Biography
Lottie Greenhow was born in Norway and brought up in Buckinghamshire. She studied Music at Cambridge University, where she held choral scholarships at Christ’s and Jesus Colleges and won the Christ's College Composition Prize. She is currently studying for an MMus in Choral Studies (Vocal Pathway) at Jesus College, Cambridge, and singing with the Choir of Clare College.
Concert performances include Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne (Milton Keynes Sinfonia), Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle (St Ives Choral Society), Messiah (Wetherby Choral Society and East Malling Singers), Rossini Stabat Mater (St Magnus Festival Chorus), Haydn St Nicolas Mass & Faure Requiem (City Chorus), Bach Cantata 10 (Oxford Bach Ensemble), the UK premiere of Peter Webb's Walk Cheerfully (Aylwin Quartet/Richard Simpson, Jordans & Hertford Meeting Houses), Vivaldi Magnificat, Britten Ceremony of Carols (Vivace Choir, Arlesey), Brahms German Requiem (Newnham College, Cambridge/Monica Buckland), Vivaldi Gloria and Mozart Requiem (Bedford Come and Sing Choir), Handel's Foundling Anthem (Oktoberfest Orchestra and Chorus), Jenkins The Armed Man (Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus/INO Mixed Chorus/Danesborough Chorus/Bedford Choral Society/Eagle Choir), St John Passion and Jauchzet Gott (Cambridge Cantata Consort) as well as appearances at the O2 Arena, the Liverpool Echo Arena, Cambridge and Brunel Universities, the Ashwell Music Festival and the Beaconsfield Music Society. She has also performed as a guest soloist with the London Welsh Male Voice Choir.
Operatic credits include title role Poppea (OperaZone), Phyllis Iolanthe (Rocket Opera and at Buxton Opera House), Suor Genovieffa Suor Angelica (New London Opera Players, Cardiff), Second Woman/First Witch Dido and Aeneas (Westminster Opera, Chateau de Panloy, France) and title role Iolanthe (Bedfordshire Youth Opera).
Lottie is much in demand as a consort and choral singer across the UK. She is the regular soprano with the professional choir of St Magnus-the-Martyr (where she is also Director of Music) and is a member of Gaude and Luminatus. She deputises with a number of church choirs across London and further afield. She is also active as a choral conductor and musical director, having recently taken the role of MD in Bedfordshire Youth Opera's production of Candide.
Lottie appears on the recordings of Inexplicable Splendour and Regina Coeli: Music for High Mass and Benediction (Choir of St Magnus-the-Martyr) and Ablaze with Light, a collection of choral works by William Petter. More recently, Lottie appeared as vocalist and Hardanger Fiddle soloist on Erland Cooper's album, Solan Goose, and has recently toured this live at festivals including WOMAD, Port Eliot Festival, The Good Life Experience, Kenilworth Arts Festival and Cley Calling Festival, as well as performing excerpts from the disc live on BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio 6.
In addition to her freelance singing career, Lottie is also active as a conductor, violinist and Hardanger fiddle player. She also teaches singing at Bedford School and piano and violin at Pilgrim's Pre-Preparatory School in Bedford and enjoys a busy private teaching schedule. Forthcoming events include Handel Gloria and Dixit Dominus (OAE/John Butt) and Bach St John Passion (Wetherby Choral Society) as well as tours and concerts with Clare College Choir. She lives in Bedford with her husband, tenor Harry Bagnall, and their yellow Labrador, Mungo.
Concert performances include Canteloube Songs of the Auvergne (Milton Keynes Sinfonia), Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle (St Ives Choral Society), Messiah (Wetherby Choral Society and East Malling Singers), Rossini Stabat Mater (St Magnus Festival Chorus), Haydn St Nicolas Mass & Faure Requiem (City Chorus), Bach Cantata 10 (Oxford Bach Ensemble), the UK premiere of Peter Webb's Walk Cheerfully (Aylwin Quartet/Richard Simpson, Jordans & Hertford Meeting Houses), Vivaldi Magnificat, Britten Ceremony of Carols (Vivace Choir, Arlesey), Brahms German Requiem (Newnham College, Cambridge/Monica Buckland), Vivaldi Gloria and Mozart Requiem (Bedford Come and Sing Choir), Handel's Foundling Anthem (Oktoberfest Orchestra and Chorus), Jenkins The Armed Man (Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus/INO Mixed Chorus/Danesborough Chorus/Bedford Choral Society/Eagle Choir), St John Passion and Jauchzet Gott (Cambridge Cantata Consort) as well as appearances at the O2 Arena, the Liverpool Echo Arena, Cambridge and Brunel Universities, the Ashwell Music Festival and the Beaconsfield Music Society. She has also performed as a guest soloist with the London Welsh Male Voice Choir.
Operatic credits include title role Poppea (OperaZone), Phyllis Iolanthe (Rocket Opera and at Buxton Opera House), Suor Genovieffa Suor Angelica (New London Opera Players, Cardiff), Second Woman/First Witch Dido and Aeneas (Westminster Opera, Chateau de Panloy, France) and title role Iolanthe (Bedfordshire Youth Opera).
Lottie is much in demand as a consort and choral singer across the UK. She is the regular soprano with the professional choir of St Magnus-the-Martyr (where she is also Director of Music) and is a member of Gaude and Luminatus. She deputises with a number of church choirs across London and further afield. She is also active as a choral conductor and musical director, having recently taken the role of MD in Bedfordshire Youth Opera's production of Candide.
Lottie appears on the recordings of Inexplicable Splendour and Regina Coeli: Music for High Mass and Benediction (Choir of St Magnus-the-Martyr) and Ablaze with Light, a collection of choral works by William Petter. More recently, Lottie appeared as vocalist and Hardanger Fiddle soloist on Erland Cooper's album, Solan Goose, and has recently toured this live at festivals including WOMAD, Port Eliot Festival, The Good Life Experience, Kenilworth Arts Festival and Cley Calling Festival, as well as performing excerpts from the disc live on BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio 6.
In addition to her freelance singing career, Lottie is also active as a conductor, violinist and Hardanger fiddle player. She also teaches singing at Bedford School and piano and violin at Pilgrim's Pre-Preparatory School in Bedford and enjoys a busy private teaching schedule. Forthcoming events include Handel Gloria and Dixit Dominus (OAE/John Butt) and Bach St John Passion (Wetherby Choral Society) as well as tours and concerts with Clare College Choir. She lives in Bedford with her husband, tenor Harry Bagnall, and their yellow Labrador, Mungo.