Tom Stanyard - Tenor & Organist

Hi there, I'm a South Derbyshire based tenor and organist with ability to travel. I have been singing professionally for over 10 years, and graduated with a music degree from Keele University in 2012. I undertook a Licentiate Diploma in Singing Performance with ABRSM in 2018, and currently study with Alexandre Naoumenko at the Royal Opera House, London. I have sung a very varied repertoire in a number of venues, including the Cathedrals of Ely, Guildford and Derby, Victoria Hall, Hanley, St James the Greater, Leicester, plus many smaller venues as both chorister and soloist. Highlights as a tenor soloist have included Rachmaninoff Vespers, Finzi Ode to St. Cecilia, Respighi Lauda per la nativite de la Signore, Handel Messiah and Dixit Dominus, Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen, Mozart Litanie Lauretanae, Goodall Eternal Light: A Requiem, Rossini Petit Messe Solennelle and Haydn Creation, Mass in Time of War and St Nicholas Mass. I also have a love for opera and have performed arias and excerpts as Bajazet, Handel Tamerlano, Count Almaviva, Rossini Barber of Seville, Cavaradossi, Puccini Tosca, Rodolfo, Puccini La Boheme, Prince Tamino, Mozart Magic Flute, Massenet's Werther, Tonio, Donizetti La Fille du Regiment, Nemorino, Donizetti L'elsir D'amore. As an organist I have been playing since 2004 for a variety of church services, funerals and weddings across the Midlands. I am used to working with different instruments and getting the best out of them, especially where they may be infrequently used or not fully operational. I have played a number of prominent instruments including those at St James the Greater, Leicester, St Wystans, Repton and Trent College, Long Eaton. I am currently one of the organists at the Cistercian Abbey of Mount St. Bernard and also 'dep' at various Churches in South Derbyshire/North West Leicestershire.