THE SWINGLES
Carol Canning studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. While on the last year of the course she was asked to audition for the Swingle Singers and became their second alto. She stayed with the group for eight years, finally becoming the musical director.
During this period she travelled all over the world frequently touring the USA and giving concerts in other countries including Canada, Bulgaria, Holland, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Belgium, France, Austria, Israel, Mexico, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Monaco and Spain.
Recordings - as a member of Swingle Singers
The Swingle Singers Live at Ronnie Scott’s
The Swingle Singers "Live" in New York
Reflections
Nothing But Blue Skies
Instrumentals
Swingles Christmas Album
Let's All Get Together - with Ad Libitum and The Bengt Hallberg Trio
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POP & JAZZ
Carol has always had a passion for jazz. A highlight of her Swingle days was a week’s residency at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, working with Bobby McFerrin in Toronto on a version of the Bach Magnificat, projects with renown jazz musicians Bengt Hallberg and Arne Domnerus and singing in a televised performance from St Paul’s Cathedral of one of Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts narrated by Douglas Fairbanks Jnr with Tony Bennett and Rod Steiger. She also does session work and is on soundtracks for the latest Star Wars Movie and the third film of the Lord of the Rings including follow up concerts at the Royal Festival Hall and the Royal Albert Hall. She sang with the Stephen Hill Singers on many occasions for BBC Radio 2 Friday Night is Music Night including a series of musicals – Jesus Christ Super Star, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls to name a few. Carol has sung backing on albums by Paul Weller and Bjork as well as various TV appearances with Swingle Singers including Parkinson (Australia), The Des O’Connor Show and Pebble Mill both with Swingle Singers and Five Live. Carol still enjoys close harmony singing and is a member of the vocal group Five Live.
Recordings - as a member of Five Live
"Five Live"
"Five Live - Take Two"
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CONTEMPORARY & CLASSICAL
Carol has sung the title role in Ravel’s "L’Enfant et les Sortilèges" in Melbourne, Brussels, Ottawa, in Chicago with David Zinman and a tour of the Netherlands with the Netherlands Dance Theatre. She has taken part in concerts in the UK with the Schutz choir under Roger Norrington and the UK and Europe as a member of London Voices singing for the Royal Ballet and in various projects under the direction of Riccardo Muti, Kent Nagano, Georg Solti, James Levine, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Pierre Boulez, John Pritchard, Charles Mackerras, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Bernard Haitink.
As a member of the Swingle Singers Carol took part in many performances of Berio’s Sinfonia, very often with the composer himself conducting. She is part of the 1986 release of the work with the Orchestre National de France conducted by Pierre Boulez and has performed the work at the Lincoln Centre with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Zubin Mehta. She is also singing on the latest recording (2005) of the work with London Voices and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Eötvös. In 1986 Carol sang in the world première of Azio Corghi’s Mazapegul in Reggio Emilia and the subsequent first recording of it in London. She has also sung one of the small solo voices in performances of Schönberg’s Moses and Aaron with John Pritchard in London and Kent Nagano in Lyon.
She took part in the world première of Berio’s "La vera storia" at La Scala Milan, and also performances of his other opera "L’Opera" at the Rome Opera House. She has also sung in a performance of the Berio Folk Songs, again with the composer conducting.
Carol has worked with the vocal group Synergy giving performances around Europe of Steve Reich’s "Music For Eighteen Musicians". She is part of the 1997 recording of the piece with Ensemble Modern. She has also taken part in many concerts and recordings of contemporary music in the UK and Europe as a member of London Voices including the UK première of John Adams’ "Nixon in China" conducted by Kent Nagano (concert version), Ligeti’s "La Grand Macabre" conducted by Esa- Pekka Salonen and the latest CD of Ligeti’s "Requiem" recorded in Berlin. Carol recently took part in the world première of "Ecce Cor Meum" by Paul McCartney.
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