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The Australian soprano, Brianna Louwen, holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Western Australia under Megan Sutton and a Masters in Solo Voice Ensemble Singing from the University of York in the UK under Robert Hollingworth and Susan Young (2016-2018).
Brianna Louwen is establishing herself as a professional Solo and Consort Singer in Perth and sings with the St George’s Cathedral Choir and Consort, The Giovanni Consort and the Choirs of St George’s College, UWA.
As a soloist with St George’s Cathedral, Brianna has been featured in J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion (BWV 244), St John Passion (BWV 245), W.A. Mozart's Coronation Mass, Aaron Copland’s In the Beginning, and has sung the role of ‘First Woman’ in George Frideric Handel’s Solomon. Brianna is a regular soloist with the newly formed Australian Baroque, and earlier this year featured on an ABC recording of Heinrich Schütz' Singet Dem Herrn and Dietrich Buxtehude's Mein Herz ist Bereit. Brianna has been featured as soloist with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra on a number of occasions including Maximus Musicus joins the Choir and the BBC Planet Earth II Arena Tour. In the UK she sung as soloist in W.A. Mozart's Requiem with the Royal Northern Sinfonia and toured the UK and Italy with I Fagiolini (Director: Robert Hollingworth).
Brianna has worked extensively in education, as a Teaching Artist with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, and the Assistant Choir Director of St George’s College, UWA. She has been Vocal Coach for the Perth Choral Institute, Oxford and Cambridge Singing Schools and the National Youth Choir of Australia.
In 2016 Brianna was the recipient of a Young Person and the Arts International Travelling Scholarship from the Department of Culture and the Arts, which made study in the UK Possible. Also in 2016 she won the prestigious Fremantle Aria Competition. In 2018 and 2019 she was a finalist in the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Oratorio Competition. From September 2018 she became a member of the West Australian Opera Chorus and in 2019-2020 she is delighted to be a Young Artist with West Australian Opera. She currently lives in Sydney, Australia |
