Fiona Dobie, soprano

Fiona Dobie studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and then at the Royal College of Music. She was a finalist in the Kathleen Ferrier Competition and won the French song prize at s'Hertogenbosch International Singing Competition. She has enjoyed a wide-ranging solo career with such conductors as Sir Roger Norrington and Sir Simon Rattle, recitals and chamber music with David Owen Norris and Malcolm Martineau and principal roles with Glyndebourne on Tour, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and Opera North. Recent work includes Marcellina in Millennium Opera's The Marriage of Figaro, Despina in Così fan tutte for The Oxford Opera Company, and Brahms' Requiem with Oxford University Press Choir.

Fiona's delight in sharing things that inspire her lead her to run a successful singing practice in Oxford and in London. She also gives singing workshops in many diverse settings, including The Avalonian State Choir, Blackbird Leys Choir, Oxford Pro Musica, Trinity College of Music, Mothercare, Kube Consultancy and the Royal College of Music. She is an associate teacher of New York singing mentor David Jones