Welcome To My Blog

“Welcome to my blog. I started blogging in March 2013 as a first-year Bachelor of Music student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. I was born in Winsford, Cheshire, in NW England, there is more about my childhood here“

Here are some of my favourite blog post links with my resume.

Charlotte won the Pendine International Voice of the Future award 2018 at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod. She previously won the Audience Prize in the Kathleen Ferrier Bursary Competition; and was Highly Commended in the RCS Jean Highgate Competition; third place in the Hugh S Roberton Scots Song Competition during her second year at the RCS 2013 and was the vocal winner of the Warrington Competition for Young Musicians.

Following five-star reviews in 2017 for her ‘Uccelina’ in Scottish Opera/MIF/Improbable’s immersive opera for babies and toddlers ‘BambinO’ Charlotte continued the role in a tour of Paris organised by the Théâtre du Châtelet and subsequently the Metropolitan Opera in New York for a series of sold-out shows, she joined the second BambinO cast for a Scottish Highlands tour in autumn 2018 and created a digital version with Improbable in 2022.

Summer 2018, Charlotte performed in the inaugural Waterperry Opera Festival’s manor house creation of ‘Mansfield Park’ as ‘Maria Bertram’, and ‘Cunegonde’ in Surrey Opera’s ‘Candide’ at the magnificent cliff-top Minack Outdoor Theatre, Cornwall. She was guest soloist at the Tideswell Male Voice Choir Remembrance Concert on November 11th and sang in the Rachmaninov recital at Pushkin House in Bloomsbury, London. Concluding 2018 as ‘The Plaintiff’ in the one-act G&S Opera ‘Trial by Jury’ for Surrey Opera.

Previous opera roles include Zerlina (Don Giovanni) Manchester; Frasquita (Carmen) Berlin, Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) Italy; First Witch (Dido and Aeneas) Scotland; and Eve (Dove’s:  The Walk from the Garden) and Jessie Jnr (The Little White Town of Never Weary) for Scottish Opera.

Concert highlights included: Soprano Soloist with Skipton Camerata with the irrepressible Ben Crick just before Covid19 lockdown in March 2019 The Dance of the Furies;   “La Dolce Speranza” by Carl Maria von Weber, conducted by Ben Palmer at The Royal College of Music. A Duet at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall with the orchestra of Scottish Opera and as a soloist in venues such as the Buxton Opera House, Gawsworth Hall, and The Edinburgh Fringe.  Purcell’s O Sing Unto the Lord, Pergolesi’s Magnificat and Handel’s Psalm 112 Laudate Pueri Dominium conducted by John Bate.  Messiah soprano solo’s with Northern Baroque Sinfonia and the Salford Choral Society and the Lancashire Chamber Orchestra and Blackburn Music Society at Blackburn Cathedral conducted by Tom Newall.

As one of several students from European Conservatoires, she took part in a vocal masterclass with W. Stephen Smith at the AMUZ centre in Antwerp, Belgium. As a lied duo Charlotte and pianist George Todica experienced a week of intensive masterclasses as part of the International Edvard Grieg Society’s conference in Bergen, Norway, which culminated with her performing songs from ‘Haugtussa’ at a concert in Grieg’s home in Troldhaugen with a helpful travel award from the Hope Scott Trust; the duo then performed at the Leeds Lieder Festival Fringe Concert. Charlotte also sang with pianist Dr. Leslie Howard at the Joint Music Societies Dinner representing the Gustav Mahler Society and a recital of Alma Mahler’s songs at the Royal Academy of Art ‘Women in Music’ following recitals in Catalonia performing alongside pianist Nestor Bayona at the Auditori Municipal Enric Granados, Lleida and at the Musitekton, Barcelona.

Charlotte holds a Master’s in Performance (Voice) from the Royal College of Music where she studied with Prof. Rosa Mannion, Andrew Robinson, and Simon Lepper, and a First Class Honours Degree in Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, studying under Judith Howarth. She is a dancer passing RAD ballet module at the highest grade whilst at the RCS, BBO qualifications tap and ballet at grade 7, IDTA Ballroom, Latin, Club and advanced level Contemporary dance. She is also a 2nd Black Belt Dan in Karate, winning several National championships.

At the Royal College of Music she was supported by The Kathleen Trust and was an RCM award holder supported by the Charles Jacob Scholarship from the Worshipful Company of Cutlers; the Opperby Stokowski Scholarship; and a personal award provided to the RCM from Edwin and Hilary Custance Green who have also provided her with encouragement, advice and support during her studies. Charlotte successfully auditioned for The Josephine Baker Trust who work with young singers in the early years of their careers.

