C h a n á e

C u r t i s

Soprano

 

Chanae has won numerous awards including NATS (National Association Teachers of Singing) First Place Winner, Tuesday Musical Club First Prize Recipient and placing in the Semi-Finals at the George London Foundation Awards. At RWCMD, she received the Dame Shirley Bassey Vocal Scholarship, the Eileen Price Lieder Prize, the Dolan Evans Award, and was a Finalist & Rotary Club Prize in the 2016 ‘Citta di Alcamo’ International Opera Singing Competition in Sicily. She also received the prestigious Pathfinder Award sponsored by the Arts Council of Wales.

Concert highlights include Strauss’ Four Last Songs with the Royal Welsh College Symphony Orchestra at St David’s Hall and Strauss’ Morgen for HRH the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace, London. She has performed Verdi’s cavatina Ernani, Ernani Involami on BBC Radio 3’s ‘In Tune’ and took part in a televised Masterclass with David Pountney as part of the 2015 BBC Cardiff Singer of The World Competition.

Her Oratorio and Sacred work includes Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, the Fauré Requiem and Bach’s Magnificat with the Ashland Symphony Orchestra, Handel’s Messiah and the Seven Last Words of Christ with the Galion Community Orchestra, Ohio. Other works performed include the John Rutter Requiem, and Andrew Lloyd Weber's Requiem.

Ms. Curtis holds a B.A. of Arts from Ashland University (Ohio), A Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City and has completed the M.A. Opera Course at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama with Distinction (Cardiff). She currently studies with Joan Patenaude-Yarnell in New York City, NY.