Curriculum Vitae

Colin David Brockie: Bass-baritone
D.O.B: 28th February 1985
Height: 6’ 2”
Nationality: British
Education:
2009 - 2012: Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
2002 - 2006: Grays School of Art, Aberdeen
1996 - 2002: Ellon Academy, Aberdeenshire
Qualifications:
Degree: MMus in Solo Performance (Distinction)
PGdip in Solo Performance (Merit)
BA (Hons) Craft & Design
Equity member - since 2014
Current Vocal Tutor: William Allenby
Previous Vocal Tutors:
Nicholas Powell, Stuart MacIntyre, RNCM
Ruth Black, Alan Watt, Dr Raimund Herincx, Jean Webster (All North East of Scotland Music School (NESMS), Aberdeen, 2000 - 2009)
Full Roles Performed:
2015
- Mephistopheles - Faust, Gounod - Winterbourne Opera (The Chapel, Salisbury)
- Dirk/Devil - The Maiden Stone, Stollery - World Premiere, SOUND festival (Bennachie Centre, Inverurie)
- Notary (Cover) - Don Pasquale, Donzietti - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne)
- Un Soldat - Le Roi Malgré Lui, Chabrier - Wexford Festival Opera (Wexford Opera House)
- Legal Counsellor - Intermezzo, Strauss - Buxton Opera Festival (Buxton Opera House)
- Notary (Cover) - Intermezzo, Strauss - Buxton Opera Festival (Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton)
- Superintendent Budd - Albert Herring, Britten - RNCM (RNCM Theatre)
- Rodger - A New Brain, Finn - Greenroom Productions (Lemon Tree, Aberdeen)
- Zuniga – Carmen, Bizet - RNCM (RNCM Theatre)
- Publio – La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart - RNCM (RNCM Theatre)
- Agamemnon – La Belle Helene, Offenbach - RNCM (RNCM Theatre)
- Lord Evelyn Oakleigh – Anything Goes, Porter - Just Cause Productions (Aberdeen Arts Centre)
- Joey – Zombie Prom - Just Cause Productions (Aberdeen Arts Centre)
- Curly – Oklahoma, Rogers and Hammerstein - Meldrum Musical Society (Meldrum Academy)
- Pooh-Bah – Hot Mikado, Bell and Bowman - Aberdeen Vocal Ensemble Productions (Aberdeen Arts Centre)
- Ben – The Telephone, Menotti - Cowdray Lunchtime Concert Series (Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen)
- Sgt Meryll – Yeoman of the Guard , Sullivan - Aberdeen University Gilbert and Sullivan Society (Aberdeen Arts Centre)
- Jud – Oklahoma, Rogers and Hammerstein - Aberdeen University Treading The Boards Society (Aberdeen Arts Centre)
- Pirate King – Pirates of Penzance, Sulllivan - Haddo Children's Theatre (Haddo House Theatre)
Choruses:
2016
- Der Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Wagner - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne)
- Le Nozze di Figaro, Mozart - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne)
- Il Barbiere di Seville, Rossini - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne & Royal Albert Hall, London)
- Béatrice et Bénédict, Berlioz - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne)
- Saul, Handel - Glyndebourne Tour
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Mozart - Glyndebourne Tour
- Don Pasquale, Donzietti - Glyndebourne Tour
- Carmen, Bizet - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne)
- Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne & Royal Albert Hall, London)
- Billy Budd, Britten - Glyndebourne Opera (Brooklyn Academy Music, New York)
- Falstaff, Verdi - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne)
- Don Pasquale, Donzietti - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne)
- Billy Budd, Britten - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne & Royal Albert Hall, London)
- L'arlesiana, Cilea - Wexford Festival Opera Chorus (Wexford Opera House)
- Le Roi Malgré Lui, Chabrier - Wexford Festival Opera Chorus (Wexford Opera House)
- Jephtha, Handel - Buxton Opera Festival Chorus (Buxton Opera House)
- The Maiden in the Tower, Sibelius - Buxton Opera Festival Chorus (Buxton Opera House)
- Kashchei the Immortal, Rimsky-Korsakov - Buxton Opera Festival Chorus (Buxton Opera House)
- Belshazzar, Handel - RNCM with Manchester Camerata (RNCM Theatre)
