COLIN BROCKIE BASS-BARITONE
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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) 
2014
  • Dirk/Devil - The Maiden Stone, Stollery - World Premiere, SOUND festival (Bennachie Centre, Inverurie)
2013    
  • Notary (Cover) - Don Pasquale, Donzietti - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne)
2012    
  • 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)
2011    
  • Superintendent Budd - Albert Herring, Britten - RNCM (RNCM Theatre)
  • Rodger - A New Brain, Finn - Greenroom Productions (Lemon Tree, Aberdeen)
2010    
  • Zuniga – Carmen, Bizet - RNCM (RNCM Theatre)
  • Publio – La Clemenza di Tito, Mozart - RNCM (RNCM Theatre)
2009    
  • Agamemnon – La Belle Helene, Offenbach - RNCM (RNCM Theatre)
  • Lord Evelyn Oakleigh – Anything Goes, Porter - Just Cause Productions (Aberdeen Arts Centre)
2008    
  • Joey – Zombie Prom - Just Cause Productions (Aberdeen Arts Centre)
  •  Curly – Oklahoma, Rogers and Hammerstein  - Meldrum Musical Society (Meldrum Academy)
2007    
  • 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)
2004    
  • Sgt Meryll – Yeoman of the Guard , Sullivan - Aberdeen University Gilbert and Sullivan Society (Aberdeen Arts Centre)
2003    
  • Jud – Oklahoma, Rogers and Hammerstein - Aberdeen University Treading The Boards Society (Aberdeen Arts Centre)
2000    
  • 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)
2015
  • Saul, Handel - Glyndebourne Tour
  • Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Mozart - Glyndebourne Tour
  • Don Pasquale, Donzietti - Glyndebourne Tour
  • Carmen, Bizet - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne)
2014
  • Der Rosenkavalier, Strauss - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne & Royal Albert Hall, London)
  • Billy Budd, Britten - Glyndebourne Opera (Brooklyn Academy Music, New York)
2013   
  • Falstaff, Verdi - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne)
  • Don Pasquale, Donzietti - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne)
  • Billy Budd, Britten - Glyndebourne Opera (Glyndebourne & Royal Albert Hall, London)
2012   
  • 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) 
2010    
  • Belshazzar, Handel  - RNCM with Manchester Camerata (RNCM Theatre)
2008    
  • Date Expectations, Aberdeen Student Show (His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen)
2002    
  • La Traviata, Verdi  - Haddo Choral and Operatic Society (Haddo House Theatre)
1997    
  • Carmen, Bizet - Haddo Choral and Operatic Society (Haddo House Theatre)

RNCM Opera Scenes:
2012     
  • Mephistopheles - Faust, Gounod (Dir: Stefan Janski)
2011     
  • Archibaldo - L'amore Dei Tre Re, Montemezzi (Dir: Garth Bardsley)
  •  Seneca - L'incoronazione di Poppea, Monteverdi (Dir: Stefan Janski)
2010     
  • 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)    

updated: 12.01.2023
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