Laura Wright

Joining famous brands Camilla Kerslake, Sara Kempe, and Mary-Jess one of many young female sopranos vying for Katherine Jenkins’ crown, former All Angels vocalist Laura Wright’s mixture of traditional folk with luscious orchestration offered a fresh twist towards the classical crossover genre. Created in Framsden, Suffolk in 1990, she 1st found popularity at age group 15 upon earning BBC R2’s Chorister of the entire year competition at Westminster Abbey, and carrying out a suggestion from composer Howard Goodall a yr later, was chosen from over 120 auditioners to become listed on a fresh four-piece choral group, All Angels. Wright made an appearance on the 2006 self-titled debut, and follow-ups Into Heaven (2007) and Soar Away (2009), double sang before the Queen, and performed the Country wide Anthem at both Twickenham and Wembley Stadium before departing to review opera at London’s Royal University of Music. After carrying out Frank Sinatra’s “My Method” at a tribute towards the past due England football supervisor Bobby Robson, she authorized a solo cope with Decca Information and continuing to stability her research with many extracurricular sports contests and a part-time work like a waitress, while documenting her debut recording. Inspired with a publication of traditional folk amounts offered to her by her grandmother, THE FINAL Rose featured traditional interpretations of tracks spanning four generations, from 1600s Scottish ballad “WATER Is Wide” towards the 1920s musical version of W.B. Yeats poem “Down from the Salley Landscapes.” Made by the group behind the state Royal Wedding recording (Anna Barry, John Rutter, Paul Mealor) and offering the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, it topped the traditional graphs and reached amount 24 in the state U.K. record graph on its discharge in 2011, the same calendar year she backed Les Misérables tenor Alfie Boe and Any Wish Will Do champion Lee Mead on the U.K. travels.