Jacqueline Dias (Soprano) & Margaret Roberts (Piano)
Sun 06 Apr
|Barkham
Le Printemps...an afternoon of French and English music to welcome the spring... including works by Purcell, Handel, Rebecca Clarke, Quilter, Fauré and Poulenc, followed by tea, cake and the opportunity to chat to the performers. https://jacquelinedias.com/
Time & Location
06 Apr 2025, 15:00
Barkham, Barkham, South Molton EX36 3LU, UK
Guests
About the event
Soprano Jacqueline Dias studied as a postgraduate at the Royal Northern College of Music. Currently based in Hertfordshire, she has lived in Brussels, New York, Paris and Copenhagen. An experienced oratorio and concert performer as well as opera singer, Jacqueline has performed regularly with St Albans Chamber Opera and with choral societies both in the UK and abroad. She enjoys singing a wide range of repertoire, from Handel and Purcell to Benjamin Britten, Stephen Sondheim and Kurt Weill.
From early on in her career Margaret Roberts has worked as a piano accompanist, playing for some of the first BBC Young Musician of the Year competitions. She has pursued a varied career, teaching piano in numerous school and university music departments, and accompanying young musicians in competitions, auditions and recitals.
Margaret has recorded a number of CDs the earliest of which, with The Holywell Ensemble, was included in the BBC…