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Comedian Lewis Shaffer gave me a mention on the latest edition of his "Nunhead American Radio" show on London's Resonance 104.4 FM. I've been spotted as the latest American in Nunhead, and I'll speak to him about my life in Nunhead and London on 30 June.  You can see...

I've commissioned a QR code for my website, and had it turned into a rubber stamp. It's just arrived, and looks great. Please have a scan!

I had a great time with innovative orchestra sound collective in their most recent appearance at London's Conway Hall.  Part of the MusicUpClose series of behind-the-scenes talks with musicians, our concert featured music of Richard Strauss, Schubert, Mozart and John...

You can still hear a clip of my appearance on BBC Radio 3's flagship programme In Tune.  I sang the aria "Che fiero momento" from Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, with Philip Voldman on piano. Please click here to listen on the BBC website.

Check out this month's Opera Now magazine, where I've been mentioned by Robert Thicknesse in his article celebrating 20 years of the company Opera della Luna. "Pamela Hay as Yum-Yum and Simon Butteriss's ineffable Ko-Ko turning an evening that could have been...

I will be singing music of Tavener, Richard Strauss, Schubert, and Mozart in London's beautiful Conway Hall next week, in the forthcoming Finale of the latest series of MusicUpClose.   Hosted by eminent Professor of Philosophy at Kings College, London, Bill Brewer,...

I had a fantastic time singing for the Redbridge Music Society this week. What a beautiful acoustic at the Lambourne Room, and what a lovely crowd! Audio clips to follow soon.

I'm busy preparing for my recital next week with the Redbridge Music Society.  I'll be singing a programme of Mozart, Chopin, Schubert and Liszt, as well as a second half of songs written for Gertrude Lawrence and Barbara Cook.  The fabulous pianist Mike Pugh will be...

Very sad to hear about the death of Kate O'Mara. Here we were together in 2010 at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon in a gala fundraiser for Marie Curie Cancer Care charity. She was in costume for a tribute to Marlene Dietrich, and I was singing "Glitter and Be Gay". A...

Our performance of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice was a big success at the Royal Albert Hall. With 2000 primary school children's voices joining in all the choruses in 4-part harmony, to a packed-out hall, English Pocket Opera Company  fulfilled phase 4 of its remit to...

I will be singing Euridice at the Royal Albert Hall on 17th March in English Pocket Opera Company's production of Orfeo ed Euridice.   The performance marks the next phase of EPOC's project with Camden Music Service, to involve primary schools with opera.

Thank you to Joshua Hayes for some beautiful photographs of my role as Euridice with English Pocket Opera Company's Orfeo ed Euridice. Please visit http://www.joshphotographer.com for more information about his work.