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. Hi Charlotte,

    Thanks for visiting my blog. I appreciate!
    You also have a well maintained blog. Like it!

    As you are into music, you might be interested to visit the following website which introduces you to the basics of Indian classical music.

    http://www.parrikar.org/

    Regards,
    Premanand.

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      1. It’s great when family force you to see what you don’t always see in yourself.
        I was thinking as I read your posts that you’re studying near my kids and not far from where we live. Small world. Good luck again. Dreams do come true.x

      2. I love it that you blog with people around the corner and all over the world, it has really opened my eyes, it was my Mums idea and she has some great ideas so I’m glad I listened.

        Hope you get chance to pop back
        Charlotte

  3. Hi Charlotte, thank you for stopping by and following my blog. I have really enjoyed reading your posts and especially listening to your wonderful voice. You are very talented. I wish you lots of success and will be checking back often to follow your adventure. Take care, Tracy

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    1. Thank you Tracy for visiting and commenting, I think I’d starve on a vegan diet, greens and Me aren’t best friends but I like the look of some of your recipes and will try them when my vegetarian friend comes to visit this autumn.
      All the best
      Charlotte

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    1. Hi Carmen,
      I’m happy you found my blog, it gave me the opportunity to call in to yours, where you said a woman can never have enough: shoes, necklaces, earrings, purses and rings I’d swap earrings and rings for dresses lol 🙂
      Be lucky, best wishes
      Charlotte

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  5. Hello beautiful Charlotte. It’s nice to meet you. Thank you for visiting my blog – and thank you for sharing your lovely voice and pretty face (your dad’s a great photographer!) with the rest of us. Looking forward to following you as you sing beauty into the world. Bless you!

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    1. Hello Vera, thank you for visiting and leaving your lovely message I appreciate your time. Thank you for the blessing I really do store them up for days when I need them.
      Bless you too,
      Charlotte

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    1. Hi Ana,
      There are the five songs I recorded at college in the side bar and two videos on the blog post ‘singing in the rain’ hope you enjoy them.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  7. Thank you so much for following my blog. I have followed you back, because obviously your blog is very interesting. <3

    I have posts related to music, the category is called song of the week. I hope you enjoy reading about them, and feel free to comment and tell me more about the music genres you like to listen to.

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    1. Thanks for the follow, is Nour your name?
      I love lots of different music genre my iPod shuffle makes people laugh because you can be listening to Tchaikovsky one minute and Brittany Spears the next, followed by Queen, Billy Holiday back to classical with Renee Fleming singing Puccini or Mozart.
      All the best
      Charlotte

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      1. Yes, it is. Nour is an Arabic term which means “light”.

        Haha, that’s pretty cool. Variety in music genres is always the way to pull of an inspiring music playlist, methinks.

      2. What a lovely name Nour – a great meaning too. I looked up the meaning of my name tonight and a quick google search reveals: free man/strong or a desert made of stewed fruit 🙂 lol.

        Best wishes
        Charlotte

  9. Thanks for the follow! I don’t know if I have any classical singers following me so far. You may be the first! I hope you stick around and leave some comments. I love comments!

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    1. I love comments too, at the moment I’m out of college and home with my parents looking after me, which is just heaven, so I have time to catch up on my lovely comments and catch up with my blog friends.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  11. I love classical music so will enjoy watching your progress. I look forward to your adding links to you performing on your blog.

    Thank you for choosing to follow one of my blogs. I hope you continue to enjoy the posts.

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    1. Hi Ray, I loved your photographs how else would I get to see New Orleans in the raw, I will pass your blog I for on to my brother he’s really into Geography and wants to study this at University next year, I think he can learn a lot from you.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  13. Hi Charlotte. Thanks for finding and following my blog. I came to your blog and am now playing your demo tracks as I leave a reply; you have a beautiful voice! I live in The Hague and am fortunate to live very close to the Koninklijk Conservatorium, a classical music conservatory in the Netherlands. Many talented students give free concerts in the area and I am so impressed at the talent. Clearly, you are also a young emerging talent. I wish you success on your musical career!

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    1. Hi, love your crochet, I read a great blog a couple of weeks ago with pictures of crocheted umbrellas, she used old umbrellas and made new covers for them to use as summer shade, I’ll find the blog link tomorrow and post it for you I think you’d like it.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  15. Thank you for following my blog. I love music and don’t always make enough time for it in my life (thus my photography project) – I look forward to seeing more of your posts.

