Mary Wiegold
Voice
Music
Junior Trinity
King Charles Court
Old Royal Naval College
Greenwich
London
SE10 9JF
Biography
Mary Wiegold is known for her committed performances of new music and has given over two hundred premieres. She has had many works written for her and in 1989 she started collecting a songbook of works by composers ranging from Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Milton Babbitt to Elvis Costello and Keith Tippett. She has sung in the festivals at Aldeburgh, the Almeida, Bratislava, Brighton, Cheltenham, Glasgow Musica Nova, Huddersfield, Montepulciano and many others.
Opera appearances include the Royal Opera House’s Garden Venture and the first performances of Birtwistle’s opera Yan Tan Tethera with Opera Factory/London Sinfonietta. In 1989 she founded the Composers Ensemble with the composer John Woolrich. With them she has given concerts throughout Britain and overseas (including an Arts Council Contemporary Music Network Tour of her Songbook), set up and led numerous creative education project and made many recordings.
Throughout her career she has been deeply involved in educational work in Britain and abroad. Her work with Gemini in the 1980’s included major projects in Merseyside, East Anglia, for the Arts Council Contemporary Music Network and the Regional Contemporary Network. She has also worked for many other major organisations including Kent Opera, English National Opera’s Baylis Programme, the English Sinfonia and La Caixa Summer School in Barcelona as well as many visits to Dartington International Summer School.
Creative Outputs
Songbook (NMC D003)
Junior Trinity
Junior Trinity is a Saturday Music Department for 3-19 year olds. We were the first Junior Department of a UK Conservatoire to open its doors to schoolchildren on Saturdays in 1906. Since then thousands of young people have benefited from the opportunities to make music as individuals and in a wide variety of small and large ensembles. From Trinity Teenies aged 3-5 right through to university and conservatoire entrance, it is our aim to encourage a lifelong interest in music and to give our students the opportunities to develop to their maximum potential.
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