Ella is a Soprano from Hampshire and is currently studying at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for her MMus in Vocal Performance under Soprano, Amanda Roocroft.

During her time at RBC, Ella has competed in competitions including the Edward Brooks Lieder competition and was awarded the second place prize in January 2024 and as a Finalist in the Stuart Cameron Smith Prize for American Song in November 2024. She has also appeared as Cendrillon in Viardot’s Cendrillon in the Conservatoire’s Opera Scenes in November 2024 directed by Lysanne Van Overbeek and conducted by Mark Austin.

Opera roles studied and performed include, Belinda in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Galatea in Handel’s Acis and Galatea. Pamina and 1st Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflote, Zaide in Mozart’s Zaide, Cendrillon in Viardot’s Cendrillon and Nella in Puccini’s Gianni Schicci.

As a regular concert and oratorio soloist, Ella has enjoyed performing repertoire including Haydn’s Creation and Nelson Mass, Faure’s Requiem, Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, Handel’s Messiah and Samson, Bach’s Magnificat and St John Passion, Mozart’s Requiem, Schubert’s Mass in G, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and Rutter’s Requiem and Magnificat.

In 2023-2024, Ella was a member of the Genesis Sixteen programme, a young artists programme run by the The Sixteen Choir and the Genesis Foundation. During this year she performed at multiple venues across the UK and learnt from world renowned conductors Harry Christophers and Eamonn Dougan. She was the Soprano Choral Scholar at Arundel Cathedral (2022-2023) and occasionally sings as a Soprano at the Oratory of St Philip Neri in Birmingham. Throughout her choral singing career, Ella has performed at many prestigious venues such as St Paul’s Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral (France), Chichester Cathedral, Arundel Castle in the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk’s private chapel, Goodwood House, Cowdray House and St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.

As well as opera, Ella has trained in Musical Theatre and was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre from 2021-2022. She was a company member in their productions of the UK premiere of The Hunchback of Notre Dame in Manchester Cathedral and Chess, the Musical at the Leicester Curve directed by Alex Sutton and with musical direction from Jordan Li-Smith. Most recently, Ella has played the role of Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music at The Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham in August 2024 directed by Pollyann Tanner and under the musical direction of Chris Newton.