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2010

Wednesday 27th Jan
Italian Opera, Song & Food, Watts Slope, Whitley Bay 

Saturday 30th Jan
Recital: St Mary the Virgin, Whickham, Newcastle Upon Tyne.  

Wednesday 3rd – Saturday 6th (2 perf.) Feb
Eisenstein (Strauss Die Fledermaus) Aquarian Opera, Barn Theatre, Oxted. Surrey

Friday 26th Feb
Chorus (Brahms Requiem) Northern Sinfonia (Mario Venzago) Elisabeth Watt, Sage, Gateshead 

Tuesday 2nd – Saturday 6th (2 perf.) March
Aesculapius Carboy (The Zoo) & Ralph Rackstraw (HMS Pinafore) Savoy Singers (Richard Stockton) The Camberley Theatre, Camberley.  

Thursday 11th March
Soloist (Mozart Coronation Mass) Willington School Choir & Orchestra, Sacred Heart, Edge Hill, London

Friday 26th March
Recital: - with Ben Lathbury (piano) Central School, Chichester PO19 1DQ, 

Saturday 12th June
Soloist (Monteverdi Vespers) Church of the Holy Trinity, Privett, Hampshire GU34 3PE 

Thursday 1st – Saturday 3rd July
Sir Walter Raleigh (German Merrie England) Princes Risborough Music Society (Chris Grant), Longwick Hall, Princes Risborough, Bucks 

Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th July
Monk, Parasite, Beggar (Britten Prodigal Son) & Chorus (Mendelssohn Homecoming) Ryedale Festival (Libby Burgess), Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire

Monday 9th – Tuesday 10th August
Monk, Parasite, Beggar (Britten Prodigal Son) & Chorus (Mendelssohn Homecoming) Grimeborn Festival (Libby Burgess), Arcola Theatre, London

Saturday 11th Sept
Solo Recital with Michael Grave (organ/piano), Longnewton Parish church

Friday 24th Sept
Chorus (Tippett Child of our Time) Northern Sinfonia (Zehitmair), Kate Royal, Madeleine Shaw, Paul Nilon & Jonathan Lemalu. Sage, Gateshead.  

Friday 12th Nov
Tenor soloist (Mozart Coronation Mass) Riding Mill Choral Soc.

Saturday 13tth Nov
30th Birthday Gala Concert with Jonathan Bloxham (Cello), St Mary’s Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne

Saturday 27h Nov
Soloist (Handel Judas Maccabaeus) Maldon Choral Soc. (Gillian Ward Russell) United Reform Church, Maldon, Essex

Saturday 4th Dec
Tenor soloist (Britten St Nicholas), Wantage Choral Soc.(Richard Smith) Wantage Parish Church, Oxfordshire

Sundy 12th Dec
Soloist (Carol service) - Central School, Chichester

2011

Saturday 23rd March 2011, 7.30pm
Tenor Soloist (Bach St John Passion) Durham Cathedral

Saturday 9th April 2011 7.00pm 
Tenor Soloist (Verdi Requiem), Chichester Cathedral

Friday 6th – Saturday 7th May, 7.30pm                       
Conductor & Fiorello (Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia), WSO, The Assembly Rooms, North Street, Chichester PO19 1LQ www.wso.kk5.org Tickets £25-10

Saturday 11th June, 7.00pm
Tenor Soloist (Mozart Requiem) Bromley Philharmonic Choir (Robyn Sevastos), St. John the Evangelist, Park Rd, Bromley. 

