Christopher Willoughy’s musical education began as a chorister at Westminster Abbey. After finishing school he completed the VOCES8 Scholars programme and began a Choral Scholarship at Lincoln Cathedral. He then came to Royal Holloway and received a First Class Honours degree in Music as well as singing as a Choral Scholar in the Chapel Choir . While at Royal Holloway Christopher worked with choirs such as Westminster Abbey, and the Chapel Royal (St James’ Palace), and was awarded a place on Genesis Sixteen. At Holloway Christopher was tenor soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 at St John’s Smith Square and recorded the tenor solos for the Chapel Choir’s new CD with Convivium Records in Dorset. After graduating Royal Holloway, Christopher appeared as a Young Artist with Waterperry Opera Festival and he now lives in Vienna where he is a student at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (MDW). Christopher made his Viennese debut earlier this month in a leading role in Handel’s opera ‘Rodelinda’. Future engagements include principal roles in ‘Dido and Aeneas’ by Purcell at the Melk International Baroque Festival broadcast live on Austrian television, ‘Tod der Dido’ by Holzbauer with  the ‘Teatro Borocco’ in Vienna, ‘Idomeneo’ at Schönbrunn Palace, and a place of the Vocal Faculty of ‘Music Academy of the West’ in Santa Barbara, CA.

• Booking is essential for all International Concert Series events, as numbers will be capped to enable sufficient spacing in our venues. There will be no tickets available on the door.
• We ask that our audience continue to socially distance and wear a mask at all times. 
• Entry to our events is dependent on evidence of double vaccination or a negative lateral flow test within 24-hours of the concert start time. 
• We regret that we cannot provide refreshments at this time.

Car parking

When you arrive for a College event at our Egham campus, please park in car parks 12 or 4.

Car park 12 can be accessed by turning right as you enter the main College gates and is located next to the tennis courts. If this car park is full, please drive further onto our campus to car park 4, which can be accessed by turning left at the mini-roundabout behind the Students’ Union. We would advise that you bring the College map to campus with you and give yourself plenty of time to park.

Blue Badge holders can find designated parking spaces in Car park 1W, as well as between Gardeners Lodge and the Williams Annexe. You can find these locations by looking at our campus map opposite. If you require any assistance on arrival, please contact our premises team in advance of your visit by emailing: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk and they will be happy to help.

Please note that we operate an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system on certain parts of our campus, however if you are here for an organised event, parking is unrestricted for event guests in car parks 12, 4 or 14 (or display your blue badge permit if parking in a disabled bay). If you have any questions about parking, please email: premisesadmin@royalholloway.ac.uk