Rosie Coad is in her fourth year as a scholar at the Royal College of Music, currently studying with Ashley Stafford. She has performed in several masterclasses, working with Sarah Walker, Jane Manning, James Oxley, Stephen Varcoe, Peter Harvey, Marc Bordeaux and Michael Chance.
Rosie’s solo work includes the Monteverdi Christmas Vespers with Peter Bassano and Handel’s Dixit Dominus with Stephen Davies, as well as operatic roles Marie Antoinette (Roger Waters’ Ca Ira), Fausta (Scarlatti’s Marco Attilio Regolo) and the title role in Hasse’s Siroe. In 2006, Rosie won the Discretionary Thelma King Award in Bath. Rosie’s recital performances often include contemporary works, most recently Thomas Ades’ Life Story for The Contemporary Consort. Rosie’s future plans include Galatea (Acis and Galatea) for The Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival. In March 2008 Rosie gave the World Premiere of Graeme Stewart's Goblin Market with the London Irish Symphony Orchestra.
