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The English tenor, Edward Woodhouse, studied History at University of Portsmouth (2010); and obtained his Master of Arts degree in History from the University of Exeter (2011-2013). He has worked in church and cathedral choirs for much of his life. As a chorister, he sang in the choir of St. Peter’s Church, Brighton. Following this, he was a Choral Scholar at Portsmouth Cathedral and a Lay Vicar at Exeter Cathedral; both roles were combined with his undergraduate and postgraduate studies in History. His previous singing teachers include Ashley Stafford, Bronwen Mills, William Purefoy and Daniel Norman. He has been coached by David Rendall, Ian Partridge, Benjamin Hulett and Nicholas Mulroy. He currently studies with Alastair Brookshaw.
Edward Woodhouse is a Tenor in Chamber Choir Ireland (since October 2021) and a Lay Clerk at Southwark Cathedral (since January 2020). He has worked with numerous distinguished groups, including: Dunedin Consort (Director: John Butt), The Tallis Scholars (Director: Peter Phillips), Ars Nova Copenhagen (Director: Paul Hillier), Oxford Consort of Voices, Bampton Classical Opera, Siglo de Oro, The English Concert Chorus, Sestina, Sansara and echo. He is a member of the Philharmonia Chorus’ Professional Singers scheme.
Edward Woodhouse is an experienced concert soloist, and has performed a wide range of oratorio repertoire: J.S. Bach’s B Minor Mass (BWV 232), Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) (Evangelist and arias), St. John Passion (BWV 245) (Evangelist and arias), St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) (arias), Cantata BWV 126; Benjamin Britten’s Saint Nicolas, The Little Sweep, Winter Words; A. Dvorak’s Stabat Mater; George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, Chandos Anthem no. 9, Dixit Dominus; F.J. Haydn’s Creation, Creation Mass, Nelson Mass; K. Leighton’s Crucifixus Pro Nobis; Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah; C. Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610; W.A. Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Requiem.
More recently, Edward Woodhouse was a Tenor Lay Clerk at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. While at Christ Church, he toured as far afield as the USA, New Zealand and China. He was a soloist on the choir’s critically-acclaimed Eton Choirbook series and held the role of Chorister Singing Teacher.
Edward Woodhouse has deputised in some of the finest church choirs in the world, including: Westminster Cathedral Choir; The Choir of Westminster Abbey; St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir; St. Peter’s Eaton Square; St. Bride’s, Fleet Street; St. Bartholomew the Great; Holy Trinity, Sloane Square; Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Maiden Lane; St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge; Guards Chapel and New College, Oxford.
Edward Woodhouse also works as a freelance singing teacher. He was Teaching assistant at St Ebbe's Primary School (February 2016-2018); Singing Teacher at Christ Church Cathedral School (September 2017-June 2019); Classical Singing Teacher at The Masters Music School (October 2020-2021). |
