Birgitta Kenyon - SINGER
SOLOIST/ ENSEMBLE PERFORMER
In "Light Music" styles...
... she entertains as a soloist and piano-vocalist providing background music at functions, weddings and public bars and eateries.
Her Cabaret persona “A Girl Called Fred” has entertained at The Pheasantry, Crazy Coqs,
Cafe de Paris and across London, accompanying a plethora of artistes and penning her own solo shows.
In Theatre...
Following re-training on a Postgraduate Musical Theatre Course, Birgitta has loved being involved in professional Musical Theatre productions, as an actor and actor-musician. Roles include:
Cathy - The Last Five Years
The Witch - Into the Woods
Elizabeth - Gold!
Jeannie - Jive Alive!
Yum-Yum - The Hot Mikado
And in revue:
Mrs. Lovett (Sweeney Todd), Fantine (Les Mis),
Velma (Chicago), Amy (Company), Nancy (Oliver), Jen (Jon & Jen)
As a Classical singer...
Birgitta has appeared as a recitalist and soloist in Oratorio, Opera and Cantata. Roles include
Nesta - La Belle Helene, Mrs. Noye - Noye's Fludde, Spinelocchio/ The Notary - Gianni Schicchi, Fidalma - iI Matrimonio Segreto, and in revue Susanna - Marriage of Figaro, Dorabella - Cosi Fan Tutte, Katisha - The Mikado, Suzy - La Rondine.
She particularly enjoys the Art Song medium, and has a giant repertoire of French Chanson, German Lieder and English Twentieth-Century Song.
She also recorded an educational CD for
Kevin Mayhew which is in circulation in
Primary Schools, and is employed frequently to sing at Weddings, Last Night of Proms and similar occasions.
Ensemble performer.
Birgitta has an enormous history in ensemble work. Among many other groups she sang for over a decade with Suffolk-based “Octave”, an SSAATTBB group with a vast repertoire extending from Renaissance music covering every single classical era to the present day. She has also performed extensively with “Half Hour Call” ensembles in professional employment, with 6-girl-group
“The Crystal Belles” and in her duo “Two’s Company” with soprano Bethany Barber, which provided Corporate and Function entertainment.
Birgitta has strong sight-reading skills, and although officially a Mezzo-Soprano, with a range of low E to high A she has been called on to cover alto and even tenor parts!
