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.

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1,689 thoughts on “Welcome To My Blog”

  1. Thanks for all your efforts on this smashingly good blog! We were impressed by the quality of your voice and your seeming ease of performance. All the best wishes for your future as a singer in whatever genre you choose. We think you will be very successful. Thanks also for liking our blog and opting to follow it. You are at the beginning of your performing career and Ian, at 81, is at the end of it. We wish you as much satisfaction as we have had in singing, although yours is be a much more professional one. Thank God for music, eh?

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    1. Thank you Gayle, I absolutely love performing. I hope to enjoy as long a career I’d love to be still performing in my 80’s. music is fabulous to continue as long as you can.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  5. Such a beautiful voice! Your dreams have wings and will get you where you want to go. Best wishes to you. Just lovely. Keep your heart on the dream and it will soon be reality. God Bless!

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    1. Hi Alex, I’m pleased you enjoyed reading my blog and thanks for the compliment 😉 . I enjoyed your financial blog too, when we as students take on these big debts now its good to read your tips on cutting wasteful spending.
      All the best
      Charlotte

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    1. Hi Angela, your gravatar doesn’t link back to your blog so its difficult to find your blog 😉 .
      Hope you get the chance to return and that I can keep doing interesting things for you to read about.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  10. WOW….. I meant… just WOW… your voice blows me away…. thanks for sharing your wonderful talent and I am so happy to hear things are going so well for you. Take care dearest – Stan

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    1. Thanks Karen, I have lots of illustrator blog friends that follow. I hope they’ve seen your ‘Illustrator Wanted’ post if they want to take a chance. Thanks for your lucky wish I’ll save it 🙂

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. Hi Eirene, sand is good for looking mucky I hadn’t thought of that when muddying up for my Eponine role. Lovely photos on your blog. Thanks for visiting.

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  14. Hi there, Charlotte. So pleased to meet you and I’m thoroughtly enjoying your site! It sounds like you’re having the time of your life! Will me visiting your video link momentarily. Thanks so very much for visiting and liking my blog as well! Enjoy your ride! Am sure your essays and singing will only get better (although I’m already impressed). Take care!

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    1. Hi Laurie, I’m glad I started the blog it will be interesting to look back over the first four years of my undergraduate course. Hope you get chance to pop back for a listen.

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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      1. hi Charlotte 🙂 thanks for replying 🙂 your performance is awesome, i showed it to my elder daughter and she loves it ! she is in school choir group, wish she can be as awesome as you !

        chewy gums is banned in Singapore hahha. But we still have our ways to get it though :p over here sharing my photos, hope it helps for your leisure browsing, cheers !

      2. Hi Leesa, its a shame chewing gum isn’t banned in the UK it takes ages for the street cleaners to clean up gum. The travel sick chewy gums I use you swallow 😉
        Best wishes
        Charlotte

  16. Thanks for following, Charlotte. Happy to be introduced via the internet. You will accomplish your dreams – keep working and stay with it. It will be rewarded. God’s blessings on sharing your gift of music!

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    1. Hi Kristin, thank you for visiting I’m loving the variety of people I meet on this blog and your blogs, I am learning so much in nice bite sizes snippets. Did you spot The Editor Above’s post on this page, they are looking for an illustrator not sure if you’re interested in that sort of thing.

      All the best
      Charlotte

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      1. Hi Charlotte,
        You are welcome. It is amazing to see the variety of people out there through blogging. I agree! I did not spot “The Editor Above’s” post. I will check that out. Thank you! All the best to you as well, Kristin

    1. Hello Barry, I do love to sing and perform above all else, I also love to dance and act so all those things considered I would simply love to be an operatic soprano singing and acting all over the world. I love a wide variety of music from pop, jazz, rock, music theatre, classical and even Disney songs, I am being introduced to new forms of music all the time now and listening to new composers of the future is also fabulous. I hope that you can pop back from time to time to follow my progress 😉

      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  22. Thank you for stopping by my blog the other day Charlotte. It led me back here to yours and I’m so glad it did!
    I wish you the very best for your journey. 🙂
    Regards,
    Upasna

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  24. I do volunteer work at the Winter Haven Theater in Winter Haven,Florida. They are sending a production of Golda’s Balcony to Germany soon. If you can look out for it.
    Go to Winter Haven Theater on the internet and go to curtain call. They honored me with a write up on the back page as a volunteer. Let me know what you think. Barry

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      1. The main man from Winter Haven is flying over. His name is Norman Small. We do three musicals a year. You should contact him. Good luck. Barry

  25. Oh my God, you do have a such heavenly voice! Keep practising and keep recording ur voice, I hope you’ll have a bright career for the rest of your life!
    Anyway, thanks for following my blog! That really means a lot to me 🙂

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    1. Thanks for your lovely comment Alima, I was part of an audience with a wonderful soprano last week called Dame Gwyneth Jones who was still performing in her seventies, she was absolutely inspirational and I’ve been writing an outline of a post about her on the train which I’m hoping to format tonight if I’m not too tired after college.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  26. Thanks for visiting my blog. I am such a fan of your work– you truly have a beautiful and powerful voice! Much luck to you with all of your endeavors!

