Soprano

Polish-American soprano Pamela Hay was born in New York City and lives in London. She received her Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from the Peabody Conservatory of Music, Baltimore, and her Postgraduate Certificate from the Royal College of Music, London. Pamela won scholarships to the Aspen Music Festival and the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum Salzburg and was the recipient of Peabody’s prestigious Charles M. Eaton Voice Award, the Kathleen and Wallace Hankins Award in Voice and the Azalia Thomas Prize. Pamela was also supported by an HSBC scholarship award and Pamela Litman for her work with British Youth Opera. Master classes include those of Barbara Bonney, Philip Langridge and Malcolm Martineau… more 

Educator

Polish-American soprano Pamela Hay is the Chair of the Association of the Teachers of Singing.

She is a Create and Sing Artist for the Royal Opera House, where she has designed, written and delivered accredited courses on healthy singing. Her role includes narrating operas on the main stage, conducting large-scale performances of children singing, and devising and delivering warm-ups and workshops across the UK and in national broadcasts. 

As an educator, Pamela has an extensive background in Accent Method and Alexander Technique, and has substantial experience working with children and beginner adults, as well as professional voice users from other fields. She has taught at the ROH Youth Opera Company, Eton and JAGS among many others, and has been Head of Singing at Newton Prep, where she spent years giving one-to-one technical training to the Cathedral Choir children, in addition to assisting and conducting in rehearsals and performances.

Alongside Abi Simpson SLT and Professor Guri Sandhu Pamela works in a professional voice troubleshooting clinic at Charing Cross Hospital under Imperial College NHS Trust.

She is a mentor for Arts Emergency and for the National Youth Choir Fellowship with AOTOS… more