Engagements
Reason within Madness
Imogen Baker (Soprano) and Daniel Silcock (Piano) present a varied programme of repertoire exploring female hysteria represented through songs and arias.
Imogen Baker is a former chorister at St. Michael and All Angels Church. She is currently studying her masters at the Royal Academy of Music with Susan Waters after having completed her undergraduate studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, studying with Amanda Roocroft. She recently performed the role of Garsenda (Francesca da Rimini; Zandonai) in the Academy's Vocal Faculty Scenes in February 2023 and is enjoying taking part in a varied selection of competitions and recitals. During her undergraduate degree, she was the John Ireland Prizewinner (2020) and an Edward Brooks Lieder Prizewinner (2019). She also notably performed the roles of Thérèse/ Tirésias in Poulenc's Les Mamelles de Tirésias (RBC Opera Scenes | June 2021), Miss Spink/ Other Miss Spink in Turnage's Coraline (RBC Spring Opera | March 2021) and Maria Bertram in Dove's Mansfield Park (RBC Summer Opera | June 2019).
The concert will last approximately 1 hour and Wine and soft drinks will be served after the concert. There is parking available on site and toilets. The venue is wheelchair accessible and has an induction loop; however, there are no accessible toilets. The concert will begin at 7:00 pm and the doors will open at 6:30 pm.
Tickets are £10 for adults and £5 for Under 16s. There is a small booking fee if booking online through Ticketsource. If tickets are bought on the door they can be paid for with cash only. Tickets can be reserved to be paid for at the door by calling +447748379530 or emailing imogen.a.baker@gmail.com.
The profits for this concert will go towards raising money for Imogen & Daniel's continuing musical endeavours
Opera Makers
Four postgraduate composition students share their fifteen minute trios for stage, created in collaboration with a librettist. In this six month elective, composer David Sawer and writer Jessica Walker have facilitated the creative process between writer and composer, promoting an understanding of how to write dynamically for sung theatre. The scenes have been rehearsed by Academy singers, conductors, and student pianists, with stage direction by Sophie Daneman.
Benjamin Hoppe, Sarah Marze, Yan Ee Toh, Adam Zolty Composers
Ade Bademosi, Noah McCreadie, Edie Bailey, Philippa Lawford Librettists
Anna Lluna, Lily Bravery, Sophia Yan Jin, Isabella Piggott, Natasha Da Costa, Allyn Wu, Imogen Baker Singers
Leon Chen, Jiewei Ju Pianists
Oleksandr Filiak, Jess Hoskins Conductors
Sophie Daneman Director
https://www.ram.ac.uk/tickets
Royal Academy of Music Presents...
Imogen Baker - Soprano
Daniel Silcock - Piano
A free recital including a programme featuring: R. Strauss, Saint-Saens, Wolf, Purcell, Bellini, Duparc, Poulenc & Thomas
https://www.regenthall.net/Groups/365407/Friday_Lunchtime_Concerts.aspx
RAM Vocal Faculty Opera Scenes
Imogen performs the role of Garsenda in RAM’s Vocal Faculty Opera Scenes in the Susie Sainsbury Theatre.
Director: Adam Torrance
Conductor: Christopher White
An Evening of Song
Saturday 30th September at 7pm
St Michael and All Angels Church, Withyam, TN7 4BA
Do join us to enjoy a mixed repertoire for all tastes, featuring: Imogen Baker (soprano), Thomas Fesmer (baritone) and Alexander Crowe (keyboard)
Tickets £15 (children under 16 free) available from withyamchurchevents@yahoo.com or by phoning 01892 770600
Licensed bar – cash only
Music for the Moment | Mozart ed Amici
A concert for people living with dementia and their friends, family and carers
Imogen Baker (Soprano), Isabel Irvine (Soprano) and Francesca Pringle (Soprano) perform a programme of Mozart and other assorted works accompanied by George Fradley on piano.
Please go to: https://wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/music-for-the-moment-202306301500 for tickets.
Heroines
Imogen Baker (Soprano) and Daniel Silcock (Piano) present a varied programme of repertoire exploring female characters in history and literature represented through songs and arias.
