Amy Moore | Soprano

How did you get your start in music?
I began learning the piano and violin at the age of 8 and sang throughout my childhood in school and church choirs. I started taking singing lessons when I was 17, but it was several more years before I realized I wanted to pursue it professionally. I studied my undergraduate degree at Royal Holloway, where I was a choral scholar, and went on to do a year of postgraduate study at Trinity College of Music, London. After a few more years of private study I finally got on with some auditions, and am now singing full-time!

What other work do you do?
As well as Gabrieli, I sing for a number of other choirs and consorts, and I also enjoy a variety of solo concert work. Earlier this year I was involved in the Royal Opera House double-bill of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and Handel's Acis and Galatea, which was a great opportunity to run around on stage.

Tell us about what it's like singing with Gabrieli.
Since my first concert with Gabrieli in 2006, I’ve taken part in some tremendous projects, ranging from one-to-a-part consort programmes of Purcell to the incredible performances of Haydn’s Creation, involving enormous forces in both choir and orchestra. I love the variety of the work, and enjoy the travel that often goes with it. I think some of us in Gabrieli are beginning to see Wroclaw (-one of our regular ‘haunts’ -) as our second home! Touring can be something of a bonding experience, not least for me on the occasion I discovered I had left my concert skirt at home and had to improvise somewhat with a borrowed dress and some body tape for a performance of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis in Paris… I was certainly very grateful my colleague had brought a spare skirt with her.

What do you do when you aren't singing or touring?
When I’m not away singing I love entertaining at home, so can usually be found with an open cookery book and an open bottle of wine.