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Joyce Tindsley was born in Lancashire and, after graduating with a BMus(Hons) from UCNW, Bangor where she studied with William Mathias, went on to study at the RNCM with Barbara Robotham and Christopher Underwood, continuing her studies with Opera North’s Wyn Davies and Sally Burgess.
Whilst at College she appeared as Hermia in Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Marcellina in Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro” and Arnalta in Monteverdi’s “L’Incoronazione di Poppea”. After leaving College she sang the part of Olga in Tschaikowsky’s “Eugene Onegin” for Clonter Opera and was asked to sing with English National Opera.
Joyce has sung at the Wigmore Hall and in 2003 one of her recitals was filmed for inclusion in a documentary about Kathleen Ferrier. In November 2005 she was involved in recording David Briggs’ “Requiem” with the Northern Chamber Orchestra and in November 2007 she recorded Sasha Johnson-Manning’s “The Manchester Carols”. Joyce sings regularly for Radio 4’s Daily Service broadcasting live both as a member of the choir and as a soloist. She is also a member of the Britten Singers, formerly the BBC Northern Singers.
As a soloist Joyce’s performances include Mozart’s “Requiem” with Sir David Willcocks at Coventry Cathedral for the International Church Music Festival , Bach’s “St. John Passion” with the English Haydn Orchestra, Copland’s “In the Beginning” for Christopher Herrick and Tippett’s “A Child of Our Time” at venues including the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and Lichfield Cathedral as part of the Festival there.
Recent and forthcoming performances include Durufle’s “Requiem” at Manchester Cathedral, Elgar’s “The Apostles” at Kings College Cambridge for Stephen Cleobury , Bach’s “B Minor Mass” at Chester Cathedral, and Janacek’s “Glagolitic Mass” for Christopher Herrick at Guildford Cathedral.
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