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KATHERINE SQUIRE Mezzo Soprano Email: katsquire@btinternet.com Tlf: 07896309974 |
| Mezzo Soprano Katherine Squire was born in Devon 10 January 1975. She achieved her Performers Licentiate Diploma and Postgraduate Diploma studying with Eiddwen Harry and Suzanne Murphy at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Katherine has sang under the baton of conductors such as Sir Neville Mariner and Richard Hickox and since graduating in 2003 Katherine has been in high demand as a soloist both in Britain and abroad, regularly appearing on television and radio. | |
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Operatic and Musical Roles |
| Florence, Albert Herring | Britten |
| Lady Rochester, Rochester’s second Bottle | Hans Kox |
| Masha, Paradise Moscow | Shostakovich |
| Mother Goose, The Rake’s Progress | Stravinsky |
| Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd (excerpt) | Sondheim |
| Hansel, Hansel and Gretel | Humperdinck |
| Un Pâtre, L’enfant et les sortilẻges | Ravel |
| Dido, Dido and Aeneas (excerpt) | Purcell |
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Operatic Chorus |
| Le Nozze di Figaro | Mozart |
| Orpheus in the Underworld | Offenbach |
| L’enfant et les sortilẻges | Ravel |
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Solo Choral Experience |
| Bach Magnificat, Schubert Mass in G, Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore , Bach St Matthew Passion, Handel Dixit Dominus, Vivaldi Gloria, Beethoven 9th Symphony, Mendelssohn Elijah, Duruflé Requiem, Bernstein Chichester Psalms, Britten Rejoice in the Lamb, Handel Messiah, Mozart Requiem |
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Other Solo Performances |
| Katherine has performed as a soloist in a number of venues in Wales and abroad and her repertoire ranges from opera and operetta via musical theatre and jazz. She also regularly appears on television and radio with ensembles such as BBC Now and Vivace singers |
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Recordings |
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April 2005
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• Karl Jenkins Requiem main chorus | conducted by Timothy Rhys Evans for EMI classics |
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March 2005 |
• Basil Harwood Complete Choral Music mezzo solo and main chorus | conducted by Adrian Partington for Priory records |
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May 2004
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• William Walton Christopher Columbus | conducted by Richard Hicox for Chandos |
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July 2003 |
• Gustaf Holst The Planets | conducted by Adrian Partington for BBC television |
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March 2003 |
•Songs of Praise for St David’s day | Vivace singers for BBC television |
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December 2002 |
•Vaughan Williams The Poisoned Kiss main chorus and semi-chorus | conducted by Richard Hickox for Chandos |
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November 2002 |
•George Dyson Quo Vadis main chorus and semi-chorus | conducted by Richard Hickox for Chandos |
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Yucca Tree Records |
•Granell, Honigsberg, Smith Popes mezzo soloist | Electro Acoustic Opera by Douglas Granell, David Honigsberg and Gareth Dylan Smith |
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Reference |
| Suzanne Murphy |
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