Imogen Baker is a former chorister at St. Michael and All Angels Church. She is currently studying her masters at the Royal Academy of Music with Susan Waters after having completed her undergraduate studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, studying with Amanda Roocroft. She recently performed the role of Norina in the Academy's Vocal Faculty Scenes in February 2023 and is enjoying taking part in a varied selection of competitions and recitals. During her undergraduate degree, she was the John Ireland Prizewinner (2020) and an Edward Brooks Lieder Prizewinner (2019). She also notably performed the roles of Thérèse/ Tirésias in Poulenc's Les Mamelles de Tirésias (RBC Opera Scenes | June 2021), Miss Spink/ Other Miss Spink in Turnage's Coraline (RBC Spring Opera | March 2021) and Maria Bertram in Dove's Mansfield Park (RBC Summer Opera | June 2019).
Originally from Aberdeenshire, Scottish pianist Daniel Peter Silcock regularly performs around the country as soloist and chamber musician. Daniel currently studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Joseph Middleton. Daniel made his concerto debut aged 15 under the baton of David Danzmayr. Recent performances in 2022-2023 include recitals at London’s Wigmore Hall, and Usher Hall in Edinburgh. Upcoming performances in the summer include as a Leeds Lieder Young Artist at the Royal-Overseas-League Gold Medal Final at Wigmore Hall.
The concert will last approximately 1 hour & 30 minutes including a 20-minute interval where complimentary Wine and soft drinks will be served. There is parking available on site and toilets. The venue is wheelchair accessible and has an induction loop however there are no accessible toilets. The concert will begin at 7:00 pm and the doors will open at 6:30 pm.
Tickets are £15 for adults and £11 for Under 16s. There is a small booking fee if booking online through Ticketsource. If tickets are bought on the door they can be paid for with cash only. Tickets can be reserved to be paid for at the door by calling +447748379530 or emailing imogen.a.baker@gmail.com.
The profits for this concert will go towards raising money for Imogen & Daniel's continuing studies at the Royal Academy of Music in September 2023.
Please go to: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/imogen-baker-soprano/heroines-imogen-baker-soprano-daniel-silcock-piano/e-xrdxgo to buy tickets.
Guitar Chamber Music
Marek Pasieczny Scintilla: After Arvo Pärt (UK premiere)
Ravel Cinq mélodies populaires grecques
Lorenzo Palomo Madrigal y Cinco canciones sefardíes (UK premiere)
Pat Metheny Road to the Sun (UK premiere)
An evening of varied chamber music featuring UK premieres by Marek Pasieczny, Lorenzo Palomo and Pat Metheny.
Imogen will be performing excerpts of Berkeley’s Songs of Half Light.
Please go to: https://tickets.ram.ac.uk/sales/categories/other-events/guitar-chamber-music to reserve tickets.
Royal Academy of Music | Vocal Faculty Opera Scenes
Royal Academy of Music Vocal Faculty Students perform a set of opera scenes in the Susie Sainsbury Theatre.
Imogen will be performing the role of Norina in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale with Florian Störtz as Dr. Malatesta.
Admission is free.
Mozart und Colleagues
Imogen Baker (Soprano), Francesca Pringle (Soprano), Isabel Irvine (Soprano) and Harry Fradley (Bass-Baritone) perform a recital of Mozart and other works, accompanied by George Fradley on Piano.
Admission is free but donations are appreciated to support All Saints Church.
A Ceremony of Carols with Inchant Choir
Benjamin Britten’s ‘A Ceremony of Carols’ as you’ve never seen it before. Performed in its original scoring for upper voices and harp, Inchant collaborate with harpist Kari Novilla and dancers from the Urdang Academy to present a newly devised, cross-disciplinary reimagining of this choral masterpiece.
A free late-night concert as part of the Royal Academy of Music’s Students Create Festival.
La Sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini (Chorus | Random Opera Company)
Performed in Italian, with English subtitles. Piano accompaniment by renowned operatic pianist Kelvin Lim.
Jilted lovers, a mysterious stranger, the hint of a ghost story: Bellini’s La sonnambula mingles comedy with melodrama in its tale of a young woman found in the wrong place at the wrong time. From Jenny Lind to Maria Callas, Amina – the sleepwalker of the title – has been embodied by some of opera’s greatest divas and her crowning aria is a showstopper.
As ever in opera, themes of madness, misunderstanding and betrayal loom large; will Amina have her happy ending, or end in despair?
