Juliette Pochin is a Welsh classically trained mezzo-soprano singer, composer/arranger, and record producer. She is known not only for her performances in operas and as a recitalist, but also for her recordings of operatically-styled crossover music.
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Born in Haverfordwest, Pochin attended the Royal Academy of Music (Junior Academy) and the Wells Cathedral School. She went on to read music at Trinity College, Cambridge as a choral scholar and also trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[1] In 2005 she was signed by Sony BMG to record her debut album, Venezia, released in 2006 as Classic FM's "Record Of The Week".[2][3] Five months after the album's release, the British owned chocolatiers, Hotel Chocolat introduced a new chocolate range named for her, inspired by a description of her voice in The Times as "sounding like melted chocolate".[4]
Pochin is married to the conductor and composer, James Morgan. The couple met at Cambridge University and first worked together composing for the Footlights. They went on to form Morgan Pochin Music Productions
Morgan Pochin Music Productions is a UK based company. Its founders James Morgan and Juliette Pochin produce recordings as well as composing original works and arranging music. The Morgan Pochin partnership has composed and arranged music for several television shows including The Kumars at No. 42 as well as writing and producing Katherine Jenkins' debut album Premiere.[1] In addition to Katherine Jenkins' Premiere, the company also produced The King's Singers' album Swimming Over London,[5] Pochin's solo album Venezia,[6] Brian Knowles' Poetry Serenade, and Classic FM's Songs Without Words.[7] Morgan and Pochin arranged the tracks "Lucrezia" (based on "Gia nel seno" from Handel's cantata La Lucrezia) and "Pace non trovo" (a vocal adaptation of Alessandro Marcello's Oboe Concerto) on Danielle De Niese's 2010 album, Diva.[8] Their choral composition Kubla Khan had its world premiere at the 2002 Brighton Festival.[9] In 2010, Morgan Pochin adapted Mozart's music into a modern film score for a new British film based on his opera Così fan tutte. The film's working title is First Night and stars Richard E. Grant and Sarah Brightman.[10] The film soundtrack album, arranged and produced by Morgan Pochin, was released on the Sony label in October 2011 [11] In 2010 Morgan Pochin produced "Bring him Home", the latest Decca Records album from Alfie Boe. [12] In 2011, Morgan Pochin produced various tracks for Joe McElderry's second studio album Classic. The album reached number two in the UK charts 3rd Sept 2011[13] In late 2011 Morgan Pochin produced "Alfie", a second album for Alfie Boe on Decca records [14]