruchira is assisting her Guru in all major music-festivals and workshops throughout India. She has worked for a documentary as a playback-singer based on ‘traditional development of Thumri’ for the National Channel. For the last few years she is also engaged in giving basic and advanced training of Hindustani Vocal Music to the devoted learners of young generation. Ruchira, is one of the founders and now the general secretary of “PARAMPARIK-the tradition”, an organization created with the objective of upholding the traditional values and ingredients of the heritage of Hindustani Classical Music, while recognizing the changes that have occurred in social and cultural fields. “PARAMPARIK-the tradition”, organizing Classical music conferences with eminent artists and planning to organize more concerts for upcoming artists and workshops for the students of this field. The organization also extending its helping hand in the field of education, health, and society at large. AWARDS AND RECOGNITION … Ruchira, a post-graduate in Economics from Jadavpur University has already been the recipient of several awards and recognition in her starting days of musical career. She has stood first both in khayal and thumri in the Talent Search Contest organised by Dover Lane Music Conference/Academy in the year 1998-99 and received the prestigious Ustad Amir Khan Award as the best vocalist , HMV award as the best young talent of the year 1998-99 and Rotu Sen Memorial Award for thumri. Further, the Department of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has selected her for award of a scholarship in the field of Hindustani Music. Recently she has received Sangeet Kalaratna Award from Matri Udbodhan Ashram, Patna. PERFORMANCES … Ruchira has performed in almost all major music conferences throughout India. A selection from them is, Dover Lane Music Conference, Girija Shankar Music Conference, Anirban Sangeet Sammelan, Salt Lake Music Festival and Tarapada Music Conference. She has performed in music conferences organised by the West Bengal State Music Academy, Bharatiya Sanskriti Samsad and Sangeet Piyasi. She has even been invited to perform in the Sadarang Music Conference in Bangladesh.
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| Name:
| Rachel Marie Parkes
| | Skills:
| Singer, Soloist (Coloratura Soubrette Soprano)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)1934 830270
| | Address:
| The Acers, 94 Park Road, Congresbury BS49 5HH, United Kingdom
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| | Rachel graduated from the school of music at the University of Wales with BMus (hons) in 2003 and is known for her "shimmering soprano voice". During her career, Rachel has performed with the award-winning female vocal ensemble Voices SA, and the professional ensembles Con Spirito and Lyrica. Rachel has also performed in a coloratura masterclass with Cardiff Singer of the World's Ingrid Surgenor, toured Prague as the soprano soloist in Tippet’s "A Child of Our Time" and performed at venues across the UK and the East coast of America.
In August Rachel will be the soprano soloist of choice for the premier of a major new work entitled "Namarie", taking place in Austria. Rachel can be heard on the original recording of June Boyce-Tilman's composition "Hildegard Revisited", and has recently recorded a selection of Sacred arias in conjunction with Archangel Recordings, which was premiered in April 2006 on Brunel 200 fm. Rachel has also sung on live radio, by listener request, and has received favourable reviews for her confident and moving performance.
Prizes won include the Churchill Music Prize 1999, Friends of the Playhouse Stage and Film Award and the Kingswood Vocal Prize.
Repertoire includes: Oratorio: Faure's Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, JS Bach's Magnificat in D, Rutter's Requiem, Mozart's Grand Mass in C, Handel's Messiah, Vivaldi's Gloria, Allegri's Miserere, Tippett's A Child of Our Time and Vivaldi's Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera, Mozart' Exultate Jubilate. Musical theatre: Rapunzel in Into the Woods, the Narrator in Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Joanne in Godspell, Pandora in The Secret Diary, Johanna in Sweeney Todd and Clunegonde in Candide. Opera: Barbarina in Le Nozze Di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute.
