Georgia Mae Ellis is a British Mezzo Soprano from a small village in East Sussex
Georgia Mae Ellis is a British Mezzo Soprano from a small village in East Sussex,
who studied for her undergraduate and Master’s degrees at the Royal Northern
College of Music under the tutelage of Mary Plazas. She has just finished on the
Global Talent Programme as a young artist at the National Opera Studio 23/24. She
is honoured to say that her time at NOS was supported by the Glyndebourne New
Generation Young Artists Development Award. Following her time at NOS she
secured a principal role at Glyndebourne for their autumn season of 2024 singing the
role of Annina in Verdi’s La Traviata.
In April 2023 she covered the role of Ramise in The Jette Parker Artists production of
Arminio at The Linbury Theatre at The Royal Opera House. Previous to National
Opera Studio she attended the Opera School at the Royal Academy of Music,
studying with Yvonne Howard and Ingrid Surgenor. At the start of her first year at the
Academy she joined the Glyndebourne Chorus for their tour and was subsequently
asked to perform Carmen’s Habanera at Glyndebourne’s annual Christmas concert
in 2021.
For Royal Academy Opera, she has sung the roles of Cherubino in Le Nozze di
Figaro, Clomiri in Handel’s Imeneo, Der Komponist in the prologue to Ariadne auf
Naxos, Jane in the world premiere of Freya Wayley-Cohen’s opera WITCH and
Mother Goose in The Rake’s Progress. At the RNCM she performed the roles of La
Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi, Suor Zelatrice in Suor Angelica, Mère Marie in Dialogues
des Carmélites, the Fox in The Cunning Little Vixen and Fanny Price in Jonathan
Dove’s Mansfield Park. Recital works include Sieben Frühe Lieder by Alban Berg at
The Wigmore Hall as part of The Royal Academy song circle concert in January
2023.
Her recent engagements have included singing the role of Mrs Grose in Benjamin
Britten’s’ The Turn of The Screw with Waterperry Opera Festival. She was selected
to perform alongside 11 gifted singers for the ‘Exploring Rossini’ with James Baillieu
at Edinburgh Festival 2024. At National Opera Studio she performed in many
different performances and concerts across the year, including the fantastic
residencies that take place with Glyndebourne, Welsh National Opera, Opera North,
Scottish Opera and lastly English National Opera. Future engagements include
Oxford International Festival recital with Sholto Kynoch in May 2025 and she returns
to Waterperry Opera Festival for their mainstage production of Don Giovanni in
August 2024 as Donna Elvira.
Julia is recognised as one of the leading Baroque violinists of her generation, touring the world extensively and making numerous recordings with the period instrument orchestras of the UK
A Fulbright Scholar to London, she established herself there as one of early music’s leading players
Georgia Mae Ellis is a British Mezzo Soprano from a small village in East Sussex
Rosie is based in East Sussex and performs widely throughout the area and has also sung at London’s Natural History Museum for BBC Children In Need.
Marcus balances a busy performing schedule with his love for teaching the next generation of brass players.
Based in East Sussex, Fiona enjoys both performing as a soloist and collaborating with other musicians.
Sebastian was a founder member of the Bochmann Quartet until 1983 when he became principal cello with the London Mozart Players, a position he continues to hold.
Paul Gregory is a distinguished local prize-winning guitarist, with a busy performance schedule.
Louise Winter, who lives in Sussex, has sung with many of the world’s leading orchestras and conductors including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle, the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis and many more.