JULIET FRASER, soprano & manager

Juliet was educated at the Purcell School as a first-study oboist and then at Selwyn College, Cambridge (1998–2002) where she read Music and History of Art. In her final year she joined the chapel choir of Clare College, directed by Timothy Brown, and began singing lessons.

Based in London, Juliet is a busy freelance soloist and consort singer, with a particular interest in early and contemporary music. She is the founder and manager of the acclaimed EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble. Besides her work with EXAUDI, Juliet sings regularly with Polyphony, Tenebrae, the Monteverdi Choir, The King’s Consort, and the BBC Singers. Among Juliet’s recent recording projects are discs of Judith Bingham (BBC Singers), Gabriel Jackson (Polyphony), Brahm's Deutsche Requiem (Monteverdi Choir), Lassus (Collegium Vocale Gent) and Howard Skempton (EXAUDI).

Solo engagements in 2008 include performances of Dvorak's Te Deum in Leicester's 'Youth Finds a Voice' event, Bach’s St John Passion in Bray, and Vaughan Williams' Benedicite in the Shoreham Festival. She also has performances with Kürbus in the Handel House Museum and Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, and is collaborating with guitarist Alan Thomas on 'Sing Softly...', a Dowland-based song programme, for performances in various UK festivals.