General Info:
Qualifications:
GRSM (Hons) ARCM
Royal College of Music
Contact:
Available for:
Solo Soprano Work
Concerts
Recitals
Recording
Corporate Events
Celebratory Events
.....inc. Weddings & Funerals
Film & TV / Video
Vocal Coaching
Song Research & Programming
Related links
www.invoiceandverse.co.uk
www.lancepierson.org
www.monteverdi.co.uk
www.realmofmusic.com
Quotes
Tim Wilcock (www.fringereview.co.uk) wrote on her performance in 'Shakespeare in Song' - 'Belinda Yates has a voice to die for. From first note to last, she pulls every drop of emotion and meaning from each of the songs she renders...'
Following her participation in a 'Realm of Music' concert Jon Massey wrote
'An altogether different flavour was brought to this concert by the inclusion in the line up of a hugely talented vocalist. Belinda Yates sung forcefully and with skill and accuracy.....
....and came into her own in Handel's As When the Dove Laments Her Love. It really was a privilege to listen to her'.
John Martin - Church of England News
'Belinda Yates is a wonderful soprano and she completed a marathon 18 numbers with a sure touch’
Blackmore Vale News review
'...Belinda’s beautiful voice interpreting music from Haydns Creation ...to modern day John Rutter’
David Lemmon - Churches Together
'When inspiring words are set to very beautiful music, they need to be sung by a great singer, and this is what happened at Bromley.’
Belinda Yates - Soprano
About Me
Belinda studied at the Royal College of Music and since then she has combined her career working as a soloist, in recital, opera and with chamber choir.
She was awarded a Young Artist Platform BBC recital and has given concerts abroad for the British Council.
Belinda appears as soloist on a number of classical CDs with music ranging from Purcell to Poulenc.
Belinda's great love is the magic of direct communication with an audience in recital, and her song repertoire spans Baroque to 20th century singing.
She performs regularly with the accompanist Heather Chamberlain.
In addition to recital work they have performed for the global online launch of the ‘Shakespeare Collection’ and the 400th Anniversary celebration of the poet Edmund Waller.
2008 marked the 400th Anniversary year of the poet John Milton.
Belinda performed songs set to his texts in the celebratory event at Kings Place, London.
This has led to an ongoing collaboration with the actor Lance Pierson giving uniquely crafted performances of words and music as the trio ‘In Voice And Verse’ (www.invoiceandverse.co.uk).
As well as her own concert work she has sung with many professional choral groups including The Kings Consort, The Finzi Singers and The Monteverdi Choir.
With the latter, Belinda took part in the momentous Bach Cantata project where they performed, throughout Europe, every existing Bach cantata between Christmas 1999 & Christmas 2000.
In 2004 she joined The Monteverdi Choir when they undertook a 4 week Spanish Pilgrimage across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela marking their 40th anniversary.
Her opera experience includes a memorable production in Paris in 2003 of The Trojans by Berlioz conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
In 2004 Belinda toured the Far East with Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas and in 2007 she sang in Chabrier’s comic opera L’Etoile again in Paris.
In June 2009 she performed in Bizet’s Carmen at the Opera Comique, Paris & in the Alhambra, Granada.
She has sung in performances of 'Carmen' in Luxembourg conducted by Evelino Pido and 'Le Freyschutz' in Paris with John Eliot Gardiner.
Concert tours have covered Spain & Germany with the LSO; the Canary Islands with the Mahler Chamber orchestra and the USA with the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra.
In 2012 & 2014 Belinda performed in residency with the Leipzig Gewandhaus orchestra.
2011 saw Belinda performing 74 concerts around the UK with her newly formed Trio ‘In Voice & Verse’ celebrating the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible, receiving a 5 Star review at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Since then they have created 7 more shows on popular commemorative themes ranging from the British monarchy to the arts & war.
(see www.invoiceandverse.co.uk).
Belinda taught at the City of London school for girls for 9 years and has provided vocal coaching over the years, more recently at the RSCM International Summer School.
General Info:
Qualifications:
GRSM (Hons) ARCM
Royal College of Music
Contact:
Available for:
Solo Soprano Work
Concerts
Recitals
Recording
Corporate Events
Celebratory Events
.....inc. Weddings & Funerals
Film & TV / Video
Vocal Coaching
Song Research & Programming
Related links
www.invoiceandverse.co.uk
www.lancepierson.org
www.monteverdi.co.uk
www.realmofmusic.com
Quotes
Tim Wilcock (www.fringereview.co.uk) wrote on her performance in 'Shakespeare in Song' - 'Belinda Yates has a voice to die for. From first note to last, she pulls every drop of emotion and meaning from each of the songs she renders...'
Following her participation in a 'Realm of Music' concert Jon Massey wrote
'An altogether different flavour was brought to this concert by the inclusion in the line up of a hugely talented vocalist. Belinda Yates sung forcefully and with skill and accuracy.....
....and came into her own in Handel's As When the Dove Laments Her Love. It really was a privilege to listen to her'.
John Martin - Church of England News
'Belinda Yates is a wonderful soprano and she completed a marathon 18 numbers with a sure touch’
Blackmore Vale News review
'...Belinda’s beautiful voice interpreting music from Haydns Creation ...to modern day John Rutter’
David Lemmon - Churches Together
'When inspiring words are set to very beautiful music, they need to be sung by a great singer, and this is what happened at Bromley.’