- Date Expectations, Aberdeen Student Show (His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen)
- La Traviata, Verdi - Haddo Choral and Operatic Society (Haddo House Theatre)
- Carmen, Bizet - Haddo Choral and Operatic Society (Haddo House Theatre)
RNCM Opera Scenes:
2012
- Mephistopheles - Faust, Gounod (Dir: Stefan Janski)
- Archibaldo - L'amore Dei Tre Re, Montemezzi (Dir: Garth Bardsley)
- Seneca - L'incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi (Dir: Stefan Janski)
- Arkel – Pelleas et Melisande, Debussy (Dir: Garth Bardsley)
- Pistol – Falstaff, Verdi (Dir: Stefan Janski)
Solo Oratorio/Concert performance:
- Joshua, Handel (Nottingham)
- Spatzenmasse, Mozart (Buxton)
- Petite Messe Solennelle, Rossini (Kington & Nottingham)
- Joshua, Handel (West Bridgford, Nottingham)
- St John's Passion, Bach (Giggleswick & St Sepulchre-without-Newgate; London)
- Nelson Mass, Haydn (Bakewell)
- Messiah, Handel (Arran, Pateley Bridge, Wetherby)
- Serenade to Music, Vaughan Williams (RNCM Spotlight concert)
- 'Israelitish Messanger' - Samson, Handel - Aberdeen Bach Choir (St Machar’s Cathedral; Old Aberdeen)
- Der Schulmeister - Telemann (Aboyne and Deeside Festival)
- Mass in D, Dvorak - Buckie Choral Society (Buckie Church, Morayshire)
- Sparrow Mass (Mass in C major), Mozart - (Kings College Chapel; Aberdeen University)
- Eternal Light, Goodall (Scottish Premier performed with NYCoS in St Andrews & Music Hall Aberdeen)
- 'Love bade me welcome' - 5 Mystical Songs, Vaughan Williams - NYCoS (St Andrews)
- Te Deum, Bruckner (Queens Cross Church; Aberdeen)
Choral Works: Performed with the National Youth Choir of Scotland, NYCoS, 2000 – 2010
- Belshazzars Feast, Walton (Jay Pritzker Pavillion, Chicago, con: Carlos Kalmar)
- War Requiem, Britten (Jay Pritzker Pavillion, Chicago, con: Carlos Kalmar)
- We turned on the light, Gough (World Premier, Royal Albert Hall, con: Martyn Brabbins)
- The Armed Man, Jenkins (Glasgow Concert Hall, con: Karl Jenkins)
- When David heard, Whitacre
- Laudate Pueri, Leighton
- 5 Negro Spirituals, Making of the drum, Tippet
- Lux Aeterna, O Magnum Mysterium, Laurisden
- Mass in Time of War, Haydn
- A Burns Sequence, Gardner
- Funeral Ikos, Tavener
- Hymn to St Cecilia, Britten
- Take him, Earth, for cherishing, Howells
- Divo Aloysio Sacrum, Macmillan
- Requiem, Faure
- Gloria, Vivaldi
- Chichester Psalms, Bernstein
- Carmina Burana, Orff (Come and Sing event, Queens Cross Church, Aberdeen)
- Spem in alium, Talis (St Cuthberts, Edinburgh)
Masterclasses:
- Neal Davis (2012)
- James Gilchrist (2012)
- Thomas Hampson (2011)
- Ryland Davies (2011)
- Patricia MacMahon (2009, 2010)
- Donald Maxwell (2004, 2006, 2009)
- Lisa Milne (2002,2016)
Competitions/Awards/Scholarships:
- The John Connell Award - (2011)
- The Anne Ziegler Award - RNCM (2011)
- Frederic Cox Award - Finalist - RNCM (2011)
- Cross Trust Scholarship - (2010)
- James Caird Travelling Scholarship - (2010, 2011)
- Scottish International Educational Trust Scholarship - (2010)
- Ellie Pirie Scholarship - Aberdeen Bach Choir - (2003, 2006, 2007)
Live Recordings and Broadcasts:
- DVD recording/cinema link, Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Glyndebourne. (2014)
- Prom 6 Royal Albert Hall Live BBC Radio 3 - Strauss Der Rosenkavalier, Glyndebourne (2014)
- DVD recording/cinema link, Donzietti Don Pasquale, Glyndebourne. (2013)
- Prom 60, Royal Albert Hall, Live BBC Radio 3 - Glyndebourne Billy Budd (2013)
- Festival Mass, St John the Baptist's, Buxton, Recorded for BBC Radio 4 (2012)
- Last Night of the Proms, Glasgow Science Centre, BBC 1 live linkup and Live BBC Radio 3 (Nycos, 2002)
- Last Night of the Proms, Glasgow Green, BBC 1 live linkup and Live BBC Radio 3 (Nycos, 2004, 2006, 2008)
- Prom 20, Albert Hall, Live BBC Radio 3 (Nycos, 2006)
- Nycos Concert, St Cuthberts Edinbugh, Live BBC Radio 3 (Eternal light, 5 Mystical Songs)
- Songs of Praise, Glasgow City Halls, Recorded by BBC (Nycos, 2008)