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English born, Australia-based countertenor, Hamish Gould, has completed his Master of Arts (Music Performance), Bachelor of Music and Honours at Monash University and also has completed a foundation course in Music Theatre at the VCA.

In 2013 and 2016, Hamish performed on 3MBS radio station for their competition ‘The Talent’, aimed at tertiary and recently graduated classical music students. In 2014 he represented Monash University as a finalist for the Lyceum Club’s Margaret Sutherland Competition. In the Boroondara Eisteddfod, he received 1st place (2015) and 2nd place (2016) in the Oratorio/Cantata Section and 2nd place (2015) and 3rd place (2016) in the Robert Salzer Vocal competition, as well as the Hermann Schilberger Award for Most Promising Young Singer (2015). In 2017, Hamish won the Monash Aria and Concerto Competition, it was his fourth time being in the finals for this competition, and he performed with the Monash Academy Orchestra in a Concert in October this year as a result. He was a finalist in the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria Competition both last year and the year before, hosted at Deakin Edge.

He has performed as a soloist for Box Hill Chorale, Victoria Chorale and the Art of Sound Orchestra numerous times. He also has frequently performed as alto soloist for Bach Cantata Services at St John’s Church, Southgate, including the alto solo cantata, “Geist und Seele”. He played the Sorcerer in XL Arts’ production of Dido and Aeneas, which was described as “a particular highlight [and] especially terrifying in the best of ways”. He has also given numerous solo recitals for the Lyceum Club, the Melbourne Club and the Melbourne East Arts Festival. Last year he played the the title role in G.F Handel's Giulio Cesare in Egitto in Aukland with the Handel Consort and Quire. Most recently, he was in the chorus of 'Requiem', a staged production of the Mozart Requiem presented by the Adelaide Festival 2020.

Hamish is passionate about teaching singing and dedicated to passing on knowledge of vocal technique in an accessible manner. He is detailed in his approach, so as to ensure that students are singing as freely and safely as possible. But most of all, he knows that singing is fun, and endeavours to make sure lessons are not so bogged down in technicalities that students lose sight of this.

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