Free Lunchtime recital: Lizzie Estrada, Soprano & Thomas Scott, Piano
Join us for this recital series by students of the Royal Academy of Music
Free admission, donations encouraged
Programme:
W. A. Mozart: Abendempfindung, An Chloe & Dans un bois solitaire
Ma se colpia io non ho… Batti, batti o bel Masetto’ from don Giovanni
Franz Schubert: Die junge Nonne, Rastlose Liebe & Geheimes
Amy Beach- Op.44: The year’s at the spring, Ah, love but a day & I send my heart up to thee
Diminick Argento – from Six Elizabethan Songs: Winter, Dirge & Diaphenia
Ernani Cuenco: Nahan & Kalesa
Lizzie Bett Estrada a young classical soprano from the Philippines. In the Philippines, she was a scholar at the prestigious Philippine High School for the Arts, under the tutelage of Ms. Camille Lopez-Molina and Mr. Pablo Molina. She graduated with Highest Honors and “Outstanding Student Award” in the field of Music. Lizzie’s classical music experiences includes performances and recitals at St. Leonard’s Church Streatham, London, United Reform Church Caterham, London, The Cultural Center of the Philippines, National Museum of Natural History Manila, Ayala Museum, and Manila Pianos. She has also sung in masterclasses for Hartmut Höll, Prof. Thomas Steinhöfel, Monika Medek, and Arthur Espiritu. She was a prize winner for several vocal competitions, including 1st prize in the Kathleen Ferrier Bursary for Young Singers Competition 2023, 1st prize in the National Music Competitions for Young Artist 2020 (NAMCYA) – Junior Voice Category, 2nd prize in Odin International Competition 2021, 2nd prize in the Maria Carpena Kundiman Song Festival Competition, a finalist in the ASEAN Vocal Competition Junior Category held in Singapore, and a Shining Star Award in Sugree Charoensook International Music Competition 2021. She is currently studying BMus (Hons) –Vocal Studies with Professor Susan Waters at the Royal Academy of Music in London, UK.
Tom Scott has a BMus first class honours degree from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. He now studies a post-graduate degree at the Royal Academy of Music. Music has always featured in Tom’s life; in 2018 he performed Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto in Ely, in 2019 he was the musical director for Ugly Youth performing at the Edinburgh Fringe. He has since been involved with various musical shows, including Oh! What a Lovely War and Sunday in the Park with George with RWCMD. Since being at RWCMD and RAM, Tom has immersed himself in the music world, taking on numerous solo, ensemble and choral works. Collaborating with singers and instrumentalists, he has had the opportunity to work closely with renowned musicians such as Susan Manoff, James Baillieu, Natalie Clein, Simon Lepper, Jayson Gillham, Andrew West, Alice Neary, Ben Tarlton, Robert Plane and Jams Coleman. He is now taught by Michael Dussek and John Reid Tom has had the privilege to perform at many concert venues, including a charity concert to raise money for Ukraine in the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford. In 2021 and 2022 he performed at the Penarth Chamber Music Festival alongside Ben Goldsheider. In November 2022, Tom performed at Duke’s Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London. In 2023 and 2024 Tom performed at the Italian Cultural Institute and Austrian Cultural Forum, respectively.
At RWCMD in 2020, Tom was awarded the Geoffrey Buckley Memorial Prize and in both 2021 and 2022 he won the Bryan Davies Memorial Prize. He was also the winner of the 2023 John Ireland competition and was nominated for the Musicians’ Company Carnwath Piano Scholarship. In 2023 Tom also won the Trevor Pugsley Prize.