Andrew Kennedy (tenor)
Andrew Kennedy (born 26 May 1977) is an English tenor and singing teacher at two of the country’s leading schools.[1]
Andrew Kennedy was born in Ashington, Northumberland, England. He was a chorister at Durham Cathedral, attended Uppingham School, and then a Choral Scholar at King's College, Cambridge. Further study at the Royal College of Music was followed by a place on the Vilar Young Artists programme at the Royal Opera House.
He won 1st prize at the Jackdaws Vocal Award in 1999 (now called the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards)[2] and from 2005–2007 he was a member of the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists scheme. In 2005, he won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Prize.[3] In 2006, he received a Borletti Buitoni Trust Award.
Andrew is married to Anna Kennedy, a Psychotherapist specialising in counselling children and adolescents based in Rutland.
Discography
CDs
- Warlock - The Curlew & songs by Peter Warlock (2006) with Simon Lepper and Pavao Quartet
- Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge (2008) with the Dante Quartet
References
- ^ "The pupils receive weekly vocal tuition from a team of excellent singing teachers led by Andrew Kennedy, Head of Singing" - [1]
- ^ Winners of the Vocal Awards
- ^ historic Andrew Kennedy page at Askonas Holt
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