JAMESR.SAVAGE-HANFORD
Voicetype: TenorAddress: 181aColdharbourLane,London,SE59PA Tel: 07732628316 Email: [email protected]: www.jamessavagehanford.com
EDUCATION
2015-2019 RoyalHolloway,UniversityofLondon PhDMusic2012-2014 RoyalWelshCollegeofMusicandDrama PGDipMusicPerformance:VocalStudies(Merit)2008-2009 RoyalHolloway,UniversityofLondon MMusAdvancedMusicalStudies:HistoricalMusicology
(Distinction)2005-2008 EmmanuelCollege,CambridgeUniversity
MAMusic(II.i)1997-2004 TiffinSchoolforBoysLanguages BilingualEnglishandPolish;IntermediateFrench
VOICE
SingingTeachers DavidBarrell,Apr2015–current
AdrianThompson(RWCMD),Sep2012–Jun2014JeffStewart(RCM),Jan2009–Jun2012
SoloOpera
2016 Ferrando,Cosìfantutte(EstonianNationalSymphonyOrchestra,BirgittaFestival,Tallinn) Ken,LizzieStrata(StantonSt.JohnOpera)2015 Ferrando,Cosìfantutte(BlackCatOperaCompany) Bardolfo,Falstaff(BlackCatOperaCompany)2011-2015 TenorSoloist/StageDirector,TooHotToHandel(TheArmonicoConsort)2014 DonOttavio,DonGiovanni(BlackCatOperaCompany) LysanderMSND;MacheathBeggar’sOpera;LawyerPunchandJudy;TenorActorNightatthe
ChineseOpera;HenryStreetScene(Mr.PunchandMe,RWCMDOperaScenes) BasilioLenozzediFigaro;LysanderMSND;JaquinoFidelio(RWCMDOperaScenes)2013 EnsembleSoloist,BattlesWithinandWithout(Re:Sound,LakeDistrictSummerMusic) LeThéière/LePetitViellard,L’EnfantetlesSortilèges(ButeParkOpera) Pluto,OrpheusInTheUnderworld(Opera’rDdraig) Satyavān:‘Away,Death,backtothyKingdom’,SāvitribyHolst(ButeParkOperaScenes)2012 LurcanioAriodante;FerrandoCosìfantutte;TaminoDieZauberflöte(RWCMDOperaScenes) Back-to-FrontPoliceman,TheSandman(SizeZeroOpera,TêteàTêteFestival) Remendado,Carmen(OperaUpClose)OperaChorus2015 Chorus,Aida(OperaHollandPark)2013 Chorus,EugeneOneginandIPuritani(GrangeParkOpera)2012 Chorus,QueenofSpades(GrangeParkOpera)2011 Chorus,LeNozzediFigaroandLaRondine(OperaHollandPark) Chorus,Rigoletto(BuryCourtOpera)
SoloConcert
2016 Handel,Messiah(AndoverChoralSociety) Haydn,TheSeasons(AndoverChoralSociety)
Jongen,Mass,Op.130;Saint-Saëns,Requiem(CumbriaRuralChoirs)2014 Purcell,OdetoSt.Cecilia(PembrokeCollege,Cambridge) Haydn,Creation(CavatinaSingers,Penarth)2013 Handel,Messiah(LarkhillChoralSociety) Handel,Messiah(CapelChoralSociety) Rossini,PetiteMesseSolennelle(AndoverChoralSociety)2012 Bach, Kantate 61, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland; Mozart, Coronation Mass (Larkhill Choral
Society)2011 Handel,Messiah(AndoverChoralSociety)ConsortsandChoirs
• Concerts, recordings, tours, and workshops with: Musica Saeculorum (dir. Philipp von
Steinaecker);Sonoro (dir.Neil Ferris);MusicaBeata (dirs. PeterHanke, PaulHedley);SyredConsort(dir.BenPalmer);SiglodeOro(dir.PatrickAllies);VocesChamberChoir(dir.PeterHanke); Platinum Consort (dir. Scott Inglis-Kidger); Emmanuel College Chapel Choir,Cambridge
• RegulartenorwiththechurchchoirofStMichael’s,Cornhill(Sep2010–Jul2012,dir.J.Rennert);
interimregulartenorwiththechurchchoirofAllSaints,MargaretStreet(Sep2009–Jan2010,dir.P.Brough)
• Currently frequent deputy at Westminster Abbey; St Paul’s Cathedral; Carmelite Church,
Kensington;AllSaints,MargaretStreet;RoyalHospital,Chelsea.OtherdeputisingengagementsatWestminsterCathedral;StStephen’sGloucesterRoad;StEtheldreda’s,ElyPlace;andothers
• Regulardeputisingengagements,concerts,andrecordingswiththechoirsofLlandaffCathedral
andtheMetropolitanCathedralofSt.David,Cardiff(Oct2012–May2014)
ADDITIONALPERFORMINGEXPERIENCE
2013-2014 ButeParkOpera,MusicalDirector
• VaughanWilliamsRiderstotheSeaandLennoxBerkeleyADinnerEngagementoperadoublebill(RichardBurtonTheatre,RWCMD,June2014)
2013-2014 Sforza,AssistantMusicalDirector/ChorusMaster
• ‘Above theStars’–ConcertofEnglishVerseAnthemsandMadrigals (CantonUnitingChurch,Cardiff,April2014)
• HandelSemele(St.Martin’sChurch,Roath,Cardiff,November2013)2007-2008 ColeridgeChoir(partofCambridgeshireChoralSociety),MusicalDirector/ChorusMaster
• MozartRequiem(May2008)2007 EmmanuelCollegeMayWeekProduction,Composer/MusicalDirector/Accompanist
• AsYouLikeIt(Cambridge,May2007)2006-2007 EmmanuelCollegeOrchestraandEmmanuelCollegeChorus,MusicalDirector
• Schubert Eighth Symphony; selection of Christmas carols and popular songarrangements(November2006)
• Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3; Schubert Three Partsongs: An die Sonne;Schicksalslenker;DerTanz(March2007)
• BrahmsTragicOverture;VivaldiGloria(May2007)• ElgarMaySongandCarissima;HindemithselectionfromSixChansons(Nov2007)
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