Monday 20th June, 5.00pm
Recital (Neoplitan & European Song), The Millstream Hotel, Bosham Lane, Bosham, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 8HL

Thursday 30th June – Saturday 2nd July, 7.30pm
Marco (Sullivan The Gondoliers) Princes Risborough Music Society (Chris Grant), Longwick Hall, Princes Risborough, Bucks 

Friday 19th August, 8.00pm 
Opera Classics & Dinner, Jon Grave & Susan Legg, The Kennels, Goodwood, Chichester PO18 0PN www.goodwood.co.uk/kennels Tickets £70

Saturday 24th September, 7.30pm
Chorus (Mozart Mass in C minor) Northern Sinfonia & Chorus (Thomas Zehetmair) www.thesagegateshead.org Tickets £31-

Saturday 23rd March 2011, 7.30pm
Tenor Soloist (Bach St John Passion) Durham Cathedral

Saturday 9th April 2011 7.00pm 
Tenor Soloist (Verdi Requiem), Chichester Cathedral

Friday 6th – Saturday 7th May, 7.30pm                       
Conductor & Fiorello (Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia), WSO, The Assembly Rooms, North Street, Chichester PO19 1LQ www.wso.kk5.org Tickets £25-10

Saturday 11th June, 7.00pm
Tenor Soloist (Mozart Requiem) Bromley Philharmonic Choir (Robyn Sevastos), St. John the Evangelist, Park Rd, Bromley. 

Monday 20th June, 5.00pm
Recital (Neoplitan & European Song), The Millstream Hotel, Bosham Lane, Bosham, Chichester, West Sussex PO18 8HL

Thursday 30th June – Saturday 2nd July, 7.30pm
Marco (Sullivan The Gondoliers) Princes Risborough Music Society (Chris Grant), Longwick Hall, Princes Risborough, Bucks 

Friday 19th August, 8.00pm 
Opera Classics & Dinner, Jon Grave & Susan Legg, The Kennels, Goodwood, Chichester PO18 0PN www.goodwood.co.uk/kennels Tickets £70

Saturday 24th September, 7.30pm
Chorus (Mozart Mass in C minor) Northern Sinfonia & Chorus (Thomas Zehetmair) www.thesagegateshead.org Tickets £31-

2012

riday 11th February, 7.30pm
Opera Classics & Dinner, Jon Grave & Susan Legg, The Kennels, Goodwood, Chichester PO18 0PN www.goodwood.co.uk/kennels Tickets £70
        

Wednesday 7th March, 7.30pm
Aeneas in Dido & Aeneas (WSO)
University of Chichester Chapel www.wsopera.com

Saturday 10th March, 7.30pm
Tenor Soloist (Handel Messiah), Sussex Chorus (Neil Jenkins), Brighton

Friday 16th March, 7.30pm
Aeneas in Dido & Aeneas (WSO)
Assembly Rooms, Chichester www.wsopera.com

Saturday 17th March, 7.30pm
Aeneas in Dido & Aeneas (WSO)
West Wittering Memorial Hall
www.wsopera.com

Saturday June 30th, 7.30pm
Tenor soloist (Mozart Requiem, Haydn St Nicholas), Ryton Choral Society (David Murray)
Ryton School
www.rytonchoralsociety.org.uk

Friday 13th July, 7.30pm
Conductor & Director: Cosi fan tutte (WSO)
West Wittering Memorial Hall
www.wsopera.com

Saturday 14th July, 7.30pm
Conductor & Director: Cosi fan tutte (WSO)
Assembly Rooms, Chichester www.wsopera.com

Tuesday 14th - Sunday 19th August
Vocal tutor, conductor and choral singer
St Albans Liturgical Music Course,
St Albans Cathedral

Saturday 18th August, 7.00pm
Soloist in Schumann's Dichterliebe with Richard Smith (piano)
St Albans Baptist Church

Saturday 1st September  Recital of Schumann's Dichterliebe and Young Man's Exhortation (Finzi)

7.30pm October 5th - 6th, 2012
Director Trial by Jury (WSO)
Assembly Rooms, Chichester

Saturday 1st December, 7.30pm 
Soloist (Handel's Messiah) Froxfield Chior (Richard Smith) 
Petersfield Festival Hall

Thursday 6th & Friday 7th December
Chichester Cathedral (Tim Ravalde & Sarah Baldock)

2013

Friday 19th - Saturday 20th January Tea at the Opera
St Saviour's Church, Brokley Rise
London SE23

