Thirty young singers, selected by audition from schools and universities in North East England, take to the stage for an afternoon concert of song and opera, accompanied by an impressive team of Samling Artist pianists. The music they’ll be singing is selected from what they’ve chosen to work on​ during six days of intensive masterclasses and workshops and we can promise you a lively mixture of solos, duets and ensembles, with familiar favourites and new discoverie​s. 

This year’s Samling Academy Singers will be working with:

Caroline Dowdle, Music Director
Joan Rodgers CBE, soprano
James Garnon, actor
Mandy Demetriou, movement coach

Samling Artists

Miranda Wright, vocal teacher
Katherine Aitken, mezzo-soprano
James Baillieu, pianist
Jonathan Ware, pianist*
Jo Ramadan, pianist*
Ian Tindale, pianist*
Marianna Abrahamyam, pianist*
Francesca Lauri, pianist
Ella O’Neill, pianist*
Daniel Peter Silcock, pianist*
Jong Sun Woo, pianist

*pianists appearing in concert on 20 October

Dates for Samling Academy 2024 are 4 – 6 October and 18 – 20 October.