Bio
Australian and American soprano Victoria Hodgkinson is currently a PhD candidate at The Royal Academy of Music. Victoria’s research focuses on female performance identity in Baroque Opera and analyses contemporary and historical methods of casting. During her Master’s degree at the Royal Academy of Music, she was awarded the position of Kohn Bach Scholar and performed as a soloist under Sir Trevor Pinnock and John Butt.
Victoria has performed operatic roles with Opera New England, The Sydney Conservatorium Opera Studio and The Berlin Opera Academy. Furthermore, Victoria is a keen chamber musician and with her baroque ensemble, Nobody’s Jig, she has performed a wide variety of repertoire ranging from 17th Century lute song and folksong to a contemporary music premiere at Wigmore Hall. Victoria has also sung as a soloist for The London Song Festival in a concert of contemporary Australian music, The Bloomsbury Festival and as a young artist of the Pacific Opera Company at the Utzon Room at The Sydney Opera House.
Additionally, Victoria has a particular passion for outreach performance. In 2021 she was selected for the Open Academy and Wigmore Learning Fellowship with her ensemble Nobody’s Jig. Here, she had the opportunity to develop musical and workshopping skills in early years, education and care settings. Project highlights have included acting as a musician for Wigmore Hall Learning ‘For Crying out Loud’ concert series and workshops such as ‘Singing with Friends’ and ‘Out of the Ordinary.’
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