WSO Opera Gala March

24th March Bach St John Passion (in English)
Evangelist - Cambridge

29th March Bach St John Passion (in German)
Evangelist, Maldon, Essex

Saturday 4th May, Wedding Soloist, London

Melvyn Bragg  - Francis Bacon Opera (Stephen Crowe)
6, 7, 8 & 9th May -James Joyce Centre, Dublin
7th & 9th May @ Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, Dublin 

Saturday 1st June, Wedding Soloist, Winchester
            
Wed 26th- Sat 29th June
The Duke of Dunstable - Patience 
Princes Risborough Music Society, Longwick Hall, Princes Risborough, Bucks. HP27 9QY Tickets £12

17th July Recital, Bauge France

18th July - 6th August 
Aida (Messanger), Die Fledermaus (Ramusen) and L'elisir d'amore (Nemorino)

Opera de Bauge / Philip Hesketh
Centre René d’Anjou, 49150 Baugé

7th, 11th August Recital
Bytca, Slovakia

27th August - 1st September
Litchfield Cathedral
Liturgical Music Course, Vocal Tutor 

1st September, 7.00pm
Recital with Richard Smith (piano), 
Lichfield Cathedral 
Repertoire Schumann Dichterliebe

21st September - Tea at the Opera
Tenor soloist

26th September - Solo Opera Concert
with Michael Grave (piano)
St. Mary the Virgin, Whickham
Newcastle upon Tyne

27th September Guest Solist
Concert Citizen's Choir
Empire Theatre, Consett

2014

Jan Aida (Chorus, cover Radames)
Opera de Bauge, The Rose Theatre, London

Jan/Feb Chichester Cathedral, Deputy Lay Clerk

21st February - Chichester Music Festival
Vocal Classes Accompanist

21st-23rd February - Colin Baldy Vocal Masterclass
Chelmsford Cathedral & Maldon, Essex
Repetiteur

Sunday 23rd February
Recital with Colin Baldy, St Mary's, Maldon, Essex

Saturday 8th March, 7.30pm
Guest soloist with Kristel Seidler (Soprano)
Itchenor Sailing Club, Itchenor, West Sussex PO20 7AG
Tickets including 3 course meal £38.50
01243 512 400 / office@itchenorsailingclub.co.uk

Saturday 15th March, 7.00pm
Opera Soiree with Kristel Seideler (Soprano)
Ticekts £10

Saturday 17th May 2014
Soloist, Villa Gita, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

2nd June 2014
Piano Soloist, Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata
Jalan S Parman, West Sumatra

Friday 4th March, 8.30pm
Soloist with Kristel Seidler (Soprano)
Itchenor Sailing Club, Itchenor, West Sussex PO20 7AG

Sunday 6th JUly, 10.00am & 11.00am
Tenor with Chichester Cathedral Choir
Chichester Cathedral

Saturday 19th July, 7.00pm
Il bel sogno - Soloist with Kristel Seidler (Soprano)
Tickets £10/£8 Box office 01243 813 595
http://www.chichestertickets.co.uk/item/west-sussex-opera-il-bel-sogno/2548.shtml


Saturday 19th July, 7.00pm
Il bel sogno - Soloist with Kristel Seidler (Sop)
Tickets £10/8/£5 Box office 01243 813 595
http://www.chichestertickets.co.uk/item/west-sussex-opera-il-bel-sogno/2548.shtml

2nd August 2014
Soloist, Nuremberg, Germany

11th-16th August 2014
Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
New London Opera Players
Directed by Robin Green
Greenhithe, Kent

18th-30th August 2014
Aegisth & Junger Diener in Elektra (Richard Strauss)
New London Opera Players
Directed by Robin Green
Greenhithe, Kent

Mon 1st September 2014
Tenor Soloist
Taormina, Sicily, Italy

Sat 25th Oct, 7.30pm 2014
Tenor soloist and accompanist with Ben Lathbury
inc. Mozart Piano Concerto
St Mary's, Ifield

Thurs 30th October - Sun 2nd November 2014
Joseph in La Traviata (Opera South)

