Wendy Dwyer

Wendy Dwyer is originally from Cork and began her musical journey at the age of 7 as a violin student in her home town where she achieved many scholarships and awards through the course of her studies. She then went to the Cork School of Music to study singing and drama where she was the recipient of many more scholarships and prizes.

Wendy attended University College Cork for five years where she was awarded an Honours Bachelor of Music degree, a higher diploma in education and later received an Honours Masters degree in Performance from the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Dublin City University.

To date, Wendy has had the privilege of working with some of the singing world’s most renowned teachers and coaches. These have included, the late Maeve Coughlan of the Cork School of Music; Irene Sandford of Queens University Belfast and vocal professor at the Royal Irish Academy of Music(RIAM);

Dr Veronica Dunne –Opera coach RIAM; Suzanne Murphy – Welsh National Opera; Paul Hamburger – Guild Hall School of Music and Drama(GHSMD), London; Robin Bowman – National Opera Studio and GHSMD, London; Mark Shanahan – English National Opera and GHSMD; Adrien de Peyer – School of Vocal Focus, London.

Wendy has won numerous prizes and awards in Ireland for soprano solo, lieder, opera and musical theatre competitions. She was also the recipient of the Irish Credit Union’s Bursary for Most Promising Talent.

Wendy is a regular on Irish TV and radio and her recordings to date include: Wings of the Morning – Sulane Studios, Cork; Jaysan Kouchak – Abbey Road Studios, London; and the current sensational “A Time For Us” from The Irish Sopranos recorded at Silver Stream Studios Dublin. Wendy’s operatic roles have included Marguerita in Faust; Papagena – The Magic Flute; Musetta – La Boheme. Recent soprano solo works include the Vivaldi Gloria and Bach Cantatas with the Cork Symphony Orchestra; a performance of modern music at the National Concert Hall, Dublin and lead role in Hot Food for Strangers, a contemporary opera by M.Ingoldsby.