
Lizzy Hardman
- Position: Concerts Marketing and Events Assistant
- Email: E.M.Hardman@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: G.05 School of Music
- Website: Elizabeth Hardman Soprano | LinkedIn
Profile
I am a marketing and events professional as well as a professional soprano. I graduated, after studying with the Head of School Excellence Scholarship, with a distinction and two commendations for outstanding achievement in music performance. My postgraduate studies were completed at the University of Leeds after graduating in Music from King’s College London. I am currently conducting PhD research on ‘Confronting canonicity and promoting diversity: Gender and contemporary concert programming’ with Drs Laura Hamer and Manuella Blackburn in collaboration with the Donne Foundation, supported by and OOC-DTP studentship.
I was also a co-founder of Be Extra – Wellbeing for the Arts, a community interest company aiming to bring mental health resources to those working in the arts industry in the UK.
My operatic performances include:
- Flora (Dove’s The Enchanted Pig)
- Semele (Handel’s Semele)
- Rosalinde (Strauss’ Die Fledermaus)
- Mrs Grose (Britten’s Turn of the Screw)
- Melia (Mozart’s Apollo et Hyacinthus)
- Cunegonde/Paquette (Bernstein’s Candide)
- Dido (Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas)
I also play piano and clarinet in a number of Leeds ensembles.
Responsibilities
- Marketing and publicity UoL International Concert Series
- Event management for UoL International Concert Series
Research interests
My main interests lie within concert programming, performance (particularly verismo opera), and gender studies. Previous theses include ‘‘In Praise of Women’: the fates and treatment of women in Sondheim’s musicals’ and ‘‘Il dolce suono’: the semiotics of diegetic opera in film’.
I am currently conducting PhD research on ‘Confronting canonicity and promoting diversity: Gender and contemporary concert programming’ with Drs Laura Hamer and Manuella Blackburn in collaboration with the Donne Foundation, supported by and OOC-DTP studentship.
Qualifications
- MMus Performance | University of Leeds (2020)
- BMus Music | King's College London (2018)