Biography

'She has a rich, remarkably mature voice, heard to great effect in Dvorak'
(Michael Gray, The Essex Chronicle)

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British soprano Kayleigh McEvoy completed the Artist Masters course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with scholarship, under the tutelage of Janice Chapman. She was the winner of the 2017 Essex Young Musician of the Year competition, as well as the 2016 Freda Parry Scholarship competition.

Kayleigh is a keen advocate of concert and oratorio repertoire, her recital work having taken her to venues in the UK, Europe and Africa. Over the last year Kayleigh has performed an extensive number of vocal recitals, exploring many opera roles, German lied, French melodie, traditional art song and contemporary music. She made her London operatic debut in 2016 as the Fox in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen. Since then she has gone on to perform roles such as; Musetta in La Boheme on tour with Barefoot Opera, the title role in Chelmsford Opera's Patience, and Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte, with St.Pauls Opera. This summer Kayleigh made her German debut in Robert Wards' The Crucible as Abigail Williams, whilst also covering the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. Other previous roles include, Maria in The Sound of music, The Plaintiff in Trial by Jury, Aline in The Sorcerer, Constance in The Sorcerer, Peep Bo in The Mikado and Tessa in The Gondoliers. Within Guildhall's opera scenes she has performed roles such as, Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Mother in Hansel and Gretel and Witch 1 in Dido and Aeneas.

In London, Kayleigh has had the opportunity to work with renowned coaches and conductors such as; Daniel Barenboim, Gustav Dudamel, Edith Wiens, Graham Johnson, Sarah Walker, Eugene Asti and Mary Plazas. She has performed in number of highly sought after venues, including; Barbican Hall, The Royal Albert Hall, Milton Court, Buxton Opera House, The Royal Festival Hall, The Vatican and St. Mark's Basilica.

Kayleigh's Postgraduate Studies were kindly supported by The George Drexler Foundation, Ann Johnson Educational Foundation, Mario Lanza Educational Foundation, Hervey Benham Charitable Trust, The Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust, Chelmsford Educational Foundation, The Essex Community Foundation, The Pimlott Foundation, Tom Acton Memorial Trust and The Guildhall School Trust.

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