Quick Guide:

• A sensational performer with a great deal of experience and training.
• Loves to draw people into her performances.
• Flexible and able to singe a wide range of repertoire with ease and flair.
• Very fast learner who can step in at a moments notice.
• Sensitve and powerful singer.
• Can adapt to any situation and change of repertoire.

Options: Most people would choose to have Michelle sing with an accompanist such as piano, organ, chamber music ensemble or string quartet. Could also team up with another singer or additional instrumentalists if required.

What instruments are on offer?:

Michelle's singing can be accompanied by piano, organ, chamber music or string quartet.

How long does Michelle sing for?:

Approximately 1 hour. Option for up to 2 hours if needed.

What style of songs does Michelle sing?:

Classical and opera.

Where is she based?

Glasgow

Where will she travel to?

throughout the UK and world

Guide to fees:

From £195 for solo performance for approx. 1 hour. For an accompanist, an additional fee would apply.

Brief Biography:

Michelle Foster studied at the RSAMD's Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, studying with Jane Irwin and Patricia MacMahon. She graduated with a first class honours degree in 2003, and completed a Master of Music performance in 2004. During her period of study, Michelle won several prestigious awards from The Countess of Munster Musical Trust, The Musicians Benevolent Fund, The Ruby and Will George Trust and The Mary Garden Scholarship Fund, as well as a travelling scholarship to Canada from the Canadian Scottish Philharmonic Foundation. Michelle’s studies were generously supported by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, The Leverhulme Trust, The Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust and the South Square Trust.

Public recitals have led Michelle to perform widely across the UK and abroad. Engagements include recitals at Gleneagles for Scotland International, Mahler’s Rückert Lieder in Toronto (Canada), Mahler’s 4th Symphony at the RSAMD under James Lowe and Britten’s les illuminations with Edinburgh University String Orchestra. Michelle has also performed in recital with Sir Thomas Allen, Patricia MacMahon, Lisa Milne, Peter Wilson and Malcolm Martineau, and has sung at Glasgow’s West End Festival with Graeme McNaught. She has also given recitals for Scottish Executive, Channel Four, the Conservatorio di Monopoli (Italy), and House for an Art Lover. Michelle is also in demand as an Oratorio performer; she has sung at York Minster with the York Music Society in Handel’s Israel in Egypt, Handel’s Messiah in Manchester with Richard Lea, Elgar’s Coronation ode and Mozart’s Coronation Mass in Glasgow under Ben Parry, Rossini’s Petite Messe Solonnelle for HHCOS at Aberdeen’s Music Hall with David Jones, and many performances of Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem throughout Scotland, the most recent being with the BBC ‘scratch’ orchestra.

Michelle’s career as a recitalist has also brought opportunities to perform throughout Europe and Canada in recitals for the Schubert Society of Germany, and The Canadian Scottish Philharmonic Foundation in Toronto. Michelle also recently sang in recital with Malcolm Martineau in Edinburgh, in aid of the Mary Garden scholarship award. She was a semi finalist in this year’s Kathleen Ferrier Awards at the Wigmore Hall in London, and a semi finalist in 2005’s prestigious YCAT selection in London. Michelle has also performed for the Royal Overseas League in Edinburgh, at the Glasgow Summerfest in a recital of Strauss Lieder with Jane Irwin and Nico de Villiers, in recital with Graeme McNaught performing Schoenberg and Berg Lieder, as well as recording soundtrack music for the BBC documentary Galapagos.

Operatic roles at the RSAMD include ‘Rusalka’ (Rusalka), ‘Countess Almaviva’ (le nozze di Figaro), ‘Marguerite’ (Faust), ‘Mar?nka’ (The Bartered Bride), ‘Leïla’ (les Pecheurs de Perles) and ‘Female Chorus’ (The Rape of Lucretia). This year, Michelle performed the role of ‘Concepcion’ (L’heure Espagnole) in collaboration with the RSAMD and the orchestra of Scottish Opera, and ‘Donna Elvira’ (Don Giovanni, RSAMD). She is currently performing with Opera on a Shoestring, in their touring production of Espagna.