[1][2] Dubbed 'The People's Soprano' by her fans, colleagues and the media,[1][3][4] and following several years as an operatic street performer, she has sung with Aled Jones, Russell Watson, Alfie Boe, Blake, and Joseph Calleja and appeared on UK national television and radio.

[3] Newman released her first CD album in September 2005, which she recorded on location at the University of York's Jack Lyons Concert Hall.

[1][2] It received rave reviews[17][18] and quickly sold out online and in HMV stores[19] Following the chart success, Newman embarked on a fifty-plus date tour with Russell Watson, as his special guest,[20] performing to over 50,000 people from March to July 2015,[21] followed by a duet with tenor Alfie Boe during the final concert of his summer tour.

[27] The broadcast of the final round of the BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year competition in St Paul's Cathedral featured the special guests, Newman with Blake, in live performance,[28][29] and on the Radio 2 Weekend Wogan show she was interviewed by Sir Terry and performed live on air.

[36] In June 2017 she joined Joseph Calleja in a gala charity evening at the Victoria and Albert Museum in support of the Inle Trust.