Biography
Katy grew up in Berkshire and her early vocal study was with Maldwyn Davies. Her love for singing and classical music was developed as a teenager with Wokingham Choral Society, who awarded her a Young Singers Bursary and with whom she sang in many oratorio works under the direction of Edward Gardner. She graduated with first class honours in music from the University of Southampton and was subsequently awarded a scholarship to study for an MMus in Performance and Musicology at Royal Holloway, University of London. She currently studies privately with Annette Thompson and is studying at Morley Opera School. She is delighted to have been awarded the Dame Felicity Lott Bursary from Royal Holloway to continue her studies.
Solo performances include Pamina The Magic Flute, Lauretta Gianni Schicchi, Despina Cosi fan tutte, Dolcina / Nursing Sister Suor Angelica, 2nd Spirit The Magic Flute, Bellangère Ariane et Barbe-bleue, and Cretan Woman Idomeneo for companies including Opera at Bearwood, Hampstead Garden Opera, Harrow Opera and Opera Nova, as well as most recently singing chorus for Hampstead Garden Opera's Elixir of Love. In excerpts she has sung Donna Anna and Countess Almaviva and future performances include Countess Almaviva The Marriage of Figaro for Opera Nova.
Solo concert performances have included Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time at Royal Holloway (conducted by Levon Parikian), Schumann's Frauenliebe und Leben at Swiss Church (Covent Garden), the Picture Gallery (Royal Holloway) and the Turner Sims Concert Hall (Southampton). She has sung in masterclasses with Robin Bowman, Susan McCulloch, Elaine Kidd, Margaret Humphrey Clark, Linda Ormiston and Adrian Thompson.