Sophie Clarke

Sophie Clarke is a Mezzo-Soprano, Actor and Recording Artist from Liverpool, UK. Praised for her "beautiful story telling" and "touching performances", Sophie has entered the classical music industry with thousands of loyal listeners and a line of successful performances. She has performed as a soloist in prestigious concert venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall and Bridgewater Hall and she is currently charming audiences all over the UK and Ireland with London Concertante Orchestra on their West End Musicals Tour. Sophie is in her final year studying for a Master of Music in Classical Singing and Opera at The Royal Northern College of Music under the tutelage of Yvonne Howard. She is the first student at the RNCM to be sponsored by the international Gilbert and Sullivan Society and she is also kindly sponsored by Peter Snook, the Hargreaves and Ball Scholarship and Jean Hodge. Sophie is the RNCM Song Cycle Competition Winner 2023 and the Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition Winner 2022. Recent highlights include performing as a soloist for The Hallé 2024 Steve Reich Festival alongside Colin Currie, playing the role of the 'Witch' in Sondheim's 'Into The Woods' for the RNCM 50 Year Anniversary and performing as the Mezzo-Soprano Soloist in Bernstein’s 'Mass' firstly at The Royal Festival Hall in London, conducted by Marin Alsop, and then at Bridgewater Hall for the Manchester Premiere, conducted by Clark Rundell. Sophie is a proud Ambassador for Liverpool Heartbeat Charity and since the age of nine she has performed in various charity concerts and events every year, most prominently for The British Heart Foundation.