Fran Stafford

Fran graduated from Royal Holloway University of London, where she sang as a Choral Scholar in the Choir of Royal Holloway. Here she trained in ensemble skills with The King’s Singers and recorded 3 Albums under Hyperion label with the Choir of Royal Holloway. She has sung in the Royal Albert Hall’s 2015 Festival of Remembrance, broadcasting live on BBC1, and performed at the 800th anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta Festival, attended by The Royal Family and the Prime Minister. Fran has sung for Radio 3, with the Britten Sinfonia, the Choir of Royal Holloway, and the international Jazz Trio Acoustic Triangle. She also sung in the UK premier of James Macmillan’s St. Luke Passion, which was performed in the Barbican, and broadcast on Radio 3 from King’s College, Cambridge. In 2017, Fran was awarded the Festival Cup for the most promising vocalist by Marlow festival of Music and Drama, and has since worked with British Youth Opera, under directors Rodula Gaitanou and James Hurley, and vocal coaches Kelvin Lim and Liz Rowe. She also refined her Musical Theatre and Jazz singing under the guidance of teacher Sally Burgess, jazz musician Neil Thornton and vocal coach Robert Bottriell. Fran shares her passion for music through her role as radio presenter and producer of Choice Classics on Marlow fm. She loves the opportunity to explore new music of a different theme for each programme. Programmes have explored magic, space, mountains, gothic tales, fire, Greek mythology and much more. To support her singing, Fran learns Italian, and does improvised drama and yoga. Fran enjoys trail running, and in public races has finished a 10k and two half marathons.