Connie Frances Zerafa studied pianoforte with Betty Eastwood and studied singing with the dramatic soprano Antoinette Miggiani. Connie obtained her Dip.ABRSM and LRSM (Musical Performance) in singing. She attended master classes with Laure Florentin in France and participated in the Festival de Marseilles. Connie has sung at several venues including St. James Cavalier, Salesians Theatre, Manoel Theatre, President’s Palace (San Anton), St Paul's Anglican Pro-Cathedral, Mdina Cathedral and St. John’s Co-Cathedral. Connie’s repertoire consists of opera, operetta, musicals and sacred music and because of the versatility of her voice, has been cast for both mezzo and soprano roles. Her performances include King and I (Lady Thiang), Madame Butterfly (Suzuki and Kate), La Danza delle Libellule (Tutu), L’Elizir D’Amore (Giannetta), Il Paese dei Campanelli (Bon-Bon and Ethel), Antonin Tucapsky's Stabat Mater, Simon Brixit’s Magnificat, Haydn’s Paukenmesse, Vivaldi’s Gloria in D Major, Mozart's Requiem and Coronation Mass, Handel's Messiah, Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Verdi's Requiem, Carlo Diacono’s San Paolo Evangelizzi i Maltesi, Joseph Vella’s Demm fuq il-Verna, Dion Buhagiar’s L-Oratorju San Nikola, Schubert’s Mass in G Major, Colin Attard’s Missa Brevis (in onor di Papa Giovanni Paulo II), Dion Buhagiar’s Juxta Cructem Lacrymosa (Marija) and the premiere of Ray Sciberras’ Missa Gloria Tibi. She was a soloist for Frisina's Apostolo delle Genti and Magnificat, the latter being conducted by the composer himself, Mons. Marco Frisina. She also performed in Paolino Vassallo’s Messa Grande and Pietro Paolo Bugeja’s Messe Solemne, both released on CD.
She has sung for the 11:15am English Mass at St. Dominic Church, Rabat for more than 30 years.
Connie is a Senior Lecturer II in Chemistry at G.F. Abela Junior College, University of Malta.