2025 Dates

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RECITAL | Helensburgh Music Society

16 February

Aesop Ensemble 

Jessica Leary (Soprano)

Andrew McTaggart (Baritone)

Andrew Drummond-Huggan (Cello)

Andrew Forbes (Piano)

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RECITAL | Scottish Arts Club (Edinburgh)

28 March

Programme includes Schubert Auf dem Strom & Shepherd on the Rock

Jessica Leary (Soprano)

Kirstin Hall (Clarinet)

Neil Mantle (Horn)

Gillian Gray (Piano)

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BRAHMS Requiem | Greenock Philharmonic Chorr

29 March

Conductor: Nicholas Wilkes

Jessica Leary (Soprano)

Tim Edmundson (Baritone)

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HANDEL Messiah | Colinton Choir 

31 March

Conductor: Timothy Coleman

Jessica Leary (Soprano)

Lea Shaw (Mezzo Soprano)

Ian Milne (Tenor)

Jerome Knox (Bass)

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HANDEL Messiah | St Andrews Chorus 

5 April

Conductor: Michael Downes

Jessica Leary (Soprano)

Domenic matos (Counter Tenor)

Jamie MacDougall (Tenor)

Ben McAteer (Bass)

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SCHUBERT Mass in G Major | Inverness Choral Society 

13 April

Conductor: Gordon Tocher

Jessica Leary (Soprano)

Rowan Gillard (Tenor)

Seamus Brady (Baritone)

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HANDEL Belshazzar | Edinburgh Bach Choir 

7 June

Jessica Leary (Nitocris)

Lea Shaw (Cyrus)

Catherine Backhouse (Daniel)

Aron O'Hare (Belshazzar)

Jerome Know (Gobryas)

Edinburgh Bach Society Orchestra

Conductor: Nicholas Wilkes

 

Pop-Up Opera Tour | Scottish Opera 

GILBERT & SULLIVAN (arr. Clark) | A Little Bit of Pirates of Penzance

GILBERT & SULLIVAN (arr. Clark) | A Little Bit of Gondoliers

Dates throughout May-July

Jessica Leary (Soprano)

Holly Teague (Soprano)

Colin Murray (Baritone)

Sasha Saviloni (Guitar)

Andrew Drummond Huggan (Cello)

Alan Dunn (Narrator)

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RECITAL | St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh

2 August

Programme includes Schubert Auf dem Strom & Shepherd on the Rock

Jessica Leary (Soprano)

Kirstin Hall (Clarinet)

Neil Mantle (Horn)

Gillian Gray (Piano)

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SCOTTISH VOICES | Cumbrae Music Series

31 August

Music by Graham hair, John Gormley, Katie Cooper

Sopranos: Jessica Leary & Rosie Lavery

Mezzo Sopranos: Laura Margaret Smith & Taylor Wilson

Harp: Sharron Griffiths

Conductor: Graham Hair

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SCOTTISH VOICES | Recording

1 September

Music by Graham hair, John Gormley, Katie Cooper

Sopranos: Jessica Leary & Rosie Lavery

Mezzo Sopranos: Laura Margaret Smith & Taylor Wilson

Harp: Sharron Griffiths

Conductor: Graham Hair

 

 

HANDEL Messiah | Melrose Music Festival

6 September

Conductor: Robert Marshall

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​WAGNER Parsifal (Act 2) | Mahler Players 

20 & 21 September

Jessica Leary (Blumenmädchen)

Catriona Clark (Blumenmädchen)

Laura Margaret Smith (Blumenmädchen)

Full Cast TBA

Conductor: Tomas Leakey

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RECITAL | Edinburgh Society of Musicians

6 December

Programme includes Schubert Auf dem Strom & Shepherd on the Rock

Jessica Leary (Soprano)

Kirstin Hall (Clarinet)

Neil Mantle (Horn)

Gillian Gray (Piano)

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2024 Dates

 

 

HANDEL Messiah

Soprano Soloist 

17 March 

Conductor: Derek Clark & Orchestra of Scottish Opera 

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BACH Magnificat & VIVALDI Gloria

Soprano Soloist  

St Andrews Chorus | Holy Trinity Church, St Andrews

23 March

Conductor: Michael Downes

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​​R&D Sessions with NOISE Opera

(Soprano Soloist)

15-19 April

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LEHAR (arr. Clark) A Little Bit of The Merry Widow

Soprano Soloist

Pop-Up Opera Tour | Scottish Opera 

25, 26 May

1, 2, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 28, 29 June

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MOZART (arr. Clark) A Little Bit of Don Giovanni

Soprano Soloist

Pop-Up Opera Tour | Scottish Opera 

25, 26 May

1, 2, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 28, 29 June

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McCUSKER Sophie & Bear (Sophie)

Scottish Opera

Touring May-June

* New Commission for Scottish Opera Education

Composer: Graham McCusker

Writers & Directors: Jessica Leary & Andrew McTaggart

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RECITAL 'Lied me to the sea'

Aesop Ensemble | Aberdeen Arts Festival

21 July

Jessica Leary (Soprano)

Andrew McTaggart (Baritone)

Andrew Drummond-Huggan (Cello)

Andrew Forbes (Piano)

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MOZART Litanei K195 & Coronation Mass

Soprano Soloist

Cadenza Choir | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh

24 August

Conductor: Timothy Coleman 

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BRITTEN Albert Herring

Emmie, Cis, Harry (Cover)

Scottish Opera & Lammermuir Festival

5,6 September & 18, 22 October

Conductor: William Cole

Director: Daisy Evans

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~ Maternity Leave ~

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