Sat 8th November, 7.00pm
World War I: 100th Anniversary of Start Concert
Solo Recital: Jon Grave (tenor), Michael Grave (piano)
St Mary the Virgin, Church Chare, Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE16 4SH
Tickets £7 (on the door)
Call: 0191 488 1553 / 01207 506 208
Email: musicrecitals@yahoo.co.uk

Sat 6th December, 7.30pm 2014
Tenor Soloist in Handel's Messiah (Chichester Singers)
Chichester Cathedral
Conducted by Jonathan Wilcox

Sun 7th December, 6.00pm
Tenor Soloist in Handel's Messiah

Conducted by Richard Smith
All Saints, Wokingham
www.allsaintschoirwokingham.org.uk

Sun 14th December, 7.00pm
Handel's Messiah
Royal Northern Sinfonia / Paul McCreesh
Hall One, The Sage
www.sagegateshead.com/event/messiah-14-12-14/

2015

Thursday 5th March, 7.00pm
Soloist in Tosti's Malinconia
The University of Chichester Chapel
Piano - Craig Thomas

Saturday 14th March, 7.30pm
Tenor Solist in Bach's St John Passion
Durweston Choral Society, Simon Twiselton
Blandford, Dorset

Saturday 21st March, 7.30pm
Evangelist in St Mark Passion - Charles Wood
Shoreham Chamber Choir / Stuart Hutchinson
Tickets £7

Sunday 29th March, 6.00 pm
Tenor soloist in Stainer's Crucifixion
St James Church, Birdham
Susan Yarnall

Friday 3rd April
Evangelist in Bach's St John Passion
Colin Baldy
Maldon, Essex

Thursday 28th - Saturday 30th May 2015, 8.00pm
Jean-Francois Berthelier in Stephen Plaice/Donizetti/Offenbach's Bouffe (Brighton Festival)
The Church of the Annunication, 89 Washington St, Brighton
www.annunciationbrighton.org.uk
Tickets £10/8

Friday 10th July, 7.30pm
Soloist / Chorus in Scarlatti's Stabat Mater & other works
Maldon Festival / Colin Baldy
All Saints Church, Maldon, Essex

Wednesday 15th - Saturday 25th July
Repetiteur for Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro
with Maestri Nicoletta Conti, Colin Baldy and Andrea Cappelleri 
Scheggino, Umbria, Italy
San Gemini, Umbria, Italy
Lugnano, Umbria Italy
Wednesday 29th-30th July
Soloist (Dichterliebe Schubert)
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
William Allenby / Elizabeth Rowe Masterclass

Saturday 29th August, 7.00pm
Solo Recital: Schubert's Dichterliebe & English Song
Piano - Michael Grave
St Mary the Virgin, Church Chare, Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tickets £8 (on the door)
Call: 0191 488 1553 / 01207 506 208
email: musicrecitals@yahoo.co.uk

Wednesday 2nd September, 3.00pm 2015
Solo Recital: Schubert's Dichterliebe & Finzi's Young Man's Exhortation
Piano - Ben Hall
The University of Chichester Chapel
Chichester, West Sussex

Saturday 26th September, 7.30pm 2015
Solo Recital: Schumann's Dichterliebe, Finzi Young Man's Exhortation & Britten Folk Songs
Piano - Stuart Hutchinson
St Mary de Haura
Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex

Sunday 15th November, 5.00 pm
Nanki Poo in Gilbert & Sullivan's Mikado
St James Church, Birdham
Susan Yarnall

Saturday 12th December, 6.30pm 2015
Tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah
Holy Trinity Church, Bosham
Ben Lathbury

Wednesday 24th December, 11.00pm 2015,
Tenor Solist in Bach's Weinachts Oritorium
Leimen-St.Ilgen, Heidelberg, Germany
​

2016

Thur 11th -Sat 13th Feb 2016  7.30pm
Jean-Francois Berthelier in Stephen Plaice/Offenbach's Bouffe
The Assembly Rooms, North Street,
Chichester    www.wsopera.com
Tickets £20

Saturday 12th March, 7.30pm

Soloist in Handel's Coronation Anthems with Vivaldi's Gloria
Ryton Choral Society / David Murray
​Prudhoe

