Laura Newey is a solo and choral soprano based in London. Winner of the 2024 John Kerr Award for English Song, she performs with ensembles including Tenebrae, Collegium Vocale Gent, St Martin’s Voices, Contrapunctus, Ensemble Pro Victoria, and ORA Singers, as well as leading professional church choirs across London. She was a 2024/25 VOCES8 UK Scholar, also deputising with VOCES8 during 2024 for engagements in the UK and Germany.

Laura was recently selected for Collegium Vocale Gent’s 2025 Solo Bach Masterclass, culminating in a performance with Collegium Vocale Gent at Concertgebouw Brugge. Other recent solo highlights include Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with St Martin’s Voices, a programme of Monteverdi and Strozzi with Ensemble Pro Victoria, and Purcell’s The Fairy Queen with Instruments of Time & Truth.

Laura trained originally as a pianist before discovering singing at university. She held choral and academic scholarships at Keble College, Oxford, graduating in 2021 with a First in Music. From 2022-23, she was a Choral Scholar at St Martin-in-the-Fields. She studies with Julie Kennard.