Meriel Andrew (Soprano)


Musical Education

Royal Northern College of Music 1999-2001

Professional Performer's Diploma, R.N.C.M (Distinction) June 2001

Operatic Experience

Mimi-La Boheme (cover) WNO Hong Kong Festival 2007

Sandman & Dewfairy - Hansel & Gretel (cover)

Cousin - Madam Butterfly (cover)

Flower Maiden - Persifal (cover)

Barbarina - Le Nozze Di Figaro (cover & 2 performances) Autumn '03

Katerina - Katerina (Welsh National Opera Education Project) June '03

Rachel - One Two - Gary Carpenter

Chorus - Carmen - Bizet (Royal Albert Hall)

Countess - Le Nozze Di Figaro (cover) Diva Opera

Guadalena - La Perichole (cover) Buxton Festival Opera

Chorus - La Perichole - Buxton Festival Opera

Oratorio

Elijah - Mendelssohn

German Requiem - Brahms

Mass in G - Schubert

Requiem - Mozart

Petite Messe Solenelle - Rossini

A Child of our Time - Tippett

Canterbury Pilgrims - Dyson

Dixit Dominus - Handel

Miserere - Scarlatti

Messiah - Handel

Coronation Mass - Mozart

Concerts

Guest Artists - Machynlleth Music Festival (2003)

Recital - Buxton Festival (2002)

Recital - Sunderland Singers - Sunderland University (2001)

St David's Day Concert - R.N.C.M. - Manchester (2001)

Recital - St Ann's Church, Manchester (2001)

Soprano - Opera Gala - Flint Male Voice Choir - Deeside College (2001)

Mother - Amahl & the Night Visitors - Jonathan Trout - Liverpool Phil. Hall (2000)

Soprano - Opera Gala - James Eastham - Lowry Centre

Competition

Winner - Gwilym Gwalchmai Jones Prize (2001)

Winner - John Ireland Competition (2001)

Finalist - Elizabeth Harwood Prize for Leavers (2001)

Award - Peter Moores (2000)

Winner - Manchester Welsh Society Prize (2000)

Winner - Cardigan Festival Challenge Solo (2000)

Finalist - Frederic Cox Award R.N.C.M. (2000)

Winner - Young London Welsh Singer of the Year (1999)

Winner - Dame Eva Turner Award for Dramatic Sopranos (1999)

Prize Winner - W Towyn Roberts Scholarship (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)

Masterclasses

Ingrid Surgenor

Paul Hamburder

Kenneth Bowen

Sarah Walker

Pamela Cook M.B.E.

Ann Evans

Adele Leigh

Mary Hammond