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| Name:
| Stepan Pasicznyk
| | Skills:
| Accompanist, Arranger, Composer, Player, Singer, Soloist, Studio recording (Proficient in the use of Cool Edit Pro & Cubase recording software)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)20 8440 7899
| | Address:
| 60 Cranbrook Road, Herts EN4 8UW, United Kingdom
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| | The Ukes is a British Ukrainian band formed by Stepan Pasicznyk formerly of Wedding Present spin off The Ukrainians. It plays traditional Ukrainian music, in a folk rock style, and also traditional style Ukrainian dance "Zabava" music. Concert appearances to date have been in the UK, Canada, France, and Germany.
As well as having recorded more traditional Ukrainian music and original songs about Ukraine in Ukrainian and English since leaving The Ukrainians, Stepan Pasicznyk also works as a session musician, having recorded on projects produced by Justin Sullivan of New Model Army, Phil Manzanera, guitarist of Roxy Music, and "Swill" Odgers of British Punk/Folk Group The Men They Couldn't Hang 's latest release "Elvis Lives Here" with his "Swagger Band". He sessioned on the last release by Ukrainian American duet Darka and Slavko before they parted company.
Other previous Ukrainian musical activity included playing accordion for Reading based Traditional Dance ensemble Metelyk and a year with Ukrainian male voice choir Bulava. He plays with UK Waltham Cross based Ukrainian Dance and general function band Zhnyva. He has translated songs from Ukrainian into English for Ukrainian artist Lessia Horova, and recorded an English version of Razom Nas Bahato, Ukraine's Orange Revolution anthem by Greenjolly. Some of his other musical and media exploits include incidental music for BBC TV's Soccer enthusiasts show Row Z, preparing musical arrangement for a London Theatre production "Husbands and Lovers" by Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar, and recording introductory music for Canadian British Columbia longest running Ukrainian radio show, Nash Holos.
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| Name:
| Emma Peaurt
| | Skills:
| Singer, Soloist (Soprano)
| | Address:
| Manchester, United Kingdom
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| | Emma Peaurt was born in Darlington and currently lives in Manchester. She read music at Durham University before completing her postgraduate studies at the RNCM where she studied with Barbara Robotham. She now studies with Pat Hay. A finalist in the AESS English Song Competition 2006 and the Russell Shepherd Memorial Competition 2004 and winner of the Kate Snape Scholarship 2006, overall singing prize and Recital prize at the Mrs Sunderland Music Festival in 2005 and the Manchester Welsh Society Prize in 2004; she has appeared with Opera North at the Leeds Fuse Festival 2006, the RNCM Baroque Ensemble and the RNCM Wind Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall. Recently she worked in the chorus of Scottish Opera in their production of Lucia di Lammermoor and had coaching with David Harper, Stephen Mould and Andrew Greene at Opera Australia, Sydney.
In recent operatic performances she has been seen as Barbarina (Le Nozze di Figaro) for St John’s Opera Company, Josephine (HMS Pinafore) for St Helens Gilbert & Sullivan Society and as Norina (Don Pasquale), Constance (Dialogue des Carmelites), Oberto (Alcina), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera) and Lucia (The Rape of Lucretia) in the RNCM Opera Excerpts. She also took part in The Lover’s Recantation by Thomas Arne as part of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens and was part of the chorus for Stravinsky’s Rake's Progress at RNCM.
Recent guest artist appearances include; Names of the Dead for Opera North; Macclesfield Male Voice Choir, Rhos Orpheus Male Choir, the RNCM Baroque Ensemble and the RNCM Wind Orchestra at the Bridgewater Hall. Works she has performed as an oratorio soloist include: Bach’s St John Passion for Leicester Bach Choir; Poulenc’s Gloria & Rutter’s Requiem; Haydn’s Creation, Jenkins The Armed Man, Tippett’s 5 Negro Spirituals from A child of our Time at the Bridgewater Hall for the Hallé Choir, Handel’s Messiah, Rutter’s Magnificat, Mozart’s Requiem and Haydn’s Nelson Mass.
She combines this with working in the Oran duo with the pianist Andrew Dunlop and recent recitals include Wrexham Arts Festival, Durham University, Wesley Chapel Harrogate, Heaton Hall, St Ann’s Church Manchester, Bury Parish Church, Gallery Oldham and Sens (France).
