Susan Hamilton
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Susan Hamilton is a Scottish
Soprano
focusing on Baroque and Contemporary music
Her earliest musical educaion was as a chorister at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral and as a pupil at St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh.
Susan performs at major international festivals and has worked with conductors such as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Paul McCreesh, Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos and Ton Koopman; Composers such as Fabian Fiorini, Ronald Stevenson, Pascal Dusapin, Witold Lutoslawski and Peter Nelson. Along with John Butt, she is co-founder and artistic director of the Dunedin Consort.
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
Soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
focusing on Baroque and Contemporary music
Her earliest musical educaion was as a chorister at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral and as a pupil at St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh.
Susan performs at major international festivals and has worked with conductors such as Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Paul McCreesh, Raphael Frühbeck de Burgos and Ton Koopman; Composers such as Fabian Fiorini, Ronald Stevenson, Pascal Dusapin, Witold Lutoslawski and Peter Nelson. Along with John Butt, she is co-founder and artistic director of the Dunedin Consort.