Our soloist for the concerts on 5th and 6th October 2019 is a welcome return visit from Elizabeth Ryder.

Elizabeth Ryder

Elizabeth  Ryder  studied  at  Birmingham  Conservatoire  where  she  gained  a  First  Class  Bachelor  of music  (hons)  under  the  tuition  of  Rita  Cullis.  Her  many  prizes  whilst  at  Birmingham  include  the Mario  Lanza  opera  prize,  the  Edward  brooks  English  song  prize  and  the  Cecil  Drew  oratorio  prize, she  was  also  highly  commended  by  Richard  Stokes  in  the  Reginald  Vincent  Lieder  prize.  Elizabeth was  awarded  the  Margaret  Pascoe  scholarship  for  excellence  two  years  running  and  won  a  silver medal  from  the  Worshipful  company  of  musicians. Among  her  many  concert    performances,  Elizabeth  has  performed  Mozart’s  C  minor  mass  with (Market  Harborough  choral  society)  Handel’s  Messiah  (Newark  choral  society),  Bach's  St  Matthew Passion  with  the  Kington  choral  society  and  Christmas  Oratorio  with  Music  for  Everyone  in Nottingham.  She  has  also  been  selected  to  take  part  in  masterclasses  given  by  Ann  Murray  in  the Leeds  Lieder  Festival,  Graham  Johnson  and  Brigitte  Fassbaender  at  Wigmore  hall.  In  2014  she performed  a  selection  of  Duparc  Chansons  with  the  Charnwood  orchestra  and  she  was  the Soprano  soloist  for  the  Hallé  orchestra  in  Nottingham's  Royal  concert  hall. Elizabeth  has  gained  a  breadth  of  experience  in  operatic  leading  roles,  such  as  Galatea  in Handel's  Acis  and  Galatea,  Anna  Maurrant  in  Kurt  Weil's  Street  Scene  as  well  as  Miss  Wordsworth (Albert  Herring),  Tytania  (A  Midsummer  night's  dream)  and  Governess  (The  Turn  of  the  screw)  in  a   Britten  opera  scenes  production.  Elizabeth  performed  'Frasquita'  as  a  cover  role  in  Nevill  Holt's production  of  Carmen  where  she  was  commended  in  Opera  Now  magazine  for  making  a  'hugely pleasing  impression.'  She  returned  to  Nevill  Holt  and  played  'Countess  Ceprano'  in  Verdi's Rigoletto  and  appeared  in  the  Northern  Ireland  Opera  revival  of  Donizetti's  Elixir  of  Love. More  recent  engagements  include  her  performance  of  Sieben  Frühe  Lieder  by  Berg  with  the Charnwood  Orchestra.  Upcoming  engagements  include  performing  at  the  Wolf  Lieder  Festival  in Vienna,  along  with  returning  to  Nottingham  to  perform  with  the  Halle,  she  will  also  perform  Britten’s Les  Illuminations  with  Benslow  music​