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| Name:
| Claire Elizabeth Owen Pendleton
| | Skills:
| Singer
| | Phone:
| 01483 458707
| | Address:
| Top Flat, 33, Farnham Road, Guildford, Surrey GU2 4JN, United Kingdom
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| | Claire studied at UCL/Birkbeck College receiving distinction in Opera Performance and was awarded a scholarship from the Otakar Kraus Memorial Fund. She then went on to complete a Postgraduate Diploma at Trinity College of Music, winning the 1999 Ricordi Opera Prize.
Her oratorio experience has included Mahler's 8th Symphony, Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Mozart's Mass in C Minor and the Requiem, Haydn's Stabat Mater and Creation, Handel's Brockes Passion and Messiah. Venues include Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Southwark Cathedral, Fairfield Halls, St.John's Smith Square and St.Martin-In-The-Fields.
Operatic roles include Countess Almaviva (Figaro), Vanessa (Vanessa), Madame Lidoine (Dialogue of the Carmelites), Queen of The Night & First Lady (Magic Flute), Michaela & Fraquita (Carmen) High Priestess (Aida),Servilia (Clemenza di Tito, Naide (Ariadne auf Naxos) and Le Rossignol (L'enfant et les sortileges)
Claire recorded the role of 'Blush of Morning' in Arthur Sullivan's 'The Rose of Persia' for BBC Music Magazine. She is a regular session singer and has sung with London Voices and Southwark Voices, working for ITV1, BBC television and BBC radio. She has sung in France, Netherlands, Italy and South Africa. Claire is an extra chorister at English National Opera and sang in War & Peace, Masked Ball, La Vestale and will sing in Kovanshchina and Trojans Part I & II this season. She studies with Nick Powell and Phillip Thomas.
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| Name:
| Margarita Pozdnyakova- Polydorou
| | Skills:
| Singer (Opera singer)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)20 8372 8891
| | Fax:
| +44 (0)20 8882 4653
| | Address:
| 15 Oakwood Park, London, England N 14, United Kingdom
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| | Margarita was born in Ukraine. She studied Opera in Kiev and at the Odessa Musical Academy. Margarita has given numerable performances in various Countries in Russian, Italian and other languages. She sang the leading operatic roles in a rich operatic repertoire, romances, ballads and concert recitals of Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and others.
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| Name:
| Margarita Pozdnyakova
| | Skills:
| Singer (Russian Soprano)
| | Phone:
| +44 (0)20 8372 8891
| | Fax:
| +44 (0)20 8882 4653
| | Address:
| 50 Oakwood Avenue, London N14 6QL, United Kingdom
| | Links:
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| | Margarita was born in Kiev where she began her early musical education at the Gliere Musical College in her home town studying with Tatyana Yurovskaya (a former singer at the Kirov Theatre) in opera singing, choral singing. She continued her studies at the Nezhdanova Musical Academy in Odessa in the vocal studies class of the distinguished pedagogue - Alisa Dzhamogortsyan (presently a singer at the Odessa Opera House), In Odessa, Margarita sang at the Odessa Opera Studio the role of Zemfira in Rachmaninov's Aleko, Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Janetta in Donizetti's L'Elixor d'Amor and others. Following her graduation from the Odessa Music Academy she was engaged by the Vinnitsa Opera Theatre in the Ukraine. Margarita, during her years at Musical Theatre of Sadovsky, was offered many engagements at opera companies throughout the Ukraine and many concert engagements in various repertoires from Caccini in Italian to Richard Strauss. In an exceptionally wide range, she sang concert recitals of Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky romances and ballads with lesser-known works by Dargomyszhky and Varlamov and also Western composers: Handel, Mozart, Pergolesi and Dvorak. A lighter aspect to some of her many sides are her offerings of operetta and American show songs and traditional Russian and Ukrainian folk songs. Her performances in Europe were covered by appearances on Television, Radio and the press. Her concerts have been attended by Royalty, Members of Governments, Members of Parliaments, Ambassadors, etc.