Songs of Prayer | A Voice & Organ Recital
Imogen Baker (Soprano) and Andrew Rawlings (Tenor), accompanied by David Hall on the Organ, present a varied programme of repertoire including:
Six Bible Songs (Op. 113) by Charles Stanford
Les Angélus (Op. 57) by Louis Vierne
Exsultate Jubilate (K. 165) by W.A. Mozart
& Other Assorted Arias
Opera Scenes
The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Vocal Department presents its Summer 2021 Opera Scenes. Directed by PJ Harris and conducted by Harry Sever.
Imogen performs the role of Thérèse/ Tirésias in the opening scene of Les Mamelles de Tirésias by Poulenc.
Unfortunately due to COVID restrictions this event is not open to the public but will be recorded for future public enjoyment.
BMus4 Recital - Ah, Love, wilt thou change too?
Imogen finishes her undergraduate degree on a 50-minute recital telling a story of love and loss:
Chacun le Sait (from La fille du Régiment) - Donizetti
Mädchenblumen - Strauss
The Year’s at the Spring and Ah Love but a day (from Three Browning Songs) - Beach
Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire - Debussy
Glitter and be Gay (from Candide) - Bernstein
Hound Music Launch Concert
To celebrate the launch of Hound Music (of which Imogen is a co-founder), please come along to the launch concert that will be streamed on Hound Music’s Facebook and Youtube pages. Hound Music Founders Alex & Imogen will both perform along with choral group Esprimo.
Les Enfants Terribles (Live-Stream)
Due to the lockdown in the UK in January 2021, this event was postponed. With the government’s announcement on February 22nd, there is a possibility a digital recording of this concert may be able to be released. Please check back to this page for details.
Imogen Baker (Soprano) performs Fauré’s La Bonne Chanson and Britten’s Les Illuminations, exploring the poetry of Verlaine and Rimbaud respectively.
Coraline by Mark-Anthony Turnage (Miss Spink)
Initially postponed during the UK Lockdown, this production will now be going ahead and shared internally. Further details will be published soon.
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Vocal Department presents Mark-Anthony Turnage’s production of Coraline, based on the book of the same name by Neil Gaiman.
Frauenliebe und Leben (Schumann) & The Birth Project (Larsen) (Non-Public)
Due to the new lockdown in the UK in January 2021, this event was sadly cancelled.
In this project organised by Rachel Barnard, Barnard will perform Schumann’s Frauenliebe und Leben followed by Larsen’s Birth Project, where she will joined by Imogen Baker.
Brel Academy of Art Song Concert
After a week studying at the Brel Academy of Art Song with Amanda Roocroft and Joseph Middleton, the course participants perform what they have been working on.
Third Year Recital
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, this live event has been cancelled.
To end her third year at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Imogen will perform a varied recital of works including Ireland, Dove, Bellini, Hahn, Brahms and Chausson.
Elektra by Strauss (Chorus)
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, these performances have been cancelled.
In these concert performances of Elektra’s Strauss, with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the titular character will be sung by Catherine Foster. It will be performed in the Lighthouse in Poole on the 18th March, followed by a performance in Birmingham Symphony Hall on the 21st March.
The Enchanted Island by Jeremy Sams (Chorus)
Join us for Royal Birmingham Conservatoire’s baroque extravaganza, The Enchanted Island.
A pasticcio opera devised by Jeremy Sams, The Enchanted Island is a colourful musical patchwork of arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau and many more. For the first time, vocal students from RBC will be performing in The Engine Room, an old button factory in the Jewellery Quarter.
The John Ireland Prize (Winner)
Imogen competes in the 2020 John Ireland Prize kindly accompanied on piano by William Nixon.
Imogen was pleased to have been awarded first prize in this competition.
The Edward Brooks Lieder Prize (Finalist)
Imogen competes in the Edward Brooks Lieder Prize accompanied by Jonathan French. She is pleased to present a varied programme by Mozart, Robert and Clara Schumann, and Brahms.
VoxBox: Home Sweet Home
Home, they say, is where the heart is. It’s also where some of the best songs come from - whether exploring identity, family relationships, or good old bricks and mortar. In this wide-ranging programme, we welcome internationally-acclaimed pianist, Iain Burnside, who has worked alongside our students to create a concert of songs and duets to challenge our ideas of domesticity.
For Tickets please see:
https://www.bcu.ac.uk/conservatoire/events-calendar/voxbox-home-sweet-home