Hope Pugh

Mezzo-soprano

[Jamie Mackenzie-Hall @JWHallBaritone]

Whenever you take away a child's access to music, you take away access to one of the surest and purest ways of finding happiness in this difficult and stressful world. Teach the arts and you'll end up with thoughtful, creative, flexible, community-minded, well-rounded adults.

[Andrew Morris @devilstrillblog]

The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama told its staff today that it is axeing its junior department at the end of this term. Almost 200 children study there on saturdays. That will all stop in July. This is not rich kids playing expensive instruments. One of them texted...

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

The last time I saw @XanderArmstrong in person I was a young singer taking part in @BBCSoP School Choir of the year - Tonight I saw him dressed as a unicorn popping balloons on a bouncy hopper! Really enjoyed being in the audience tonight 😂 @joelycett #latenightlycett

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

Audition season begins for me. It’s SO expensive tho! £280 for 3 auditions, 2 return train journeys £90 and because 2 are both at 10am one day after the other a hotel room for 2 nights…£350. I’ll let you do the maths…

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

I’m in Waterstones and I come across @clarkegeorgina1 ‘s book! Definitely purchasing for my holiday reading (: ❤️#birmingham xx

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

Loved loved loved being part of this!!

[Genesis Sixteen @GenesisSixteen]

Tune into @BBCRadio3 this Wed 2 Aug at 4pm (& again on Sunday!) to listen to Genesis Sixteen's Choral Evensong broadcast, recorded earlier this month in the glorious @stalbansholborn. Fab music by Caterina Assandra, Rose, Esquivel & Byrd! @Genesis_Fndn

https://t.co/bVcqaCGNjq

[Genesis Sixteen @GenesisSixteen]

Tune into @BBCRadio3 this Wed 2 Aug at 4pm (& again on Sunday!) to listen to Genesis Sixteen's Choral Evensong broadcast, recorded earlier this month in the glorious @stalbansholborn. Fab music by Caterina Assandra, Rose, Esquivel & Byrd! @Genesis_Fndn

https://t.co/bVcqaCGNjq

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

Loving visiting Perpignan! Here I am at the Palace of the Kings of Majorca 🎶 Very beautiful and a great acoustic in lots of the rooms! Off to Girona today ☀️ #perpignan #france

[Genesis Foundation @Genesis_Fndn]

After a fantastic year of workshops, rehearsals & performances, @GenesisSixteen cohort 12 has come to a close 👏🎶

Our singers took part in 3 performances at the end of their final course @stalbansholborn (airing on @BBCRadio3 next Wednesday), @StJPiccadilly & @KingsPlace.

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

Today one of my pupils has been teaching me #Wolof as they are from Gambia 🇬🇲 I’m going to try and incorporate it into the upper voices christmas song I’m writing for my choir at the @WalsallMusicHub Christmas Concert 🎵 #music #musiceducation #choir

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

Conducting my SSA [Upper Voices] choir in concert for the first time on Thursday - Feel a lot more confident after my @singforpleasure course in Bromsgrove - But still a little nervous! #music #conducting

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

@clarkegeorgina1 Totally 😂 It’s all swirling around in my head haha!

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

On the train back to Birmingham and humming Spem in Alium to myself…Bit of an ear worm!

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

Final day of singing teaching at one of my schools! One pupil requested we sing through the prologue of @lesmisofficial - Turns out I’m quite a convincing Javert! 24601! #singing #musicaltheatre #musiceducation

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

Having such trouble trying to buy my academic hood from Ede and Ravenscroft…Been over a year since I graduated! Just want to wear it for evensong 🎶@MyBCU

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

One week of work left and then HOLIDAYS! Vocally exhausted!

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

What an amazing year I have had. @GenesisSixteen ♥️ A core memory ✨🎶 A photo of TEAM ALTO 🎶 @Genesis_Fndn Thankyou so much for enabling this amazing opportunity ♥️

[Genesis Sixteen @GenesisSixteen]

✨TODAY IS THE DAY✨ Our graduating cohort is joined by alumni friends to perform Tallis’s monumental 40-part ‘Spem in alium’, alongside @bednallmusic’s equally fab 40-part ‘Lux orta est in iusto’🎶 Check out @TheSixteen insta for a sneak peak listen 📸 @Genesis_Fndn @KingsPlace

[Hope Pugh @HopeyMusic]

An amazing last course in London with @GenesisSixteen @Genesis_Fndn Cohort 12! 🎶 One day left to go - Spem here we come! 🎶 #singing #choralmusic 📸 - Jess H, I edited out HC and ED

[Genesis Sixteen @GenesisSixteen]

#GenesisSixteen sounding sublime* ahead of their @BBCRadio3 Choral Evensong (recorded for broadcast on Wed 2 Aug) at 5pm TODAY @stalbansholborn! Here’s @ejdougan conducting the Magnificat by little known Spaniard composer Juan Esquivel! 🎶 @Genesis_Fndn