Kate Dowman

Voice Type :
Soprano

Mobile Number : 07901722351

E-mail Address :
kate@katedowman.com

Web Site :
www.katedowman.com

KATE DOWMAN - soprano
br> Downe House School - music scholar, Oundle School – music scholar, Voice studies with Rita Cullis, University of Leeds – BA Music degree, head of chamber choir, Leeds Youth Opera, Soloist with Leeds Symphony Orchestra, Studied with Paul Wade (WNO, Opera North), Leeds College of Music – Opera course completed 2005-2007 Sydney, Australia, further training with coaches at the Sydney Conservatorium of music; Patricia Price. Other teachers include Pippa Dames-Longworth and Emma Kirkby.

ENGAGEMENTS:
Soloist (UK): Mozart Requiem, Faure Requiem, Mozart Mass in C Minor, Pergolesi Stabat Mater, Haydn Harmoniemesse, Dixit Dominus, Handel Nelson Mass, Haydn Harmoniemesse, Brahms Requiem, Mendelssohn Psalm 42, Handel Messiah, as well as many private recitals – Opera Extracts, Early Music, French Song, Sacred song.

Opera Roles (UK): Plaintiff in Trial by Jury, Angelica in Suor Angelica, Suzanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Poppea in L’incoronazione di Poppea extracts, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, The Countess in A Little Night Music (Leeds Youth Opera). Roles with North Sydney Opera include Belinda in Dido and Aeneas. Holland Park Opera, 2008 – Chorus roles - Il Trovatore, Tosca and The Magic Flute

Television/Radio/Commercial: Solo performances on UK and Australian national TV and radio. Kate made regular appearances on Granada TV’s ‘Lunchtime Show’ performing many different pieces.

Kate is booked in 2010 to be the classical soprano soloist in a stage show in London by drum and bass DJ Goldie.

Many solo performances at corporate/private event/weddings/recitals etc.
Stadiums: National Anthems at Upton Park, Twickenham, Ajax Stadium Amsterdam.

Sydney (2006/7): During postgraduate opera studies with the Conservatory in Sydney, Solo performances with Cantillation, North Sydney Opera, The Renaissance Players, solo recitals, soloist St Mary’s Cathedral, TV advertisement for British Airways.

Kate is currently involved in 2 major recording projects as well as a TV documentary project.
Solo Recital (including some opera, Strauss and Faure) Feb. 2009, Knightsbridge.
June 2009 Haydn Mass, Soprano Soloist for St Paul’s Knightsbridge Festival Choir.
Eater 2010 Brahms Requiem, Soprano Soloist for St Paul’s Knightsbridge Festival Choir.
Christmas 2010 Solomon, Soprano soloist for St Paul’s Knightsbridge Festival Choir.

Kate sings regularly with opera band, Passionata - recent tours include China Earthquake appeal concert in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, Spain and Ireland.

Member of ‘The Muses’ opera duo – Soprano Kate Dowman and Mezzo Kate Vetch (www.the-muses.co.uk)

December 2008 Kate sung a private recital of operatic arias for Madonna and Guests at her London home.