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    1. Hi Riccardo, I have seen so much more of the world in these beautiful photography blogs out there. You take photos of things other people would just ignore like algae and plastic construction netting which make just as interesting photos as your beautiful caves and waterfall.
      Thanks for visiting and leaving your best wishes,
      Charlotte

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  17. Hi, and thanks for shopping by my “trynomore” Blog. I appreciate that. Reading yours and your ambition to be a professional singel I just wanna wish you good luck. You will make it. Follow your dreams and they will come true.. /sten

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      1. Hi. I speaker just little spanish, solo poco. But I manage well in spain with my english, spanish and german. All har best. Sten

  18. Thank you for the follow; I’m honoured. Also startled that such a talented singer has time for such wide interests. Wishing you the best of fortune!

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    1. Hi Peter, How could you write songs and compose or interpret other people’s lyrics if you only experience a very small or limited what’s out there in the big wild world. Mum said I’d get a lot out of this blogging and I have.
      Best of fortune – what a lovely wish for me, thank you
      Charlotte

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  20. it’s so nice that you found my blog on photography – I wonder at that. Gosh, you are an artist and create with your voice. I’m just a guy that points a camera, but I hope your’ll find my words and pictures entertaining and maybe a bit educational. Now I think it would be great to hear you sing, I’ll just have to be content to read about what you refer to as your “journey”.

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    1. Hello John,
      I have lots of photographs taken to promote events and I love looking at photography blogs for ideas because most of the photos are family snaps although my Dad wants new photography kit now his photos are on my blog lol! :0. I’ll tell him about your flash use tip on outdoor sunny shots.
      You can listen on the side I have five tracks loaded and on singing in the rain post I have two recent videos, hope you enjoy them.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  21. Howdy! Warmest thanks for dropping by and following my blog, Chasing the Stars. It means a lot to me. As for your site, you inspire people with your great talent and skill. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. Keep reaching for your dreams! Kudos!

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      1. Hello again, Charlotte!
        Sorry for the late response. Thank you for appreciating my post about happiness. =) Nope, my Gravatar photo is not my work. I wish it was but it’s by Audrey Kawasaki, a great Japanese artist. Her works are really beautiful. Anyway, have a great blogging time and all the best on your singing career! 🙂 – Starr

  23. Hi Charlotte, I really appreciate you checking out my blog and following me. I’m brand new to this, I can see you’re quite a veteran. You have a great voice, keep doing what you’re doing and you’ll go far.
    x

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      1. I didn’t take music at University, I wouldn’t class myself as musically talented! It’s merely a passionate hobby for me, who knows? I might use my blog and take steps forward to share my music more. If more people are kind enough to give me positive feedback, I might start recording.
        Thanks for taking time out of your day to brighten mine.

  24. Thanks for liking and following us, Charlotte. You have an awesome voice and we wish you absolutely the best and much joy with your singing. Diane, Ray, Frances from Green 🙂

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  26. Hi Charlotte,
    I’ve just been listening to the songs on your blog. You have a magnificent voice! I look forward to following your blog and your career.
    John

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  27. Hi Charlotte. Thanks for visiting and following my blog. You have a lovely voice. I was first introduced to classical music by my father. We used to listen to it every Sunday during dinner. Now, living on my own, I sometimes listen to it turned up loud in my headphones at work, or turned up even louder in the car, where I try (poorly) to sing along. Best of luck to you getting into Opera School.

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  29. Hi Charlotte – thanks for following my poetry blog. I’ll be following your journey with interest – I’m very involved in music at my local church, along with my family. My husband sings in a folk choir, and my daughter and son-in-law are singers in our worship band. Your voice is beautiful! You deserve to succeed in your ambition.

