"A warm lyric soprano with a glorious voice and a particular gift for communicating"

"magic, just magic"

"captivating"

"a wonderfully atmospheric performance"

"truly memorable"

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Recitals

Alice has a particular love of performing the classical song repertoire. She has given many recitals in London and the South East, frequently being asked back for repeat visits.

Her ever-growing repertoire is wide and varied, enabling her to put together rewarding recital programmes that are much enjoyed by audiences. If desired, programmes can be arranged around particular themes.

Her interest encompasses songs by contemporary composers and she recently gave the first performance of an extensive song cycle by St Johanser.

Alice's song repertoire includes songs by:

English	Bantock, Barber, Bridge, Britten, Clarke, Dowland, Dring, Gurney, Hageman, Head, Lehmann, Purcell, Quilter
German	Brahms, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Wolf
French	Debussy, Duparc, Fauré, Hahn, Poulenc
Lighter Style	Coward, Gershwin, Kern, Lehrer, Porter, Rodgers, Weill

Oratorio

Alice's oratorio repertoire ranges from the baroque through the romantic and into contemporary music.

Recent engagements as soprano soloist have included performances of:

Beethoven	9th Symphony
Bruckner	Mass in F minor
Chilcott	Jubilate
Haydn	Little Organ Mass
Haydn	The Creation
Respighi	Lauda Sion
Rutter	Requiem
Rutter	Feel the Spirit
Rutter	Mass for the Children
St Johanser	Galileo

Other repertoire includes:

Bach	Matthäus Passion
Elgar	The Light of Life
Fauré	Requiem
Handel	The Messiah
Mendelssohn	Elijah
Mozart	Requiem
Rossini	Messe Solennelle

Orchestral Songs/Opera/Operetta

Recent performances have included Strauss - Four Last Songs, the premiere of Joe St Johanser's opera 'Spem' and concerts of opera arias and duets.

Her operatic/operetta repertoire includes arias from:

Bizet	Carmen
Britten	Peter Grimes
Dvorak	Rusalka
Lehar	The Merry Widow
Leoncavallo	Pagliacci
Mozart	The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Cosi Fan Tutte
Puccini	Madame Butterfly, Turandot, La Boheme, Gianni Schicchi
Strauss	Die Fledermaus

Special Occasions

Make your wedding celebration special and delight your guests with some beautiful music as part of your service.  Or take time to remember a loved one whilst listening to a well-loved classic.

Sacred/wedding repertoire includes the following songs, but these are only a few examples. If your choice is not listed please do ask:

Ave Maria	Bach/Gounod or Schubert or Caccini
Be thou with me	Bach
Devotion/Widmung	Schumann
My heart ever faithful	Bach
One hand, one heart	Bernstein
Panis Angelicus	Fauré
Pie Jesu	Fauré

Listen

Here are the songs on her demo disc for you to download.  The pianist is Anna Le Hair.  All these tracks were recorded live at a recital given for Guildford URC Music Society in November 2005.

	Song	Composer		Type of File
	Down by the Salley Gardens	Clarke		Windows Media
	Der Nussbaum	Schumann		Windows Media
	An die Nachtigall	Brahms		Windows Media
	Mausfallensprüchlein	Wolf		Windows Media
	Die Verlassene Mägdlein	Wolf		Windows Media
	Allerseelen	Strauss		Windows Media
	Cäcilie	Strauss		Windows Media

If you have difficulty downloading the song or don't have the ability to handle Windows Media (.wma) files, contact Alice for a demo CD.

Education

Alice studied music at Surrey University (BMus (Hons)) and subsequently completed the Abbey Opera Diploma in Performance Studies (Opera) in 2000. She has studied singing with Sally Le Sage, Hazel Wood and, for the last 6 years, with Annette Thompson (Professor, Guildhall School of Music).

Telephone: 07906 123720