Amy Carson - Soprano

Born in Bristol, Amy was the youngest of the first girl choristers at Salisbury Cathedral. Since graduating from Trinity College Cambridge, she studied at the Royal Academy. She has appeared as a soloist in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Versailles, Concertgebow (Monteverdi Choir) Champs Elysees, Wigmore Hall (Early Opera Company), the Barbican (Bach’s Matthew Passion), St John’s Smith Square (La Nuova Musica and Gabrieli Consort).  She features on recordings with Solomon’s Knot (Sony) and London Mozart Players (Convivium).

Amy enjoys performing throughout the UK and Europe, and has recently established an ensemble, The Echoing Air, in her hometown Bruton, Somerset. She sang Second Woman in Somerset Opera’s Dido and Aeneas, as Soloist in Matthew Coleridge’s Requiem and in Handel’s Messiah in Worchester Cathedral.

Recent solo performances include Bach John Passion in Denmark with Ensemble Passio, Delius The High Hills with The Bach Choir in the Royal Festival Hall, Purcell Hail Bright Cecelia with The English Concert in the Wigmore Hall.

Amy is a featured soloist with Convivium records, having released premiere recordings of songs by Hugh Benham and Anthony Cæsar. She is also a member of Musica Secreta and features on their most recent recording Recordanze.