Her opera scenes have included:

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1,689 thoughts on “Welcome To My Blog”

    1. Hi Jeremy, you’re welcome, it’s great to read about different bloggers interests and career choices, if you get chance to pop back I hope you get the opportunity to listen to my recent performances and my family and friends film making 🙂 lol.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. Thank you for your beautiful comments, years of ballet training and regular reminders about put your shoulders back and not slouching by my Mum must be paying off 🙂
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. Hi Huffygirl, thank you for your lovely words but I’ve only started out on my training, I’ll be over to check out your blog again thanks for stopping by and commenting.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  6. Hi Charlotte, thank you so much for following my little blog; I am always so honoured when someone finds me and follows along with my little adventures. I absolutely loved your video recordings and wish you all the best in your studies and future career. All the best. Michele

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  8. Wow! I am so honored that you would follow my fledgling blog! You have incredible talent and have had so many amazing opportunities. Thank you for taking your time to look at my pictures 🙂 I will follow you as well!

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    1. Hi there, thanks for visiting and for supporting my blog. I have enjoyed looking over your blogs too. I take each opportunity that I am presented with and work as hard as I can to get the most out of it. I hope that you will call back and have a read through some of my posts and perhaps listen to some of my performances.

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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      2. Thank you! I apologize, I realized later that I had my links set up incorrectly- now when you click on my username it takes you to my photography blog (which I had originally intended, oops). Yay for being new to blogging. 🙂 But I have listened to some of your performances and really enjoyed them. Fantastic!

    1. If you look on your gravatar account page, you can link your website or your blog page to your gravatar image ‘music box’ at the moment it doesn’t link :). Thanks for your good wishes I am having a fabulous last weekend with my family before going back to Scotland, yesterday we visited my Nana and Grandad which is always a treat and Nana buys cake too! Lol.
      All the best
      Charlotte

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    1. Hey Jimmy, do you still play piano and sing? Enjoyed glancing over both of your blogs, good luck with your wedding planning for next May – very exciting. We have a tv show called ‘Don’t Tell the Bride’ where the groom is given a budget to spend on the wedding but without any input from the bride, he even buys her shoes and dress – I love it some of the ideas are outrageous 🙂
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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      1. I do indeed still do both, although it’s been… wow, more than three months now since I’ve done either. Oops.
        That TV show sounds like some kind of crazy, too… I think my fiancee would flip if I tried something like that!

  11. Charlotte, such a gift you have! I’ve always admired opera singers whose “instrument” is their throat and all the many hours that must go into perfecting it. It’s obvious you’ve done your homework! I’ll be looking for you when you perform in the U.S. at the Met! Also thanks for following my blog, I’m honored. All the best to you as you follow your dreams!

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    1. I’ve never seen a foot long hotdog and I’m not really sure what type of ice cream was in your waffle cone but it is certainly interesting reading about food all over the world, I love food blogs, not good if you’re feeling peckish though.
      All the best
      Charlotte

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      1. I suppose I shouldn’t need to actually say this, but that should be “good luck” and not “food luck”. I’d blame the typo on my phone, but even my quick proof before hitting submit didn’t catch that. :/

      2. 😉 lol, I always ignore typos it’s easy to do blogging, actually it’s a standing comment of mine that I need all the luck I can get cooking for myself when I go back to university next week so ‘food luck’ is a good wish.
        All the best
        Charlotte

  18. Thanks for following my blog, hopefully you will find a few things to chortle over. Good luck in your journey. I love to watch people reach success with their talents.

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      1. Yes, it’s a lovely tartan. As far as advice on your career, can’t help you at all, couldn’t carry a tune if my life depended upon it. Just keep doing what you love to do and look for avenues to get you noticed.

  20. I started enjoying opera singing a few years ago, you have a lot of talent 🙂
    Thank you for your interest in the Taste-Buds, we are happy to have you among us 🙂

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    1. Thank you Viviane that’s lovely.
      After spending the summer at home having meals cooked for me, Im back to preparing for myself next week, I’ve got a better kitchen this year so hopefully I’ll get stuck in to cooking.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  22. You have a beautiful blog Charlotte and I wish you all the best on reaching your dreams. Thanks for sharing your journey with the world, and also for following my blog.

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  26. Thank you so much for following my blog! I do hope you achieve your goals with opera and I hope I can help you a bit with the inspiration you are looking for.

