Biography

Bethany Halliday is best known for her recording of Will Todd’s Mass in Blue which was released on the Signum Classics label in 2006. Described as ‘An addictive listen’ by the Daily Express, Bethany premiered Mass in Blue at The Cambridge Corn Exchange in 2003 and has continued to perform the work frequently since that time. Venues have included the St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London Barbican, The Sage Gateshead, Durham Cathedral, Snape Maltings, Wakefield Cathedral and she has also appeared on Radio 3 performing live excerpts in discussion with Sean Rafferty on In Tune.

Bethany enjoys a wide range of performing throughout the UK including opera, oratorio and jazz. She was awarded the English National Opera Lillian Baylis Bursary for young singers and also won the William Cox memorial scholarship. Bethany has recently been performing with the Royal Opera House, Opera Genesis workshopping a new opera.

Future plans include the premiere of a newly commissioned Requiem at St Johns Smith Square in March 2009 as well as performances of Mass in Blue in Chichester, Windsor, Bath and Salisbury Cathedral and St-Martin-in-the-Fields, in a live broadcast on Radio 4. Bethany Halliday is the featured vocalist on the Will Todd Trio’s innovative new jazz album Sounds of Light which was released in 2008.

March 2009