Winner of RNCM Song Cycle Competition (2023)

Winner of Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition (2022)

Winner of Trinity Laban Stephen Sondheim Student Performer of the Year (2020)

“Stealing the show this evening was Sophie Clarke as The Witch. Commanding the stage with her every entrance.” Matthew Dougall, Number 9 Reviews (Into The Woods, 2023) (2023)

“Talented Mezzo-Soprano Sophie Clarke sang her heart out.” Michael Cookson, Seen and Heard International (The Snow Maiden, 2023) (2023)

“With a rich voice, boyish charm and a well-observed male body language she is well-prepared for the Cherubinos and assorted trouser roles which are bound to come her way.“ Leon Berger, international Gilbert and Sullivan Society (The Snow Maiden, 2023) (2023)

"The wonderful voice of Sophie Clarke!” Billy Hui, BBC Radio Merseyside (2022)

"A wonderful, consummate performer. This young lady can do everything." Steve Macfarlane, Parr Street Recording Studios

"A wonderful, consummate performer. This young lady can do everything." Steve Macfarlane, Parr Street Recording Studios

Sophie Clarke is a Mezzo-Soprano, Actor and Recording Artist from Liverpool, UK. Praised for her "beautiful story telling" and "touching performances", Sophie has entered the classical music industry with thousands of loyal listeners and a line of successful performances. She has performed as a soloist in prestigious concert venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall and Bridgewater Hall and she is currently charming audiences all over the UK and Ireland with London Concertante Orchestra on their West End Musicals Tour.

Sophie is in her final year studying for a Masters of Music in Classical Singing and Opera at The Royal Northern College of Music under the tutelage of Yvonne Howard. She is the first student at the RNCM to be sponsored by the international Gilbert and Sullivan Society and she is also kindly sponsored by the Hargreaves and Ball Scholarship, Mr P Snook and Ms J Hodge. Sophie is the RNCM Song Cycle Competition Winner 2023 and the Patricia Routledge National English Song Competition Winner 2022, for which she was subsequently invited to perform as part of the London Song Festival. Recent highlights include performing as a soloist for The Hallé 2024 Steve Reich Festival alongside Colin Currie, playing the role of the 'Witch' in Sondheim's 'Into The Woods' for the RNCM 50 Year Anniversary and performing as the Mezzo-Soprano Soloist in Bernstein’s 'Mass' firstly at The Royal Festival Hall in London, conducted by Marin Alsop, and then at Bridgewater Hall for the Manchester Premiere, conducted by Clark Rundell. In June of 2023, Sophie was delighted to make her Wigmore Hall debut singing works by composer Larry Goves to celebrate the RNCM 50 Year Anniversary.

Sophie also forms part of a duo called Cantelina with classical guitarist Ravi Nathwani. Praised as "such an amazing talent", Cantelina perform in a selection of concerts all over the UK and were recently invited to perform for the National Day of Spain by the Consul of Spain. Other performances include recitals at Whitworth Art Gallery, the Kings Hall and a pre-concert performance for BBC Philharmonic at Bridgewater Hall. The duo also record a selection of music from Spanish art song to crossover arrangements for commercial release and have amassed several thousand loyal listeners across digital music platforms. Most recently, they performed their classical crossover arrangement of Billy Joel's 'And So It Goes' live on BBC Radio Merseyside. 

In Opera, Sophie has recently played the role of 'Lyel' in Rimsky-Korsakov's 'The Snow Maiden' for the RNCM Winter Opera 2023 and in summer 2023 Sophie was a Young Artist for Buxton International Festival performing as a member of the chorus in Bellini's 'La Sonnambula'. Sophie was also selected to attend a weekend residency at Opera North as a Leverhulme Arts Scholar to work on Baroque operatic repertoire with Laurence Cummings, Matthew Eberhardt and Will Cole.

Sophie is a proud Ambassador for Liverpool Heartbeat Charity and since the age of nine she has performed in various charity concerts and events every year all over the country, most prominently for The British Heart Foundation singing to raise funds for defibrillators to be installed into public spaces.

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