    Marion

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    1. Hello Marion, I’m going to be reading more poetry in the next couple of months, I asked my parents if they like anything special for their 30th wedding anniversary and they asked me to compose, sing and record a song for them – no pressure then!
      Thanks for visiting and leaving your lovely comments.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. St Mary’s Metropolitan cathedral is beautiful, really big with lots of history, one of the Popes visited when he was in the UK.
      Thanks for visiting and leaving your good luck wish for me.
      All the best Charlotte

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    1. Thanks, I’ve really enjoyed my day, I’m resting my voice now, ten songs with a piano interval in the middle to allow me to have a drink of water was brilliant, I’m not usually given that amount of time but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
      Thanks for visiting, I thought your hairdressing adventure was very brave but they did a great job, perhaps we should leave hairdressers to advise more instead of telling them what we think we want. Lol
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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  32. Wow Charlotte, I hope you achieve all your goals and dreams. I love to sing – unfortunately I’m tone deaf so I don’t think I’ll be appearing on stage anytime soon!!! Thanks for visiting my blog and I look forward to reading about you progress toward your goal.
    Dawn x ( jacksmumontherun)

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    1. Hi Dawn, You could dance on stage :). Maybe not with your poorly knee though! I’d find any excuse to get up there. I remember at primary school they put on Peter Pan and I was given the role of tinkerbelle, the rule was that I couldn’t talk or sing! it horrified me 🙂 so I had the loudest fairy tinkles ever and pranced around to ensure I got noticed, have you ever seen Tinks pirouette, if I could have figured out how to fly across the stage on a harness I would have done lol.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. Thanks for visiting, I have the Once Upon a Time pages in my scrapbook I love looking at the beautiful papers. I especially love the glitter highlights and know what you mean about covering them up.

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  35. Hi Charlotte, thanks for visiting my blog, and good luck with your music! I studied music for many years, I used to play the oboe. Its very hard work and I really admire people that are able to be so dedicated to such a demanding craft. Thanks again! 🙂

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  36. Hi, thanks for stopping by my blog. Hope you enjoyed. 🙂 You have a very beautiful voice. I must admit I’m a tad jealous since I’m an alto soprano and therefore can’t sing as high.
    Keep singing and God bless! 🙂

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      1. That it is. Well, usually. Some horses have frustrated me more than anything, but more often than not it’s a lot of fun. 🙂

  40. Charlotte,
    Thank you for following my photo blog. I appreciate it. I don’t know how you made your way to my site, but I’m always grateful when folks let me know that they have found it (and better yet, that they are enjoying my images).

    You have a lovely voice. All the best to you as you pursue your singing career.

    M. D. Maisey

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  41. Thanks for stopping by my blog! Music was my life at one point (classically trained pianist), and so I am excited to follow your progress on your goals and hear your performances!

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  42. Wow, you have an amazing voice! I always thought that soprano singers only exist in movies. Yes, I haven’t heard a real soprano live. Yes, I’m such a loser. I listened to one of your tracks, “Do Not Go My Love,” and now I’m ready to write something about a soprano singer. I’ll think of the full story, and if I have it written down, that is, before Monday, I’ll drop you a comment here and the link.

    Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂

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  43. Greetings from Singapore! Thank you for stopping by my blog. You have an amazing voice Charlotte! I look forward to watching your videos and reading your blog about your progress towards your goal!

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      1. Hey Charlotte, this is Hot Air Balloon here. Just to let you know, I’ve changed my blog address to ahoyanchorsaweigh.wordpress.com

        Regards xoxo

  44. Hello Charlotte,
    Thanks for visiting and liking my blog.Congratulations on all your successes, more blessings and the best throughout your career!

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  45. Hello Charolette… thank you for stopping by and following my blog … Im sitting here listening to you sing and I must say you have a beautiful voice… good luck with all of your endeavors

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  46. Charlotte,
    So glad you found my blog, as it also provides me the pleasure of discovering yours and your wonderful voice. With such talent and dedication to your dreams, I’m sure you will achieve great things.

    Cheryl at Artzzle

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  47. Hi Charlotte! Thanks for checking out and following my blog! I’ve enjoyed having a look through yours and listening to your performances. You have a beautiful voice!

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    1. I do feel blessed, thank you. I went for an audition in London and the practise rooms were full, it was hot inside the building so I walked outside and saw a church, I popped in to sit and stay calm and asked if I could sing my piece Hendel’s Come Unto Him. It was such a good experience and a couple of people walked in from the street to listen.
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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    1. Did you design your own gravitas Chris? Its very good. I’m not a big fan of graffiti but there are some great street art that makes me look do you just record it or create it?
      Best wishes
      Charlotte

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