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    1. Madame Butterfly is an excellent opera, I saw it last year, fabulous music especially ‘One Fine Day’, Maria Callas’ version of this on You Tube is brilliant.
      Thanks for the good luck message I wish you all he best with your cake business too, your speciality cakes are lovely, your rv cake reminded me of a blogger friend I made recently.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  29. Hi Charlotte! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and following! It’s always such an honor to know that others are interested in the content I post :). Your blog is absolutely lovely – I look forward to reading your future posts!

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  31. Thank you for the follow! I look forward to reading more posts on your blog – my husband is a HUGE fan of opera…and I like it, too (just not nearly as much as my husband) 🙂

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    1. Hi Jessica, thanks for visiting, hope your husband gets chance to take a listen to my recordings. My family are slowly getting used to more opera now they don’t have any choice :).
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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      1. I will point him to the site! I should have mentioned that you initially followed my “Art of Avoidance” blog that I haven’t yet linked to in my gravatar (I see you visited my other blog, which is great, but thought I would clarify that) 🙂

  35. Hi, hi! Thank you so much for visiting my blog, and for deciding to follow it. I appreciate your vote of confidence, and I hope you will continue to enjoy my posts.

    Your blog is such a treat. You have an amazing, beautiful voice. Thank you so much for sharing that with the rest of us. I’m looking forward to following your blog and your journey. I hope all of your dreams come true! 🙂

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  36. Hi, Charlotte, thanks for the follow today. I have read your welcome page with interest, having always loved singing myself. My daughter, who is 16, is currently studying for her grade 8 singing and loves singing just as much as me. In fact, we are all very musical in our house and it has always been an important part of our lives. You have a lovely voice and I wish you lots of success with your studies.

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    1. Hi, What’s you daughters voice type? I remember my grade 8 exam well. I’ve had to drag my family into classical music they all love listening to me sing now though 🙂 Thank you for your good wishes.

      All the best
      Charlotte

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    1. Hello and thank you. The blogging community is a lovely, friendly place to make connections and learn, especially about writing and cooking two of my personal goals for this next year.

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. Eeek, your gravatar reminds me of the Twilight movies 🙂 Your spark picture reminded me of my brother looking into one of these squirty fountain things when he was little in Disneyland and it squirted in his eye, they don’t have them in the marketplace now but you used to be able to run and play in the fountains.

      All the best
      Charlotte

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    1. I’ve never been to Canada, looking at photographs on the blogs I read show that it is a beautiful country. Hope you get chance to pop back for a listen, let me know what you think 😉

      All the best
      Charlotte

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  40. Hello Charlotte!
    Great blog and how lovely it will be to follow your progress!
    Thank you for showing an interest for Madnessasmantra, hope you enjoy following the adventure (when you’re not too busy with yours!!)
    Sincerely,
    Anita

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    1. Hello Anita, thank you for your lovely message, I’m glad you enjoyed the blog posts, I have been busy this week even though I was planning a week off. It’s good to catch up with my friends I missed them over the summer.

      All the best
      Charlotte

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    1. Hi Roger, I’d love to visit Hawaii where you grew up, your travels sound wonderful. Enjoyed your whistle stop day in London, I love London. You should put Scotland on your visit bucket list, oh and Chester, Liverpool and Manchester 🙂 maybe watch a football match and see what all the fuss is about.

      All the best
      Charlotte

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  44. Thanks for the follow. I went to music school for a couple of years and I always thought the opera majors had the most difficult course of study but were some of the most dedicated students. Good luck to you!

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    1. Hello Michelle, the viola is a lovely instrument I hope you still play. From what I see everyone at the Conservatoire has a busy schedule, I love the creative collaboration at the RCS I hope we do more together next year. Thank you for your good luck, I save it up for days I need it 🙂

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  46. Lovely blog Charlotte, good variety of topics. I especially like the top and bag that you made for your textile classes, very pretty! Thanks for following the Pennan Artisans!

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    1. Hi Alita, that is a lovely compliment from an artist thank you, I’ve never worked with clay but I love the effects you achieved in I spy, I did an eye picture for my GCSE it freaks some people out all those eyes staring back at them.

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. Your cruise looks great, my Mum thought about doing the Norwegian Fiords next year but she was worried about the weather in September so I’ll be following your blog with interest so I can convince her it’s a good idea.

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  49. Thank you for following my blog!! I loved watching some of the performance videos you have on this website – your voice is beautiful!!

    All the best to you as you follow your dreams!

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    1. Hello Hope, thank you for the lovely compliment I appreciate you taking the time to write it ;). It’s a good think you work and jog lots with all your lovely cakes and brownies.

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  50. Wow! I am in awe of you and I am honored that you followed my blog. You are destined for greatness because this world desperately needs role-models who display the true meaning of talented beauty:) Keep up the excellent work!

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