Natalie joined CHTC in the junior chorus for Fiddler on the Roof in 1998.  Following that she progressed up through the Junior and Adult Chorus for several more shows.  She took on the role of Kathy Cratchit in Scrooge and one of the Andrews Sisters in Happy as a Sandbag before making her sensational lead debut as Mei Lei in Flower Drum Song in 2006 (Photo below).  She also took on a number of roles with the Youth Theatre and the Players in productions such as The Gut Girls, Once a Catholic and Ritual for Dolls.  She returned to CHTC briefly in 2007as a one-person pit choir for Hello Dolly!

In her programme notes for Flower Drum Song Natalie said that she had always enjoyed being part of CHTC with the rest of her family (Sister: Louise, Mum: Jennifer and Dad: Paul) and had made many new friends over the years.

As well as being an accomplished actor, Natalie is a talented Soprano Singer.  She also plays the Oboe and Piano.  Whilst at St Gabriel's School in Newbury she played Oboe with the Berkshire Maestros orchestra before she moved on  to spend her sixth form years at The Purcell School  near Watford under the DFES Music & Dance Scholarship Scheme.  Purcell is the specialist music school where she sat her A levels. 

Whilst there she performed as a singer or oboist at venues including The Wigmore Hall, St John's, Smith Square, Buckingham Palace, St Jude’s Church, St Olave’s Church,  and the Barbican Centre in London, Peterborough Cathedral, Corpus Christi College Cambridge, and The Birmingham Symphony Hall, also St Lawrence's Church and The Croft Hall in Hungerford!  She also took solo and lead roles in a number of  school events, including a Carol Concert conducted by John Rutter.  She is currently training at the Birmingham Conservatoire of Music and hopes to become a professional opera singer.

Natalie is a member of the National Youth Choir of Great  Britain and performed on their recent, critically acclaimed CD, Sanctum Est Verum Lumen.  In July & August 2009 she toured with The NYC in the USA at venues including the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City and the Disney Hall in LA with renowned composer, Eric Whitacre.

On Saturday 28th March 2009 Natalie performed a Vocal Recital at St Lawrence's Church in Hungerford.  We were delighted to receive this assessment from a knowledgeable musician who was there. "Natalie's concert was a delight.  There are lots of people who can sing but Natalie is somehow very special.  Her singing and interpretation seem so natural and unforced.  Today there are so many over blown performances.  Natalie's whole presentation is so modest that the music is able to speak for itself."
Please Click Here for the programme.  Click the thumbnail (above) for a picture of her performing at the Church, and Click Here  for the poster.

In July 2009 Natalie (Pictured Second left - Click for bigger picture) delighted the Croft Hall audience with her HADCAF performance. This was as part of the "Concert: Five Students of Birmingham Conservatoire". 

In September Natalie sang as part of the unique massed youth choir at the Royal Albert Hall as part of BBC Proms concert no 68 - Handel's Messiah. This was broadcast live by the BBC.  In November she sang at Birmingham Town Hall with Ex Cathedra in anniversary performances of Elgar's Dream of Gerontius.

On 11 June 2010 Natalie won the Ambache Prize for the performance of Music by Women Composers in Birmingham.  This was her first competition win.  There were 22 entrants and 6 finalists and Natalie won first prize with a wonderful performance of a song cycle by US composer Gwyneth Walker called though love be a day. 

The photograph shows Natalie (Second Right) with the judges, who included the competition sponsor Diana Ambache (second Left). 2nd place went to pianist Magdalena Wazdjilk (Left).

On Tuesday 20th July 2010, Natalie Hyde will perform in  An Evening of Song with Birmingham Conservatoire Students in Hungerford - a HADCAF event. She recently sang on a world premier recording of choral works by MacMillan and later this year she will be leading choral workshops with the Music For Youth Festival in Birmingham, working with the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and singing with Ex Cathedra at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

We will keep this page updated with her progress and wish her the best of luck for the future.

Ritual For Dolls (2005)

The Gut Girls
(2005)

Annie Get Your Gun
(2005)

Fiddler on the Roof
(1998)

Once a Catholic
(2003)