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  27. Hi Charlotte 🙂 I enjoyed listening to you sing! I am into poetry, so hopefully we can inspire each other 🙂 (I’m in the editing stage of my first book and I’m constantly looking for inspiration!) Thank you for following my blog, Charlotte. Best wishes for your career, you obviously love it!

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  32. Hello Charlotte – thanks for following my blog – auntykrissi.com – and after reading and listening to your blog I would like to wish you great success in your studies and very best wishes for your chosen career. You obviously have the talent, so keep on studying but also enjoying what you do! Best – Krissi

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  33. Hi Charlotte, thanks for foloowing my blog at Sparrow’s Castle. I guess we’re both on a journey to create wonder in the lives of others. Yours is in song, mine is in words. I look forward to following your progress.

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  34. Hi, Charlotte. I love your page! You have an incredible voice. I saw that you were following my page and was super excited. Thanks for your support! I love that your page is lavender, a fabulous shade of purple. Purple is one of my favorite colors. I hope you find your dream. I wish you all the best in Opera school. 🙂 Cheers! Always, D’Amoretti “Teddy” Seussa

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    1. Hi, thank you for visiting, I tried lots of different colours yellow, pink, blue like my website but when I tried the lavender I decided to stick with it, it’s very easy on the eye and a warm colour that goes well with pink.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  35. Dear Charlotte,
    Such a delight to hear your voice–I especially loved the Green Linnet song. Your hopes and dreams seem so likely to come true! Thanks for the follow on my blog ayeartothinkitover.com. I hope it’s either useful or fun, or both!

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    1. Thank you for your vote of confidence Polly.
      It’s good to read a teachers thoughts. I used to illustrate my writing a lot because I’m a visual learner, brainstorming ideas was one of my favourite things to do. Not drifting off the question, structural planning and writing too much without conclusions and links are all work in progress 😉
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  36. Tremendous! I love classical. It’s such a strenuous discipline, though so beautiful. Best wishes and I’ll follow you with great interest. Thanks for checking out my strangeness as well!

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    1. Hi Dylan, thanks for visiting, there are so many lovely classical songs to sing and there are new compositions in this style to explore, it’s very exciting to study music both by learning about the history and future advancements. Hope you remember to pop back from time to time.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  38. Thank you for following my blog, Charlotte.
    As a fellow Scot living near Edinburgh, I shall be interested to follow your progress as a classical singer. You have a very beautiful voice and you look/sound like having a wonderful future. I wish you well in it.
    I love music and there is a strong musical motif running through the novel I am currently writing, in particular Bellini’s Oboe Concerto. Do you sing anything from ‘Norma’ or ‘La Sonnambula’?
    Christine
    cicampbellblog.wordpress.com’

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  41. Hi Charlotte, thanks for viewing and following my blog. I like your idea of reading other blogs of varying genres to fuel your imagination. I have never considered following a classical singer for inspiration before, but that has now changed.
    Best wishes for the future.
    Michael.
    p.s. if our paths ever cross would love to do some b&w documentary style photographs of you. f.o.c.

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      1. Hi Charlotte, apologies for any confusion. I am based in two areas. Scarborough, North Yorkshire and Peterborough in Cambridgeshire.
        Best wishes

        Michael

  45. Charlotte, thanks for the follow. I’m listening to your recordings as I type this. You have a lovely voice and I wish you all the best in your education. I like that you are sampling a broad range of blogs for inspiration. Good luck.

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  47. Thanks for following my blog, Charlotte, it’s a pleasure to be in contact with you and listen to your lovely voice. I am deeply envious as I’m tone deaf, even my four dogs howl when I sing. Treasure your gift and best wishes for your future!

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  48. Charlotte,
    Thank you for following my blog! I just got started the other day and it’s really encouraging to see people following me :] Thanks so much! And you keep up the good work too; you have a beautiful voice!
    cheers,
    michelle

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  49. What a fabulous journey you are on – good luck!

    I adore opera – in fact we are off to Glyndebourne this weekend to see Hansel and Gretel (for the third time!)

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    1. How brilliant, I’ve never been to Glyndebourne I’d love to, I saw a review of Hansel and Gretel today in a newspaper it looks great did you enjoy it this time, who stood out to you? And why?
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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      1. I enjoyed it a lot – though it was an abridged version rather than the full version we had seen before (It was part of the winter tour so it was only two hours with a 20 min interval. I think it would have been more like three with a dinner interval last time).

        As for who stood out…actually it would have to be the conductor! (We often sit right by the pit) He was phenomenal and such a delicate command of the players.

        The sets were amazing (they almost always are at Glyndebourne and imaginative too) and of the cast I’d have to pick out the father whose part was relatively small but absolutely exquisitely sung and perfectly acted… I now look forward already to the summer season. But I’d better start saving (my love of opera and my lack of budget are poor bedfellows!)

      2. My flat mate designs sets and I have conductor friends they would be pleased you noticed their parts in the spectacle. I watch opera on the cinema and student productions, the live professional Operas are just so amazing with so many talented people involved. Thanks for getting back to me.
        Best wishes
        Charlotte

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