Nicola Corbishley

Nicola Corbishley, soprano, is a music graduate of The University of Liverpool and also sang with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain. She first studied singing with Jane Highfield and now studies with Irene Drummond.

Nicola has rapidly developed a reputation as a much respected choral and solo singer with some of the UK’s leading ensembles including Cappella Nova, Scottish Voices, Ludus Baroque and Laudibus and as an operatic soprano with Edinburgh Symphony Baroque in the Edinburgh Festival.

Recent solo performances have included the title role in Handel Semele, Handel Xerxes (Romilda) and Saint-Saens Oratorio de Noel in Edinburgh; Bach Wachet auf and St Matthew Passion in Edinburgh and Orkney, and contemporary vocal music with Scottish Voices in the Glasgow West End Festival. Recently performed choral works include Bach Weihnachts-Oratorium with Ludus Baroque in Edinburgh; Britten A Ceremony of Carols and Holst Hymns from the Rig Veda with Cappella Nova in Edinburgh, Glasgow and at Scone Palace, and settings of the Song of Songs with Laudibus in London and Aldeburgh.

Forthcoming engagements include a BBC Proms performance of Handel Belsazzar with The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Bach Magnificat in D and Handel Ode on St Cecilia's Day in Shrewsbury and Haydn Theresianmesse and Mozart Exsultate, jubilate in Edinburgh.

Nicola also teaches singing at Sutton High School and regularly gives vocal workshops on behalf of the Royal School of Church Music.

Review for Edinburgh Symphony Baroque's Handel Semele in the 2007 Edinburgh Festival: "Some fantastic performances were given, most notably by Nicola Corbishley, who sang the role of Semele with a light yet warm tone and who performed her coloratura moments with impeccable control." (The Herald )