Andrew Mackenzie-Wicks was a chorister at Chichester Cathedral and a choral scholar at Durham University, where he read music. He then studied singing and performance at the Royal Northern College of Music, assisted by The Countess of Munster Musical Trust.

He has subsequently appeared with many of the major British Opera companies including Glyndebourne Festival Opera, English National Opera, Scottish Opera, Welsh National Opera, Opera North, Grange Park Opera, Opera Northern Ireland, the Dublin Opera Theatre Company, Buxton Festival Opera and English Touring Opera. His repertoire encompasses major roles in operas by Handel, Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti, Puccini and Richard Strauss and also more contemporary works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Britten.

Andrew's extensive concert career includes performances throughout Britain and Europe and at the BBC Proms. He has toured with The Monteverdi Choir and Sir John Eliot Gardiner, The Gabrieli Consort and Paul McCreesh, and with The King's Consort. Notable performances include Mozart's Requiem and Mass in C Minor in the USA and Europe; a televised performance of Handel's La Ressurezione in Rome; Bach's Christmas Oratorio in Copenhagen, Handel's Messiah in Mexico City and Britten's War Requiem in Germany and Russia. Recent performances in the UK also include Elgar's The Kingdom, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and Choral Symphony, Verdi's Requiem and Rossini's Petite Messe Solenelle.

contact : mackenziewicks@btinternet.com