Repertoire TCHAIKOVSKY: Operas: Evgenii Onegin, Op. 24 (1877-78) Mazepa (1881-83) The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (1890) Iolanta, Op. 69 (1891) Songs and Duets: My Genius, My Angel, My Friend (1850s) Text by Afanasii Fet. Zemfira's Song (1860s) Text by Aleksandr Pushkin. Mezza notte (?1860-61)Text by Tchaikovsky, after an an anonymous Italian verse Six Romances, Op. 6 (1869) Do Not Believe, My Friend [Ne ver', moi drug] (C sharp minor). Text by Aleksei Tolstoi. Not a Word, O My Fiend [Ni slova, o drug moi (E minor). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev, after Moritz Hartmann. Why? [Otchego?] (D major). Text by Lev Mei, after Heinrich Heine. None but the Lonely Heart [Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal] (D flat major). Text by Lev Mei, after Goethe: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt To Forget So Soon (?1870)Text by Aleksei Apukhtin. Six Romances, Op. 16 (1872-73) Cradle Song [Kolybel'naia pesnia] (A flat minor). Text by Apollon Maikov. Wait [Pogodi] (A minor - A major). Text by Nikolai Grekov. Text by Afanasii Fet. O, Sing that Song [O, spoi zhe tu pesniu] (G major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev, after Felicia Hemans. So What? [Tak chto zhe?] (F sharp minor). Text by 'NN' [Tchaikovsky]. Two Songs (1873) Take My Heart Away [Unosi moe serdtse] (A minor). Text by Afanasii Fet. Six Romances, Op. 25 (1875)Reconciliation [Primiren'e] (G minor). Text by Nikolai Shcherbina. As Over the Burning Ashes [Kak nad goriacheyu zoloi] (B minor). Text by Fedor Tiutchev. Mignon's Song [Pesn' Min'ony] (E flat major). Text by Fedor Tiutchev, after Goethe's Wilhelm Meister. The Canary [Kanareika] (G minor). Text by Lev Mei. I Never Spoke to Her [Ya s neiu nikogda ne govoril] (A major). Text by Lev Mei. As They Repeated: 'Fool' [Kak naladili: 'durak'] (G minor). Text by Lev Mei. Six Romances, Op. 27 (1875)Evening [Vecher] (B flat major). Text by Lev Mei, after Taras Shevchenko Six Romances, Op. 28 (1875) No, I Shall Never Tell [Net, nikogda ne nazovu] (E flat major). Text by Nikolai Ogarev, after Alfred de Musset. The Corals [Korol'ki] (F sharp minor). Text by Lev Mei, after Ludwig-Wladislaw Kondratowicz. Why? [Zachem?] (D minor). Text by Lev Mei. He Loved Me So Much [On tak menia liubil] (D minor). Text by Aleksei Apukhtin(?). No Response, or Word, or Greeting [Ni otzyva, ni slova, ni priveta] (C minor). Text by Aleksei Apukhtin. The Terrible Moment [Strashnaia minuta] (F sharp minor). Text by 'NN' [Tchaikovsky]. Two Songs (1875) I Should Like in a Single Word [Khotel by v edinoe slovo] (DA minor). Text by Lev Mei, after Heinrich Heine. Six Romances, Op. 38 (1878) It Was in the Early Spring [To bylo ranneiu vesnoi] (E flat major). Text by Aleksei Tolstoi. Amid the Din of the Ball [Sred' shumnogo bala] (B minor). Text by Aleksei Tolstoi. O, If Only You Could [O, esli b ty mogda] (D major). Text by Aleksei Tolstoi. Pimpinella (Florentine Song) [Pimpnella Seven Romances, Op. 47 (1880)If Only I Had Known [Kaby znala ia] (C minor). Text by Aleksei Tolstoi. Softly the Spirt Flew up to Heaven [Gornimi tikho letela lusha nebesami] (E major). Text by Aleksei Tolstoi. Dusk Fell on the Earth [Na zemliu sumrak nal] (F major). Text by Nikolai Berg, after Adam Mickiewicz. Sleep, Poor Friend [Usni, pechal'nyi drug] (G flat major). Text by Aleksei Tolstoi. Was I not a Little Blade of Grass in the Meadow? [Ia li v pole da ne travushka byla?] (F sharp minor). Text by Ivan Surikov. Sixteen Songs for Children, Op. 54 (1881-83) Granny and Grandson [Babushka i vnuchek] (A minor). