Biography

Caren Courts began her singing career as a founder member of the City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus before progressing to the Vocal and Operatic Studies course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, where she was a student of Miriam Bowen and Jeffrey Howard. She was also a choral scholar with the BBC National Chorus of Wales under the direction of Adrian Partington, taking part in regular concerts, tours, broadcasts and recordings.

She subsequently undertook postgraduate vocal studies at Trinity College of Music, studying with Teresa Cahill. During this time, she performed roles in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges and Massenet’s Cendrillon. She has since appeared with Suffolk Opera in Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène, Devon Opera in Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, and AIMS in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.

Caren is an experienced soprano soloist with a wide repertoire, including Mozart’s Exsultate, Jubilate, Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang, Strauss’s Vier Letzte Lieder, and most recently the regional premiere of Cecilia McDowall’s A Time for All Seasons.

Alongside her performing career, Caren has a flourishing teaching practice at Castle Court School in Corfe Mullen and Embley School in Romsey. She also teaches for Poole Society for Young Musicians and privately.