Tuesday 14th March, 6.00pm

Accompanist in University of Chichester Languages Concert
University of Chichester Chapel
Bishop Otter Campus, Chichester

Sunday 20th March, 4.00 pm
Tenor Soloist in Handel's Messiah
St James Church, Birdham PO20 7HG
Susan Yarnall

Friday 25th March, 7.30pm

Evangelist in Bach's St John Passion
Colin Baldy
St Mary's, Maldon, Essex CM9 5HN

Wednesday 6th April
Soloist 
Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Leigh on Sea

​Saturday 9th April, 7.00pm

Solo Recital - That's Amore
Piano - Michael Grave
St Mary the Virgin, Church Chare, Whickham, Newcastle upon Tyne NE164SH
Tickets £8 - 0191 4881553 / 01207 506208
email: musicrecitals@yahoo.co.uk

Saturday 23rd April, 6.00pm
Soloist (Private Event)

Chichester Family Church
Chichester, West Sussex

Sunday 8th May 2016
Solo Recital including Schumann's Dichterliebe
Leimen-St.Ilgen, Heidelberg, Germany
​Michael Grave piano
Saturday 14th May 2016, 7.30pm
Solo Recital including Schumann's Dichterliebe
Piano - Michael Grave
Holy Trinity, Hinkley LE10 0AJ ​​

Thurs 28th - Sat 30th May 2015, 8.00pm

Jean-Francois Berthelier in Bouffe
Brighton Festival: WSO / Red Blonde Prod.
Church of the Annunication, 
89 Washington St, Brighton BN2 9SR
www.brightonfringe.co.uk/bouffe
Tickets £15/12

​Wed 29th June - Sat 2nd July, 7.30pm
Paris in La belle helene
Princes Risborough Music Society (Chris Grant), Longwick Hall, Princes Risborough, Bucks ​

​Saturday 9th July, 7.30pm

Evangelist in Bach's St Matthew Passion
Maldon Festival

Colin Baldy
St Mary's, Maldon, Essex CM9 5HN

Saturday 23rd July & Sunday 24th July, 7.00pm

Giuseppe in La Traviata
West Green House Opera
Oliver Gooch (conductor)
William Relton (Director)
Tickets £85-£125
www.westgreenhouseopera.co.uk

Sunday 6th November, 6.00pm

Solo Recital: Schubert's Winterreise
Holy Trinity Church, Bosham PO18 8HX
Ben Lathbury piano

​Saturday 12th November, 7.00pm

Solo Recital: Schubert's Winterreise
Michael Grave piano

St Mary the Virgin, Whickham NE16 4SH
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tickets £8 (£7 in advance)
Box office: 01207 506208

Saturday 10th December
Tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah
Holy Trinity Church, Bosham PO18 8HX
Ben Lathbury

2017

Saturday 21st February 2017
Solo Recital of Schubert's Winterreise
Leimen-St.Ilgen, Heidelberg, Germany
​Michael Grave piano

​Saturday 1st April, 7.30pm

Soloist in Schubert Mass in G & Elijah Solos
Ryton Choral Society / David Murray
​Prudhoe High School, NE42 5LJ

​Sunday 9th April, 4.00 pm

Tenor Soloist in Handel's Messiah
St James Church, Birdham PO20 7HG
Susan Yarnall

Friday 14th April, 7.30pm

Evangelist in Bach's St John Passion
Colin Baldy
St Mary's, Maldon, Essex CM9 5HN

Wednesday 19th April, 8.00pm

You Raise Me Up: Tenor Recital
Michael Grave - piano
Scarborough Spa, South Bay
http://www.ecgevent.org.uk/programme/














2018

Saturday 20th January, 7.30pm
Harbour Voices Concert
Conductor / Piano /Soloist
Jon Grave & Ben Lathbury
St Paul's Church, Chichester

Sunday 25th March, 4.00 pm
Tenor Soloist in Handel's Messiah
St James Church, Birdham PO20 7HG
Susan Yarnall

