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Rebecca Clarke Song Competition - Applications

Jennifer Witton

SINGER

Jennifer Witton

NATIONALITY:

British

PIANIST

Lana Bode

PIANIST TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PRIZE?

Yes

SINGER BIOGRAPHY:

Jennifer Witton is a graduate of the Guildhall Opera School and a recipient of the prestigious GSMD Gold Medal. She has worked with leading opera companies across the UK, including Glyndebourne, the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Opera North and Festival Opera. Equally at home on the concert platform, her performance highlights include appearances at the Barbican Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Edinburgh Fringe and the Oxford International Song Festival. Her discography features Voices of London, a cycle of works by contemporary composers, as well as Words and Music from The Tempest with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Building on workshop collaborations at Chichester Festival Theatre, she performed the role of Clara in Ornaments of Christmas in December, a staged programme of poetry and song. In recent years, Jennifer has developed a strong passion for contemporary music. She has worked on two world premieres by Mark-Anthony Turnage Festen at the Royal Opera House and The Railway Children at Glyndebourne, and enjoys collaborating with composers from the earliest stages of creation. She has most recently been involved in workshops for a new commission scheduled for Glyndebourne 2026.

APPLICATION VIDEO 1:

21st November 2025 - The Shawl (Dorothy Hogben)

APPLICATION VIDEO 2:

21st November 2025 - Everyday Magic (Ella Jarman-Pinto)

SEMI-FINAL AND FINAL PROGRAMME PROPOSED:

Semi Final

Return of Spring (Rebecca Clarke) 2:00
Love, if you knew the light (Liza Lehmann) 1:20
One that is ever kind ‘The folly of being comforted’ (Rebecca Clarke) 3:00
Lady Isobel and the Elf-Knight (Judith Weir) 2:00
There are fairies at the bottom of the garden (Liza Lehmann) 2:30

Total: 10:50 mins

Final

Greeting (Rebecca Clarke) 1:30
Lady Isobel and the Elf-Knight (Judith Weir) 2:00
The Shawl (Dorothy Hogben) 4:10
Return of Spring (Rebecca Clarke) 2:00
Eight o’clock (Rebecca Clarke) 2:30
Give me my Robe (Cecelia McDowall) 3:45
When I am dead my dearest (Liza Lehmann) 2:30

Total: 18:25 mins

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