Archie Buchanan

ARCHIE BUCHANAN CURRICULUM VITAE PROFILE a motivated, enthusiastic and creative team player who works well under pressure years of experience in the professional concert environment, primarily as a singer strong interpersonal skills, articulate and focused with good attention to detail a practical, lateral thinker who is reliable, uses initiative and delivers to a high standard on time SINGING EXPERIENCE 2008-12 Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace Chorister, singing in weekly services on Sundays, rehearsing three times a week after school. Notable events included: The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee (2012) Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (2011) 2008-13 Professional solo treble engagements Harry in ‘Albert Herring’ for the BBC’s Britten Centenary celebrations (Barbican 2013) World premiere performances of Zbigniew Preisner’s ‘Diaries of Hope’ in Wroclaw Festival and London Barbican (2013) 1st boy in ‘Die Zauberflöte’ (ROH 2013) 1st boy in ‘The Magic Flute’ (ENO Collon 2012) 3rd Apparition in ‘Macbeth’ (ROH Pappano 2011) Solo treble in ‘The Matrix’ live screening (Royal Albert Hall NDR Radiophilharmonie 2011) Fox cub in ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’ (ROH Mackerras 2010) 2008-12 Commercial solo recordings: Theme tune for TV children’s show ‘Zack and Quack’ (2013) Zbigniew Preisner’s ‘Diaries of Hope’ (2012) PlayStation game ‘Ni no Kuni – the Wrath of the White Witch’ (2012) Soundtrack of ‘L’Odyssée de Cartier (2011) 2006- present 2015- present Finchley Children’s Music Group Performances within the choirs and as a soloist, including film, TV, live broadcasts, recordings, commercial engagements, family concerts, theatre performances and public events such as: Holocaust Memorial Service (2015, broadcast on BBC2) Huntsman in Weber’s ‘Der Freischütz’ (2014) Moonface Martin in ‘Anything Goes’ (2013) Koko in ‘The Mikado’ (2012) Premiere of Julian Dawes ‘I never saw another butterfly’ (2011) Henry VIII at The Globe Theatre (2010) ‘Feel Free’ with Kano in album ‘London Town’ (2007) ‘Hey You’ with Madonna at Live Earth at Wembley Stadium (2007) Old Royal Naval College Chapel Choir Weekly services on Sunday and Monday, under DoM Ralph Allwood. Secular performances include: Handel’s Messiah (2015) Bach’s St. John Passion (2016) 2008- present Other St Endellion Summer Festival chorus (2014) The Wolf in ‘Into the Woods’ (Camden School for Girls, November 2014) Kenickie in “Grease” (Camden School for Girls, July 2016) Tamino in “The Magic Flute” (Southgate Youth Opera, April 2016) Various ad-hoc Barbershop groups [cont/.][cont./] EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS 2014-16 Camden School for Girls AS Levels (2015) Maths (B) Physics (B) Music (B) Philosophy (D) A Levels (2016) Maths (B) Physics (C) Music (B) 2009-14 City of London School GCSEs / IGCSEs (2014) Maths (A*) English Language (A) English Literature (B) Physics (A*) Biology (A) Chemistry (A) Music (A*) Drama (A) Geography (A*) German (A*) ABRSM and Trinity Guildhall music exams Singing (Tenor) – Grade 8 Distinction (2014) Cello – Grade 5 Distinction (2008) Music Theory – Grade 5 (2011) AWARDS AND OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS 2011-14 RAF Cadet Sergeant Methods of Instruction Leadership Course 2014 City of London School, Half colours Physics and Music 2013, 2014 Rona Sailing Project Scott Award REFERENCES Available on request. [February 2016]