We represent singers in Equity.
As the Singers Committee, we lead the industrial work of the union in relation to singing. We take approved action on issues affecting Equity members working as singers in concerts, recordings, liturgical services, session singing, freelance opera singing and other spaces where members sing professionally. Alongside our colleagues on Equity’s Opera Deputies Committee, we shape the union’s policy and campaigning priorities for singers.
The Singers Committee are elected by Equity members every two years.
Our priorities
We want singers to be aware of the benefits of Equity membership, and to encourage more singers to join the union in order to access Equity’s support and get more actively involved in our collective effort to improve terms and conditions wherever singers work – be this on stage, on screen, in concerts, in studios, religious services and anywhere else you sing professionally.
There is strength in numbers – we are establishing Equity Networks of Singers working in specific specialisms for example liturgical singers; to discuss challenges we face at work and how we can overcome these collectively.
We are working with Equity members to improve our access to Singers’ workplaces, so that we can share the benefits of membership with those working as singers, ensure that singers know how to contact the union when they need us, and build the workplace power necessary to negotiate improvements in fees, terms and conditions.
We are supporting Equity’s efforts to expand the number of singers’ workplaces which use collectively bargained terms and conditions (or develop charters of best practice where appropriate) across all regions and nations in the UK.
We campaign for all singers to have dignity at work, and for members to feel empowered in speaking out about bad practice. We are working to ensure that workplaces have dignity at workplaces in place.
Who we are
Committee Members - About us
My work includes opera and freelance classical singing.
I am an opera crossover singer, with a portfolio career that dovetails a variety of platforms and musical genres. This includes staged productions, recital and concert platforms, session singing on Hollywood film soundtracks/trailers and other commercial fields, anthem singing for international sporting events, and corporate and private events.
My work includes singing with major opera companies, West End musicals, variety shows, corporate presentations, advert vocals, ad hoc choral and liturgical work, and most areas of entertainment which involve singing.
I work as a litrugical singer (employed as Vicar Choral at Wells Cathedral), oratorio soloist, consort singer – BBC Singers ad hoc, opera gala/cabaret soloist, session singer in film and TV, and soloist for weddings/funerals/parties.
I work in opera and concerts.
Equity Council is Equity’s governing body. The Singers Councillor is a an elected member on Council who works as a singer, and ensures that singers voices are represented in the union’s leadership.
The Singers Councillor attends Singers Committee as an observer.
My work includes opera oratorio , operetta, music theatre, music hall, art song ( French German Italian Spanish Irish , English including American Australian and New Zealand), folk song, early English music , liturgical music, contemporary composers and jazz.