{"id":2061,"date":"2016-10-25T10:52:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T10:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/?page_id=2061"},"modified":"2016-10-25T21:05:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T21:05:41","slug":"fiona-joice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/alumni\/fiona-joice\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiona Joice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"fiona-joice-headshot-2016-2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Scottish mezzo-soprano Fiona Joice, is currently studying on the masters programme at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under the tutelage of Elizabeth Ritchie and Audrey Hyland. Recently Fiona sang as a soloist in the RAM\/Kohn foundation Bach Cantata series and was commended in the Isobel Jay opera prize at the Academy. In addition, she is a regular oratorio soloist with the Josephine Baker Trust performing all over the UK.<\/p>\n

Fiona graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with a First Class honours degree in music, where she studied with Kathleen McKellar Ferguson and Margaret Izatt. In 2015 she won the prestigious Governors Recital Prize at the Conservatoire. She was also highly commended in the Jean Highgate Scholarship for singing and a finalist in the Norma Greig French song prize.<\/p>\n

Fiona has participated in master classes with Carole Farley, Anne-Liis Poll, Anto Pett and Pat McMahon.<\/p>\n

Fiona\u2019s operatic experience includes; the role of Rosina in Rossini\u2019s Barber of Seville<\/em> (Leadingham Italy tour), Hansel in Humperdinck\u2019s Hansel and Gretel<\/em> (RAM opera scenes), L\u2019innocente in Cilea\u2019s L\u2019arlesiana<\/em>, Virtu and Venere in Royal Academy Opera\u2019s performance of L’incoronazione di Poppea<\/em> by Monteverdi (cover), 2nd Lady in Mozart\u2019s Die Zauberfl\u00f6te<\/em> (RAM opera scenes), Meg in Verdi\u2019s Falstaff<\/em> (RCS opera scenes), Frau Reich in Nicolai\u2019s Die lustigen weiber von Windsor<\/em> (RCS Opera school \u2013 cover), Hippolyta in Britten\u2019s Midsummer nights dream<\/em> (RCS Opera school\/Scottish Opera \u2013 cover). She also has extensive chorus experience appearing in Rimsky-Korsakov\u2019s May Night<\/em> (RAM), Mozart\u2019s La Clemenza di Tito <\/em>(RCS), Puccini\u2019s La Rondine<\/em> (RCS), Nicolai\u2019s die lustigen weiber von Windsor <\/em>(RCS) and Prokofiev\u2019s Betrothal in a Monastery<\/em> (RCS\/Scottish Opera).<\/p>\n

Fiona was an alto choral scholar at Glasgow Cathedral for 2 years under Andrew Forbes\u2019 leadership. There she sang as a soloist in regular services, concert and recitals.<\/p>\n

On the concert platform Fiona has performed as a soloist in Rossini\u2019s Petite Messe Solennelle<\/em> (Abbey Consort, Kelso), Bach\u2019s B Minor Mass<\/em> and St Johns Passion<\/em> (Josephine Baker Trust). She also performed in a concert performance of Stravinsky\u2019s The Rakes Progress<\/em>, conducted by Sir Andrew Davies at the Edinburgh International Festival. She made her soloist debut at the Edinburgh<\/p>\n

International Festival singing Debussy\u2019s Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien<\/em> with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Oliver Knussen. Other notable conductors Fiona has worked with include: Jane Glover, Francesco Corti, Gareth Hancock, Frikki Walker, Guido Rumstadt and Timothy Dean.<\/p>\n

Future performances include; a performance of Handel\u2019s Messiah in Halifax (November), a lunchtime concert in the Merchant City Halls as part of Westbourne Music Festival (November), a Christmas recital in Charles Rennie Mackintosh\u2019s Music Room in the House for an Art Lover in Glasgow (December), a\u00a0performance of Bach\u2019s B Minor Mass by Bach in Oxford in February. She also looks forward to summer 2017 where she will be touring Italy with opera company Raucous Rossini singing the role of Ernesitina in L\u2019occasione fa il ladro<\/em> by Rossini.<\/p>\n

Fiona is immensely grateful to the Royal Academy of Music Scholarship Trust, the Robertson Trust, the James Caird travelling scholarship trust, the Cross trust and the Baird Educational Trust. Without their continued support, masters education wouldn\u2019t have been feasible.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scottish mezzo-soprano Fiona Joice, is currently studying on the masters programme at the Royal Academy of Music, London, under the tutelage of Elizabeth Ritchie and Audrey Hyland. Recently Fiona sang as a soloist in the RAM\/Kohn foundation Bach Cantata series and was commended in the Isobel Jay opera prize at the Academy. In addition, she … Continue reading Fiona Joice<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4063,"featured_media":0,"parent":1876,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2061","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4063"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2061"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2085,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2061\/revisions\/2085"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/wwhdepartmentmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}