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev. Little Bird [Ptichka] (G major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev, after Ludwig-Wladislaw Kondratowicz. Spring (The Grass Grows Green) [Vesna (Travka zeleneet)] (G major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev, from the Polish. My Little Garden [Moi sadik] (G major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev. Legend [Legenda] (E minor). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev, after R. H. Stoddard On the Bank [Na beregu] (C major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev. Winter Evening [Zimnii vecher] (C minor). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev. The Cuckoo [Kukushka] (G major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev, after Christian Gellert. Spring (The Snow is Already Melting) [Vesna (Uzh taet sneg)] (F major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev. Lullaby in a Storm [Kolybel'naia pesn' v buriu] (F minor). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev. The Little Flower [Tsvetok] (F major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev, after L. Ratisbonne. Winter [Zima] (D major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev. Spring Song [Vesennyaya pesnya] (A major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev. Autumn [Osen'] (F sharp minor). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev. The Swallow [Lastochka] (G major). Text by Ivan Surikov, after Teofil Lenartowicz. Child's Song (My Lizochek) [Detskaia pesenka (Moi Lizochek)] (A minor). Text by Karl Aksakov. Six Romances, Op. 57 (1884) Tell Me, What in the Shade of the Branches? [Skazhi, o chem v teni vetvei] (E major). Text by Vladimir Sollogub. On the Golden Cornfields [Na nivy zheltye] (F minor). Text by Aleksei Tolstoi. Do Not Ask [Ne sprashivai] (D minor). Text by Aleksandr Strugovshchikov, after Goethe. Sleep [Usni] (F major). Text by Dmitrii Merezhkovskii. Only You Alone [Lish' ty odin] (G major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev, after A. Kristen. Twelve Romances, Op. 60 (1886) Last Night [Vcherashniaia noch'] (A flat major). Text by Aleksei Khomiakov. I'll Tell You Nothing [Ya tebe nichego ne skazhu] (E major). Text by Afanasii Fet. O, If Only You Knew [O, esli b znali vy] (E flat major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev, after Prodhomme. The Nightingale [Solovei] (C minor). Text by Aleksandr Pushkin, after Vuka Karadzic. Simple Words [Prostye slova] (F major). Text by 'NN' [Tchaikovsky]. Sleepless Nights [Nochi bezumnyye] (G minor). Text by Aleksei Apukhtin. Song of a Gypsy Girl [Pesn' tsiganki] (E minor). Text by Iakov Polonskii. Forgive! [Prosti!] (F major). Text by Nikolai Nekrasov. Night [Noch'] (G minor). Text by Iakov Polonskii. Behind the Window in the Shadows [Za oknom v teni mel'kaet] (F major). Text by Iakov Polonskii. Exploit [Podvig] (G minor). Text by Aleksey Khomyakov. The Gentle Stars Shone for Us [Nam zvezdy krotkie siiali] (F major). Text by Aleksei Pleshcheev. Six Romances, Op. 63 (1887) I Did Not Love You at First [Ia snachala tebia ne liubil] (B flat major). I Opened the Window [Rostoril ia okno] (F major). Six Romances, Op. 73 (1893) We Sat Together [My sideli s toboi] (E major). Night [Noch'] (F minor). In This Moonlit Night [V etu lunnuiu noch'] (A flat major). The Sun Has Set [Zakatilos' solntse] (E major). Again, As Before, Alone [Snova, kak prezhde] (A minor) http://www.russianlondon.com/ Classical Concerts in London UK - A selection of forthcoming live music International musicians list - classical opera singers
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| Name:
| Kelly Heather Quinn
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| singer, writer, Front Person (Lead Singer for bands or duos.)
