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My interest in voice work started when I trained as an actress. I graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1990.As a professional actress I worked in various theatres around the country and through this experience realised the importance of using the voice in a healthy and eff…
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I was born in Singapore and grew up in East Yorkshire! My mother was determined that I wouldn't speak with a Hull accent, and I was sent for elocution lessons from an early age. And so began my passion for the spoken word. I am a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music where my principal st…
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Karen was born in London, spent her early years in Karachi, grew up in Dundee and lived for a number of years in New York City. Her keen observational and interpersonal skills and ear for mimicking accents allow her to fit in wherever she lives. After a degree in Spanish at St. Andrew?s, a researc…
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Orlando Schenk was born in London and brought up in Devon,and subsequently read History and Music at Durham University before training in classical singing at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
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Latest Reviews

These are the latest reviews on BBC Music

Mark Chadwick - All the Pieces
Levellers frontman reveals an unexpected and assured solo debut.
Neil Diamond - Beautiful Noise
There’s a highly pleasant lightness to nearly all of this album.
Robert Plant - The Principle of Moments
Plant’s second solo LP spawned the hit Big Log.
Neil Diamond - You Don’t Bring Me Flowers
A chirpy album entirely brought about by a completely unplanned single.
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - History of Modern
A few highs aside, this is a poor return from the 80s hit-makers.

Timothy Dawkins

Timothy Dawkins won a foundation scholarship to study at the Royal College of Music. He sang in masterclasses with Sir Thomas Allen and Geoffrey Parsons, and studied Russian song with Sergei Leiferkus at the Britten-Pears School in Snape, Suffolk. He has sung with Scottish Opera, Opera…
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