Katie Bray

Katie is an active solo and choral performer throughout the country, and has performed solos in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St Pauls’ Basilica, and the Cathedrals of Ely, Wells and Exeter. She was born in Devon nd, in 2008, completed a music degree at the University of Manchester, for which she was awarded First Class Honours and the Proctor-Gregg Recital Prize. She is now studying for a Masters in Vocal Studies with Elizabeth Ritchie and Iain Leddingham at the Royal Academy of Music, where she hopes to continue exploring the dramatic aspects of her performance, as well as furthering her technical command.

In January 2008, Katie travelled to Rome with the Pilgrim Consort to record a series of programmes from St Paul’s Basilica. She also sings with the Sixteen, the Coupland Consort and Ex Cathedra as well as regularly singing in services at the Brompton Oratory under the direction of Patrick Russill. Katie is keen to continue her choral work, but ultimately would like to pursue a solo career in opera and oratorio. She is also a tremendous advocate for contemporary music and has performed in the world premieres of a number of new works, including James Stephenson’s ‘Apollinaire’s Dream’ at Manchester University in Autumn 2006 and Brendan Ashe’s ‘The Earth’ and ‘The Light’ in 2005 and 2007. Other recent solo performances include the title role in ‘Carmen’ with Somerset-based chamber group, Bacchanale, ‘Elijah’ with the Somerset Singers, and the Bach Magnificat with Manchester University Chorus, alongside Joshua Ellicott and Nicola Mills. Katie has recently finished touring with the Birmingham Royal Ballet, singing the alto solo in David Bintley’s ‘Penguin Cafe’. Forthcoming appearances include the solo alto role in Bach’s St John Passion, directed by Edward Higginbottom at the Spitalfields Festival, Cherubino in Mozart’s ‘Le nozze di figaro’ with Bacchanale, and a performance of Mendelssohn’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Middle Temple Hall.