Sat 7th April,
Soloist, Mannheim, Germany

​Wed 27th - Sat 30th June, 7.30pm
Nanki Poo in The Mikado
Princes Risborough Music Society
Chris Grant
Longwick Hall, Princes Risborough, Bucks

Friday 30th March, 7.30pm
Evangelist in Bach's St John Passion
Colin Baldy
St Mary's, Maldon, Essex CM9 5HN

Thursday 20th September, 7.30pm
Tenor & Guitar Recital
Stansted House,
Rowlands Castle, Hampshire PO9 6DX

Saturday 20th October, 7.30pm
Solo Recital: Jon Grave (tenor), Michael Grave (piano)
Leimen-St.Ilgen, Heidelberg, Germany

Sat 8th November, 7.00pm
World War I 100th Anniversary
Solo Recital: Jon Grave (tenor), Michael Grave (piano)
St Mary the Virgin, Church Chare, Whickham,Newcastle upon Tyne,NE16 4SH
Tickets £7 (on the door)
Call: 0191 488 1553 / 01207 506 208
Email: musicrecitals@yahoo.co.uk

Saturday 1st December, 7.30pm
Harbour Voices Christmas Concert
Conductor / Piano /Soloist
Jon Grave & Ben Lathbury
St Paul's Church, Chichester

Sunday 2nd December, 6.00pm
Tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah
Holy Trinity Church, Bosham PO18 8HX
Ben Lathbury


Thu 6th - Sat 8th Dec
Humbug by Fraser Charlton (Havant Light Opera)
Conductor: Jon Grave























​Wed 28th June - Sat 1st July, 7.30pm
Otto in The Gypsy Baron
Princes Risborough Music Society (Chris Grant), Longwick Hall, Princes Risborough, Bucks

​Saturday 8th July, 7.30 pm
Lord Chancellor in Sullivan's Iolanthe
St James Church, Birdham PO20 7HG
Susan Yarnall ​

Thursday 31st August – Wed 6th September
Raimondo (Rota I due timidi)
Andrea Cappellieri
Teatro di Scheggino, Umbria, Italy

Friday 8th September, 8pm
Solo recital: Puccini Complete Songs
Scheggino, Umbria, Italy


Saturday 25th November, 7.30pm
Tenor soloist in Britten's St Nicholas
Christopher O''Neill
All Saints Church, Market Place
Kingston upon Thames


Sunday 3rd December, 6.00pm
Tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah
Holy Trinity Church, Bosham PO18 8HX
Ben Lathbury





2019















Tue 26th - Thu 28th February
Ferrando in Così fan tutte
Athenaeum Opera
The Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, London
Tickets £90

Sun 7th April, 6.00pm
Mr Jericho in Mr Jericho
Musical Director Jon Grave
Holy Trinity Church, Bosham

Sunday 14th April,
Soloistin Stainer's Crucifixion
St James Church, Birdham PO20 7HG
Susan Yarnall

Friday 19th April, 7.30pm
Evangelist in Bach's St John Passion
Colin Baldy
St Mary's, Maldon, Essex CM9 5HN


Sat 27th April,
Soloist, Mannheim, Germany

June, 7.30pm
Nanki Poo in The Mikado
Princes Risborough Music Society
Chris Grant
Longwick Hall, Princes Risborough, Bucks

Saturday 2nd November, 7.30pm
Harbour Voices Christmas Concert
Conductor / Piano /Soloist
Jon Grave & Ben Lathbury
St Paul's Church, Chichester

Saturday 23rd November, 7.30pm
Tenor soloist in Mendelssohn Lobgesang and Faure Requiem
Portsmouth Festival Chorus
Ben Lathbury

Sunday 1st December, 6.00pm
Tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah
Holy Trinity Church, Bosham PO18 8HX
Ben Lathbury


Thu 5th - Sat 7th Dec
Christmas Show by Fraser Charlton (Havant Light Opera)
Spring Theatre, Havant
Conductor: Jon Grave


Saturday 7th December, 2.30pm
Harbour Voices Christmas Concert
Conductor / Piano /Soloist
Jon Grave & Ben Lathbury

Catholic Church, Bosham
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