Performing
Yolanda's theatre credits include: soloist in Leonard Bernstein’s ‘Mass’ with Marin Alsop at the Royal Festival Hall; soloist in Kurt Weill’s ‘Lost in the Stars’ with Charles Hazlewood and BBC Radio 3 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall; Carmen (cover) in Jude Kelly's production of 'Carmen Jones' at the Royal Festival Hall; Lily and Serena (cover) Sir Trevor Nunn's musical theatre production of 'Porgy and Bess' at the Savoy Theatre; the French Buccaneer in Felix Cross' production of 'Mass Caribe' with Nitro Black Theatre Company at the Mayor of London’s Festival in Trafalgar Square; ''The Kiosk' – A Reading' - the role of Mariyam at Her Majesty’s, Haymarket; Francesca Zambello's production of 'Showboat' at the Royal Albert Hall, Simon Callow's production of 'Carmen Jones' at the Old Vic; Mother in Menotti's 'Amahl and the Night Visitors' and 'Prince' in Malcolm Williamson's 'The Happy Prince' at the Kenneth More Theatre.

Yolanda's concert solo performances include: The role of Elizabeth in the world premier of John Barber's 'Consider the Lilies' at St Martin-in-the-fields'; Paco Pena's 'Requiem for the Earth' with Paco Peña and Joan Rodgers (soprano) at the Royal Festival Hall; 'Maya Angelou Tribute Concert' at the Royal Festival Hall; Shirley J Thompson's premier of 'Spirit of the Middle Passage' with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall; L'eveil' for Ballet Rambert Tour, singing Kurt Weill's 'Je ne t'aime pas' and Bricusse's 'Feeling Good'; 'Feel The Spirit' (John Rutter) - mezzo soloist at St Mary's Church Nottingham and St Peter's Church Harrogate; 'Precious Skies' by Shirley J Thompson, for the Jamaican National Bank's 25th Anniversary; 'Celebration of Obama' presidency concert at the Purcell Room; 'The Woman Who Refused to Dance' (from 'Spirit of the Middle Passage') by Shirley J Thompson, for the Abolition of Slavery Bicentennial at Palace Hall, Westminster; 'Mandela Tales' - by Shirley J Thompson at the Purcell Room; mezzo soloist in Verdi's 'Requiem' at Ilford Town Hall, mezzo soloist in Handel's 'Messiah' at the Kenneth More Theatre, mezzo soloist in Haydn's 'Great Organ mass' at Keble Chapel, Oxford. Solo recitals include songs by Schumann, Brahms, Schubert, Wolf, Strauss, Faure, Debussy, Purcell, Vaughan Williams, Caccini, Durante, Giordani, De Falla and Sondheim.

Yolanda's opera credits include: Charlotte in Massenet's 'Werther' at the Royal Northern College of Music; Dorabella in Mozart's 'Cosi Fan Tutte' excerpts at the Aix-en-Provence Music Festival; Third Lady in Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' at the Kenneth More Theatre and Sir Trevor Nunn's production of 'Porgy and Bess' at the Royal Opera House. She went on to play the role of Annie in the subsequent BBCTV film of that production.