Lizzy Hardman

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)