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Gill Stoker
Gill Stoker has been a tutor with the Open University since November 1990, and is involved in a number of courses in the Arts, Technology and Social Sciences Faculties. She also works at the Mary Evans Picture Library, London SE3. She gained her first degree in English at Birkbeck College, London, in 1986, going on to King's College for an MA in Victorian Studies and a PhD on Sir John Tenniel, the Victorian book illustrator and Punch political cartoonist. Her interests in the Arts are wide-ranging, covering the performing arts, literature, history, the visual arts and music. She has been a member of the Blackheath Poetry Society for many years, and is currently their Secretary, Archivist and website designer. She has performed in opera and operetta, with solo parts in
Chorus work has included Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride, Cherubini's Medea, Offenbach's La Belle Hélène, Donizetti's The Daughter of the Regiment and Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado. As a member of the Royal Choral Society during the 1980s she took part in a number of BBC TV and radio recordings, as well as sessions at Abbey Road for the Classic Rock and Hooked on Classics series (EMI/RPO). She has also recorded songs by Hoagy Carmichael and George Gershwin for a Tribute to Hoagy CD, and was guest soloist with the Lazy River Jazz Band. Gill is currently studying for a Certificate in Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College, Sidcup, and developing an idea for a one-woman show. Recent work includes showcase performances, roleplay acting for corporate training, and filming for a music video. She recently received her Equity card! Website: http://serendipity.p9.org.uk
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