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Born in Surrey in 1987,
Amy Worsfold began her musical career at the age of six with Surrey County Children’s
Choir which she enthusiastically continued into Surrey Youth Choir (under James
Burton and Greg Beardsell), with which she still appears as a guest soprano soloist.
Amy started formal training relatively late at the age of 14, first with Allison
Paris and soon after with Jenevora Williams at the Royal College of Music Junior
Department, where she was able to explore her interest in modern opera, singing
roles such as Monica in Menotti’s The Medium.
Amy as Tiny in Britten's Paul Bunyan in 2006. |
As well as over 12 years
of choral experience, Amy also appears in a student semi-professional quartet who
performs music specially written for four voices. Thus far we have performed works
penned by Quentin Thomas and Shiva Feshareki, among others, and regularly sing for
weddings, recitals and as guest soloists, for example in the Mozart Requiem and
Vespers on tour in France with the Surrey Youth Choir. Amy is no
stranger to grand surroundings, having performed in venues such as the London Barbican,
the Royal Albert Hall and the Royal Opera House in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin,
and toured around Europe and across the United States.
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It was in her teenage years
that she developed an interest in choral directing, and became assistant director
of both the children’s choir and the main school choir, receiving mentoring from
Mark Griffiths and Gillian Dibden.
Amy’s solo career has blossomed
in the last few years, with appearances as a soloist as
Lisa (Das Land des Lachelns by Lehar), Susanna (Marriage of Figaro by Mozart), and
(one of the highlights of the past year) as a soprano soloist in Rutter’s Gloria
in St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. She hopes to take her love of modern opera into
the professional spectrum, and plans to attend the Royal College of Music after
completing her music degree at York University. Amy can be seen in the next few
months as Zerlina (Mozart’s Don Giovanni), and singing (among others) Nyman’s Ariel
Songs in recital later in the year.
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