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| +1 702 456 7723
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| Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada 89146, United States
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| | I am a dynamic female vocalist with a vocal style of my own and I have 16 years of stage/entertainment experience. I love all styles of music, however, I believe that my soul ignites when singing the blues. I have been in many bands performing country, rock, pop, R&B and blues. My influences include: Bonnie Raitt, Etta James, Melissa Etheridge, Heart, Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks, Trisha Yearwood, Dixie Chix, Shedaisy, Aretha and many, many more. My vocals are strong and I also enjoy harmonizing on backups. I live in Las Vegas, Nevada and am currently looking to join a band or network and meet local musicians or even those not far from Las Vegas. I am confident that my stage performance is definitely an entertaining one. I use a wireless mic and I give an energetic performance. I would love to front another band singing blues and/or a combination of musical styles. I am interested in performing at shows, clubs and lounge gigs. I am told that I am an easy female to work with and I believe that my attitude is very open and optimistic. I love to learn and hear new ideas. Please let me know if you are interested in listening to my demo CD. Thank you.
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| Name:
| Ammar Reza
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| Composer, Singer
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| +1 (613) 796 1840
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| Ottawa, Canada
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| | Ottawa-based singer\composer. Music includes original piano and recorder music, mostly classical. Singing includes very diverse repertoire, including a demo CD. Sings in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Arabic. Broadway, Disney, Blues, modern etc. Contact by e-mail for more information.
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| Name:
| Nichole An-janette Rowbottom
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| Administrator, Arranger, Player, Singer, Teacher (Can teach flute, bassoon, theory and help with GCSE and AS/A-Level work)
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| +44 (0)1924 360302
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| 70 Wrenthorpe Road, Wakefield WF2 0JS, United Kingdom
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| Name:
| Andrea Ryder
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| Singer, Soloist, Teacher
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| West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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| | Andrea is a highly experienced soprano soloist who has performed with a number of the UK's leading Opera Companies. She is also available as an Oratorio soloist
Andrea is half of the Operatic duo Double Divas and also works with Opera Bites who stage fully costumed chamber operas in the UK and abroad.
Andrea is also a highly experienced vocal teacher.
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| Name:
| Johan Rydh
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| Singer, Soloist
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| +46 70 9496540
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| Risvagen 35, Saltsjö-Boo, Sweden
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| | Johan Rydh , baritone, was born in 1967 in Järfälla , Sweden . He studied as a young boy at Adolf Fredrik School of Music and made his debut as a boy soprano at The Stockholm Opera House in Carmen . He went on to study at the Stockholm Music High School and "Opera Studio 67" and graduated from Gothenburg Opera University in 1995. Immediately after graduation, he appeared at the Gothenburg Opera House in the main role of Hans in Äppelkriget (The Apple War), a new Swedish Opera by Lars Johan Werle . In 1996 and 1997, he played Morales and Escamillo in Carmen and in the summer of 1998 appeared in the same performance in Dalhalla. In 1996 and 1997, he also played the Sacristan in Tosca. In 1998, he performed with the Värmland Opera Company at the Music Theatre of Värmland in the main role of The Man in Bortbytingen (The Changeling) an opera written by Staffan Mossenmark, based on a novel by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. In 1998, Johan Rydh was again engaged by the Gothenburg Opera House in Skåpet. (The Cupboard). In November- December 