Following the success of the opera nights I have co-hosted at St Peter's, Staines since November 2024, I have liaised with St Mary's, Staines (where I teach singing sometimes) to host lunchtime recitals but to utilise specifically the gallery as an audience space to experience the wonder of acoustic, non-amplified vocal performances in the beautiful and historic setting that is St Mary's, Staines. Indeed, the audience is only allowed to sit in the gallery, unless they have mobility issues preventing them from going up the stairs.
For info on the next concert see my professional Facebook page and I will link to the next concert ticket page here as well.
Soon to be announced website for the Staines opera nights at St Peter's Church, Staines. Previous performances being in Nov 24 and Aug 25.
John Holland-Avery from Staines, Middlesex is a BA (Hons) in Music from York University and is a former Bass Lay Clerk of St John’s College, Cambridge, with whom he toured a lot of Europe. In 2016 he completed an MMus in Vocal Performance at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester. His studies were generously supported by the Mercers’ Company and an Independent Opera Voice Scholarship.
John only sings opera in concerts, and is a student of internationally-acclaimed Welsh baritone, David Kempster.
John's busy concert schedule includes work with many choral societies, a 'Forms of Love' programme with piano accompanist partner, Michael Bevan, and the 'Purcell and a Pint' nationwide concert series with Eboracum Baroque, with whom he is a founding member and has recorded Handel’s Messiah (released in 2021). Career also highlights include singing live on 'In Tune' BBC Radio 3, opera roles with Grange Park Opera, Ensemble OrQuesta, British Youth Opera, and in 2022 as the baritone soloist in Vaughan Williams’s Dona nobs pacem (Münster, Germany).
John is also a passionate singing teacher, giving private singing lessons for the American Community School (Egham) and Windsor Piano School (Windsor). In 2020 he started his YouTube Kids channel, Mr Holland-Avery’s Singing Lessons.
You can follow John Holland-Avery on Facebook and watch this space for an updated website!