We find out how five independent school alumni are thriving on their chosen career paths, in spite of the impact of a global pandemic
Independent school alumni from Trinity School, Warwick School, Harrogate Ladies’ College, The Leys School and Monmouth School for Boys fill us in on what the last year has been like in their chosen professions.
Joel Williams, 28, Trinity School, Croydon, Opera singer
“I feel blessed that I?m following a career doing what I love. I was very happy during my seven years at Trinity, especially in the music department. I continued singing at Cambridge, where I was a choral scholar at King?s, singing in their international broadcasts and singing solos across the world. I was then awarded the Kiri te Kanawa Scholarship for a postgraduate place at the Royal College of Music. I have more than 25 roles under my belt, including Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and Lysander in A Midsummer Night?s Dream.” “I?m now a member of the Centre de Perfeccionament del Palau de les Arts in Valencia. Having arrived in Spain with only a smattering of Spanish, I was thrown into rehearsals, entirely in Spanish, for Nozze di Figaro on my induction day! It?s been a steep learning curve, both in terms of languages and technique, studying under the great Rossini specialist Raúl Giménez. I was singing in Rossini?s Viaggio a Reims when the Covid-19 outbreak took hold and resorted to practising at home. Fortunately, my neighbours were delighted when I to...