MARTIN ELLIOTT – BASS/BARITONE
In demand as an international concert singer,
voice teacher, vocal adjudicator and conference
presenter, Martin’s career now concentrates
itself in England, Europe and Canada, with a
specialist interest in Australasia. Born in
London with British and New Zealand
nationality, he has built a career specializing
in the performance of oratorio and teaching the
vocal art in its widest possible context, from
classical to music theatre, and from baroque to
rock. His students have been successful through
Oxbridge choral scholarships, scholarships to
the UK’s music academies, advanced diplomas,
roles in the West End, success in the X-Factor
through to producing their own albums and
international stage and concert performances.
Educated as a chorister of Westminster Abbey, a
music scholar at the King’s School, Canterbury,
a choral scholar at Christ Church, Oxford
(reading PPE), Martin continued his studies as
a post-graduate scholar at the Guildhall School
of Music, and later with the renowned Wagner
bass-baritone, Norman Bailey.
He has performed as soloist with such
illustrious ensembles as the Ballet Rambert (3
years), Singcircle (10 years), and through
directing and touring his own ensembles, the
Wren Consort, the Wren Singers of London and
the Wren Baroque Soloists, the latter recording
for Unicorn-Kanchana (Caldara), Collins
Classics (Peerson) and Koch Schwann (Caldara).
He made his London debut with the London
Symphony Orchestra in Bellini’s “I Puritani”
and has since sung oratorio with major
orchestras and choral societies around the
world, including the Sydney Philharmonia (B
minor Mass) and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
(Mozart Requiem). He took the part of Christus,
as well as directing his own Wren Baroque
Orchestra, in the premiere performances at the
Barbican, London, and the Brighton Festival of
the new Novello English editions of the St John
and St Matthew Passions by J.S.Bach, with Neil
Jenkins, who created the editions, as
Evangelist.
During the 2009-10 season, Martin will have
performed Elijah, the St Matthew Passion, the
Messiah, a Saint-Saens Mass, as well as
conducting at St. Paul’s Cathedral and
Westminster Abbey. In 2011 he is hired to sing
once again in Canada with 3 performances of
Brahms’ German Requiem. Martin also presents a
solo and ensemble singer’s course in Tuscany in
August each year.
September 2010
