Owen Gilhooly-Miles – Baritone

Director Mid-West Vocal Academy & Music School

How long have you been teaching/playing professionally?

23 years

What is your music education/qualification?

BMusHons RCM PG DIP RCM VHFA

What do you love about teaching?

The energy and bond shared between teacher and student and the joy at seeing them flourish and prosper with their own musical identities.

Who is your inspiration?

The great Italian Baritone, Giorgio Zancannaro

Other hobbies/interests?

Love Dogs, Walking, Reading and just getting into kayaking!!

Biography

Owen is a Professor of Singing at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. He studied with Jean Holmes at the Limerick School of Music and subsequently at the Royal College of Music and National Opera Studio. He made his Royal Opera House debut singing Faure Requiem for the Royal Ballet and represented Ireland at the 2007 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. 
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He has appeared in principal roles with Opera Ireland, Opera Theatre Company, English Touring Opera, Lyric Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North, The Opera Group and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He has made frequent appearances at Wexford Festival Opera, Lismore Music Festival, Buxton Festival Opera, Les Azuriales Opera & Musikverkstatt Wien.
 
In concert he has appeared with the RTÉ NSO, IBO, Irish Chamber and Ulster Orchestras, the Bournemouth and Tokyo Symphony Orchestras, the Royal Liverpool and London Philharmonic Orchestras as well as the BBC Symphony Orchestra including Bill Bobstay (HMS Pinafore) and Janacek’s Osud at the BBC Proms.
 
In 2014 made his debut for the Royal Opera, Covent Garden singing the role of Robert in the world premiere of Luke Bedford’s ‘Through his Teeth’