Lauren Elizabeth Williams

24 year old Welsh Soprano Lauren Elizabeth Williams currently studies at the David Seligman opera school at RWCMD with her teacher Anne Mason. Lauren was a member of LARS for 6 years and under its auspices has performed at a plethora of events not only for LARS own events but also by invitations of others. Lauren has performed as a guest soloist alongside many different choirs across Wales. Lauren was a member of the Welsh National Youth Opera for five years. She appeared at four consecutive ABRSM High Scorers concerts and in 2017 was awarded the Jeffrey Squires Memorial Award by ABRSM.

Lauren has been successful in many competitions and has previously been a runner up at District Finals of the Rotary Young Musicians Competition held in Blackwood. She has won the Neath Young Singer of the Year award on two occasions and in 2020 won the Dunvant Young singer of the year, sharing the stage with Sir Bryn Terfel and Angharad Morgan at their celebration concert. Lauren has previously received a Friends of LARS Bursary, a Cronfa’r Utgorn Bursary and the Lawrence C Murphy Award. Lauren travelled to Barcelona in September 2026 and had the opportunity to perform as a guest soloist in the amazing Sagrada Familia.