The young Welsh Mezzo Soprano, born in the old slate-quarrying village of Deiniolen, but who now lives outside Caernarfon completed her music training at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester gaining a Diploma in professional performance. Sian won scholarships from The Countess of Munster Trust and The Peter Moores Foundation, along with the Buttle Memorial Trust Award, the Gwilym Gwalchmai Prize, and was a finalist in the prestigious Frederick Cox competition. Sian’s Opera performances are numerous, having been with The D’oyly Carte Opera Company and Opera North, Leeds, and her Oratorio performances include Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas”, Handel’s “Messiah”, and Mozart’s “Requiem Mass in C”. Sian is now concentrating on her Concert and Oratorio work, and also works as a singing tutor at Coleg Menai, and at her home near Caernarfon where she lives with her husband and two young children.