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Winner of the 2024 Kathleen Ferrier Society Bursary Prize and BBC Young Chorister of the Year 2021, Ruby Skilbeck is a soprano rapidly establishing herself as a versatile soloist and ensemble singer. She has performed at leading venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall, and Cadogan Hall, and has appeared alongside the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2025, she was also a finalist in the Dorothy Richardson English Song Prize.
Winner of the 2024 Kathleen Ferrier Society Bursary Prize and BBC Young Chorister of the Year 2021, Ruby Skilbeck is a soprano rapidly establishing herself as a versatile soloist and ensemble singer. She has performed at leading venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall, and Cadogan Hall, and has appeared alongside the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2025, she was also a finalist in the Dorothy Richardson English Song Prize.
Ruby’s recording and broadcast work includes collaborations with The Sixteen on a new project by Will Todd, the VOCES8 Live from London concert series, BBC One’s Songs of Praise, and broadcasts on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 2. Her ensemble experience includes performances with The Sixteen, the VOCES8 Scholars Ensemble and Foundation Choir, the Rodolfus Choir, the London Mozart Players, and the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra. She currently sings at Holy Trinity Sloane Square, is a choral scholar with the Oxford Bach Soloists, and was a member of Genesis Sixteen in 2023–24.
Ruby’s recording and broadcast work includes collaborations with The Sixteen on a new project by Will Todd, the VOCES8 Live from London concert series, BBC One’s Songs of Praise, and broadcasts on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 2. Her ensemble experience includes performances with The Sixteen, the VOCES8 Scholars Ensemble and Foundation Choir, the Rodolfus Choir, the London Mozart Players, and the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra. She currently sings at Holy Trinity Sloane Square, is a choral scholar with the Oxford Bach Soloists, and was a member of Genesis Sixteen in 2023–24.
As a soloist, recent engagements include Purcell’s King Arthur, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Mozart’s Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem and Amy Beach’s Grand Mass. At the Royal Academy of Music, Ruby is a member of the Academy Baroque Soloists, performing regularly in the Purcell Resounding Shores series, and is supported by the Josephine Baker Trust.
As a soloist, recent engagements include Purcell’s King Arthur, Bach’s Mass in B Minor, Mozart’s Requiem, Fauré’s Requiem and Amy Beach’s Grand Mass. At the Royal Academy of Music, Ruby is a member of the Academy Baroque Soloists, performing regularly in the Purcell Resounding Shores series, and is supported by the Josephine Baker Trust.
Ruby is currently in her third year of undergraduate study at the Royal Academy of Music, where she holds a scholarship and studies with Marie Vassiliou and Benjamin Mead. Prior to this she attended the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she was awarded the Vocal Prize in 2022.
Ruby is currently in her third year of undergraduate study at the Royal Academy of Music, where she holds a scholarship and studies with Marie Vassiliou and Benjamin Mead. Prior to this she attended the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she was awarded the Vocal Prize in 2022.
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