Dublin-based Canadian soprano Catherine Redding, described as `warm, clear and impeccably controlled´ (The Irish Times), has performed internationally in opera, oratorio and recital.

As a recitalist, Catherine’s performances in Canada, Italy, Austria, England and Ireland have encompassed a repertoire of Baroque to contemporary works with her Schubert being noted as `charming and moving´ (Review Vancouver).

Oratorios include Bach's Mass in B Minor, Handel’s Messiah, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Haydn’s Missa Brevis in F, Mozart’s Spatzenmesse, Coronation Mass, Great Mass in C Minor and Requiem, Dvorak’s Mass in D, Nees’ Magnificat, and Fauré’s Requiem in venues such as St. Martin-in-the-Fields, The National Gallery, The National Concert Hall, and Christ Church Cathedral. Catherine has been a guest soprano soloist with ensembles including the Ranelagh Singers, the Palestrina Choir & Orchestra of St. Cecilia, the Dublin Bach Singers, and the University College Dublin Chamber Choir & Baroque Orchestra. As a regular guest soloist of the Crow Street Consort, Catherine has taken part in performances of Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri and Couperin’s Leçons de Ténèbres.

Catherine has recently returned from the Czech Republic where she was warmly received as the featured soloist of The Czech Boys Choir and Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra’s Easter Concert, singing arias by Bach, Handel and Rejcha. As part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2011, Catherine appeared as a soprano soloist with Resurgam and the Irish Baroque Orchestra in Handel's Dixit Dominus and Mondonville's In Exitu Israel, directed by internationally-renowned Christophe Rousset.

Catherine, whose stage presence has been described as `delightful´ (The Birmingham Post) has enjoyed performing the operatic roles of Oscar (A Masked Ball) and Zerlina/Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) with Opera 2005, Barbarina (The Marriage of Figaro) and Emmie (Albert Herring) with Opera Project, and Sandman/Dew Fairy (Hansel and Gretel) with Longborough Festival Opera.

Catherine has been broadcast on Lyric FM and RTÉ television, and is delighted to be featured on award winning Canadian composer Christopher Tyler Nickel's CD, Rain, which garnered acclaim for her `stunning soprano vocals´ (Musical Discoveries). She is currently working on a solo album, which is being arranged and produced by Mr. Nickel.

As a member and soloist with many of Ireland’s premier choral ensembles, including the National Chamber Choir, St. Teresa’s Clarendon Street Choir, the Milltown Chamber Choir and Fishamble Voices, Catherine has performed across Ireland and internationally in Brazil, Germany, Spain and Italy.

Catherine has been awarded numerous grants, prizes and scholarships from organizations such as the Kiwanis Music Festival, the B.C. Arts Council, the Vancouver Foundation, the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, and the Vancouver Women’s Musical Club.  She was also offered a Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan.

Catherine holds a Postgraduate Diploma from the Royal Academy of Music, London and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Her singing teachers include Suzanne Murphy, Beatrice Unsworth, Audrey Hyland, David Meek, and Marisa Gaetanne. She has been coached in masterclass by numerous esteemed artists and teachers including Marie McLauglin, Norma Burrowes, Paul Esswood, Udo Reineman, Ugo Benelli, Stuart Hamilton, Karina Gauvin, and Suzie Le Blanc. She has studied intensively with Nancy Argenta, Ingrid Attrot and Meribeth Bunch at the Nelson Summer Songfest, Edith Wiens at the Wiener Meisterkurse, and Ellen Hargis at the Vancouver Early Music Baroque Festival.

 
Here you can download Catherine's Curriculum Vitae and Repertoire List:

• Catherine's Curriculum Vitae (*.pdf-file 104KByte)

• Catherine's Repertoire List (*.pdf-file 129KByte)