It's Okay

A recording by Shaun Trotter with Fraser Wilson on piano.

Pastorale - Copland

This song is dedicated to my Grandma, without whom, I would never have found the joy of singing. 

Tim Kennedy - Piano
Steven Longbottom - Recording (Vibration Studios, Huddersfield)

Songs My Mother Taught Me - Dvorak

Martha has just completed her MMus at the Leeds College of Music (graduating in July) and is kindly supported by the Dewar Arts Award and the YLCE. She receives vocal coaching with Rachel Gilmore, and has previously studied with Rosemary Nairne, Gillian Jack and Susan Bissatt. Martha has taken part in masterclasses with John Hudson, Donald Maxwell, Deborah York and Jeremey Huw Williams.

Martha sings regularly with Bradford Cathedral Consort, Sheffield Chamber Choir and the innovative vocal ensemble, Albion, with whom she has recorded solo tracks on their CD, "These Islands". She has collaborated live on BBC Radio One with Clean Bandit and the BBC Philharmonic and sang solo for HRH Prince Charles in Holyrood Palace with the Edinburgh Festival Chorus.

Martha enjoys singing as an oratorio soloist, concert soloist, wedding singer, chorister and has performed as Patience (Patience), Phyllis (Iolanthe) and Yum-Yum (Mikado) with the University of Aberdeen Gilbert and Sullivan Society.

Recent solo engagements have included Dvorak's Stabat Mater with ​Hinckley Choral Union, Vivaldi's Gloria, Mozart's Missa Solemnis, Pergolesi’s Salve Regina and Rutter’s Magnificat with Bradford Chorale and Rutter’s Requiem with Sheffield University's Singsoc. 
Martha enjoys working with the group Opera Anywhere, who perform all over the country in various guises in unusual venues. 

Upcoming solo concert appearences include Poulenc's Gloria, Purcell's Come Ye Sons of Art, Handel's Messiah and a solo recitals in Lincoln Cathedral and Leicester Cathedral. 
Future plans also involve recording a CD with Jonathan Eyre and a performance of St Luke's Passion (2016).

During her studies at the Leeds College of Music, Martha enjoyed collaborating with various musicians including Tristan Watson. The pair toured Yorkshire with their performance of Schubert's "The Shepherd on the Rock" and are currently devising another programme for voice and clarinet. 

Songs My Mother Taught Me - Dvorak

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