Final day of the Pop-Up Opera Tour 2023. Made very special by a wonderful team, places, weather (!), and consistently warm and appreciative audiences. Thanks for having us Scottish Opera! #opera #touring #outreach #soprano

The main reason we were in town was for the Scottish Opera Pop-Up at The Little Theatre! 🎭 It was little bits of 2 operas with very different story lines...we've seen a few now & each time they're so good! I definitely want to go to a full opera sometime soon! 🙏

I recorded some new videos recently and thought I’d share a clip. A huge thanks to Andrew Forbes for his input here. He completely undersold himself and I’d highly recommend him! 👇🏻

My child just heard Julie Andrews singing The Sound of Music on BBC Radio 2 and asked if was me. I think my work is done. 💅😂

Sir Elton John: “I played Chopin and Mozart, Bach and Debussy… I am so grateful for my classical training.” 🎶❤️ The legendary pianist spoke to Classic FM’s Tim Lihoreau in 2019 at the Royal Academy of Music, about his time there as a student.

Delighted to be included in this line-up of speakers and very much looking forward hearing the other presentations throughout the day 😃👇🏻 RCS_The Exchange @CarnegieUni

Definitely think this department deserves to be recognised for the amazing work it does 👇🏻

Really looking forward to talking to Michael Ferguson about my #sacred #choral #music and hearing the wonderful Scola Cantorum sing it at St Mary’s Roman Catholic Cathedral #Edinburgh as part of the @SacredArtsFest this coming Monday at 7:30pm. Hope to See some of you there!

.... and yet more September concerts for Classical Musicians Scotland 7.30pm, 29/09/23, The All Sorts, Moffat Music Society, Old Well Theatre 9pm, 29/09/23, A Night and Day, Order of St John Soirée, Ross Priory, Gartocharn

So looking forward to this. I’ll be presenting a paper which examines ‘access’, ‘inclusivity’, and ‘elitism’ in relation to opera and money. Looking forward to hearing the many other speakers that day too. 👇🏻RCS_The Exchange

The three key concepts presented by Leary. She makes the important point about how some singers working on outreach projects do not necessarily feel valued by the main company. #Oberto2023

A compelling pitch from Mimi Doulton, full of devastating stats, on the truly raw deal freelancer singers get. So many below the minimum wage, no security, massive gender pay gap, and pay prospects often get *worse* as a career goes on. #Oberto2023

Read this thread. Most superficial measures supposed to be about ‘diversity’ in opera are meaningless without addressing the economic conditions which make working in this field often inaccessible to those without independent means or a high-earning partner.

Exciting day singing and presenting Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland | also on bluesky and Scottish Parliament as part of Scottish Opera #BreathCycle. Lots of exciting things coming as part of this project! #singing #lunghealth #wellbeing @Gareth_Composer #karenmciver

Huge thanks to Gillian Mackay MSP for hosting Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland | also on bluesky event Scottish Parliament & Jenni Minto MSP & John Todd for speaking & the Scottish Opera trio Jessica Leary @Gareth_Composer #karenmciver for bringing such beautiful voice to our evening. Our No Life Half Lived #2 strategy is now live!

Wonderful to be teaching at the RCS this year. A great first day, working with some wonderful undergraduate student singers. #singingteacher

OBERTO regulars will, we're sure, be appalled to read this. Opera has always been a strength at Brookes, in terms of publications, awards, research income, and our OBERTO events have created vital connections between academia and the opera industry. They are completely unique.

Ready for the first day of schools concerts with Dunedin Consort 🕺🏿#kazoodebut