Colum Donovan-Paterson is an alumnus of The Sixteen’s flagship training program, Genesis Sixteen, and of the Dunedin Consort’s inaugural young artist program. He earned his master’s degree from Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and studies with Andrew Owens. He was highly commended at the Leonie Kayser Prize for Singing, 2020, and won Third Place in the Hugh S Roberton Prize for Scottish Singing in 2019. He performed the role of The Boy in Kurt Weill’s Der Jasager with Scottish Opera Connect. Colum has performed alongside The Sixteen in the world premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s Fifth Symphony, Le Grand Inconnu, at The Usher Hall and with The Dunedin Consort on their Golden Age tour and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Colum appears in the Netflix Originals feature film Outlaw King and the official live recording of Le Grand Inconnu at the Barbican Centre in London.