1998 as well as in august 1999 he performed the role of Silvios in Pajazzo, in Lund . He played during the spring season 1999 Count Horn in Un Ballo in Maschera at the Music Theatre of Värmland. He was back at the Gothenburg Opera House in spring 2000, singing the role of Dancaires - leader of the smugglers - in Carmen . In July 2000, he sang the role of The Constable (‘Marsken’) in the Vadstena Academy production of the Swedish romantic opera Duke Magnus and the Mermaid (‘ Hertig Magnus och sjöjungfrun’) by Ivar Hallström . In January 2001, he played Polyphéme in " Nya Utomjordiskas " performance of Acis and Galathée in Gothenburg and in February, he sang the role of Ernesto in Bellini ’s Il Pirata at the Vasa Theatre in Stockholm . In August 2001, he played the title role of Don Giovanni in Fredensborg Denmark . In September to December 2001, he appeared as Harry at Folkoperan, Stockholm in a new Swedish opera by Sven-David Sandström based on Holbergs Jeppe . In 2002, he stayed with Folkoperan singing Wotan in Wagner ’s Das Rheingold , Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti and Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte by Mozart . He started the 2003 season at Folkoperan playing Enrico when the house reopened this very successful performance. He was engaged by Folkoperan as Count Horn in Un Ballo in Maschera in the summer 2003. In the autumn 2003, he continued at Folkoperan playing the role of Sacristan in Tosca. He made his debut as Scarpia in October 2003 and in 2004 he was awarded the prize of the Folkoperan Friends for his interpretation of Scarpia. In februari 2005 he sang Achilla in Giulio Cesare in Egitto at Den Norske Opera in Oslo . In september - november he was back at Folkoperan singing Capulet in Romeo and Julia by Gounod . He was then in 2006 engaged at Staatsoper Stuttgart singing The High Priest/Thanatos in Glucks Alceste , Count Almaviva in Figaro´s Wedding and Eol in the world premiere of JM Kraus Aenas in Carthago. At the end of the year and in the beginning of 2007 he sang the title role in Verdi ’s Rigoletto. In November 2007 he will return to Oslo singing Achilla in Giulio Cesare in Egitto. He has performed Marcel in La Bohème, Almaviva in Figaro's Wedding, Tarquinius in The Rape of Lucretia and Hercules in the Werle opera by that name. At the Ystad Opera House, he has performed as Quinault in Adriana Lecouvreur , Der Mann in Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen and Tartaglia in The Masks Johan Rydh often appears as a soloist in such works as Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem, Bach´s Weinachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio) and Johannes Passion, Lars-Erik Larsson's Förklädd Gud and Haydn's The Seasons. He has also sung in Järnets Förbannelse by Tormis and Barfotasånger by Allan Petterson . Johan Rydh is an appreciated romance singer and sings Schumann (Dichterliebe), Brahms and Schubert as well as classical Swedish songs
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| Name:
| Jenny Samuel
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| Singer, Soloist, Teacher (Mezzo soprano)
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| +44 (0)7773 126887
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| Hampshire, United Kingdom
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| | Jenny Samuel (mezzo soprano) studied at Birmingham Conservatoire with Margaret Field and on ‘The Knack’ - a performance course for singers run by the Baylis programme at English National Opera, and is currently studying with Mary King.
Jenny has sung with ENO in The John’s Passion, at the Spoleto Festival, Italy in Der Rosenkavalier conducted by Richard Hickox, with Pavilion Opera as Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Adalgisa in Norma and with European Chamber Opera as Third Lady/Third Boy in The Magic Flute and as Kate Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. She has also sung with Carl Rosa Opera in their productions of The Mikado, Die Fledermaus, Iolanthe and The Pirates of Penzance. Other operatic roles include Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, the title role in Handel's Radamisto, Mrs Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor, White Cat in L'Enfant et les Sortileges, Miss Baggott in Britten's The Little Sweep and Pitti-sing in The Mikado.
Oratorio solos include Messiah, Christmas Oratorio, Mozart's Requiem, Vivaldi's Gloria, Haydn's Harmony Mass and Purcell's Hail! Bright Cecilia.
Jenny performs regularly for the Council for Music in Hospitals.
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