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The English tenor, Aaron John Godfrey-Mayes, completed his undergraduate and postgraduate degree at the Royal Academy of Music with a first class honours and distinction respectively. He is currently a member of Royal Academy Opera, under the tutelage of singing teacher Mark Wildman and vocal coach Iain Ledingham.
Since beginning full time tuition Aaron Godfrey-Mayes has been involved as a choir member in the Royal Academy of Music/Kohn Foundation's Bach Cantata Series performances with Iain Ledingham, Masaaki Suzuki and Philippe Herreweghe. In September 2015 he became the youngest singer to ever perform a solo in this series. He has also taken part in master-classes with Dennis O’Neill, Ann Murray, Ian Partridge and John Copley, received the Kenneth Loveland Bursary and was a chorus member in the Royal Academy Opera production of Ariodante, directed by Paul Curran.
More recently, Aaron Godfrey-Mayes played the role of Ferrando in W.A. Mozart's Così fan tutte with the Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, Wagner/Nereo in Mefistofele (March 2019) with the Chelsea Opera Group and Borsa in Rigoletto with Nevill Holt Opera. During the summer of 2019 he was also an Alvarez young artist with Garsington Opera, where he was a chorus member in W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni and Monteverdi’s Vespers. He is a regular soloist for concerts and oratorios, works include Rossini’s Petite messe solenelle, J.S. Bach's St John Passion (BWV 245), W.A. Mozart's Requiem and Tippett’s A Child of Our Time.
Aaron Godfrey-Mayes has also had notable success winning the Recital Prize in the David Clover Festival of Music Singers’ Platform, the Nineteenth Century Opera Prize in the National Mozart Singing Competition and first place in the Nottinghamshire Masonic Music Association Competition. He is generously supported by Help Musicians UK, The Royal Academy of Music and the Josephine Baker Trust. He currently lives in London, England. |
