CURRENTLY
Kate is working on her first solo recording project.
Solo Recital (including some opera, Strauss and Faure) Feb. 2009, Knightsbridge .
March 2010 Brahms Requiem Soprano Soloist for St Paul's Knightsbridge.
March 2010 Mozart Coronation Mass Soprano Soloist for Carshalton Choral Society, Surrey.
June 2010 Carmen with Opera Holland Park
Kate is one of stunning opera Quartet, Passionata - recent tours include China, Italy, Japan and Ireland.
Member of 'The Muses' opera duo - Soprano Kate Dowman and Mezzo Kate Vetch (www.the-muses.co.uk)
Kate is the new face ad presenter of website Opus Arte
TRAINING
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 Harmonie Mass, Handel Nelson Mass, 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 First Witch in Dido and Aeneas and Belinda in Dido and Aeneas.
Holland Park Opera, 2008 - Chorus roles - Il Trovatore, Tosca and The Magic Flute
Stadiums: National Anthem soloist at Upton Park, Twickenham, Ajax Stadium Amsterdam
Television/Radio: Solo performances on UK and Australian national TV and radio.
Many solo performances at corporate/private event/weddings/recitals etc
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.
