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The English mezzo-soprano, Rebekah Jones, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree from King's College, University oif London (2011-2014). She studied on the Masters course at the Royal College of Music as a Leverhulme Arts Scholar under the tutelage of Tim Evans-Jones.
Solo career highlights include the role of Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd (RCM Scenes 2020), Waitress/Mother in Greek (RCM scenes 2019), Alisa in Lucia di Lammermoor with Fulham Opera, reprised at Grimeborn 2018, oratorio performances at the St Endellion Music Festival and with the Vasari Singers (both 2017), J.S. Bach's St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) at Chichester Cathedral (Easter 2019), master-classes with Michael Chance and Sir Thomas Allen (RCM, Summer 2019) and performing as part of the Winter 2016-2017 season at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
Rebekah Jones regularly appears as a soloist with Pembroke College, Cambridge and with groups nationwide such as Siglo de Oro, the choir of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the BBC Singers and The Marian Consort (Director: Rory McCleery). She has performed internationally as Solomon in Paris (2017) and at music festivals in Switzerland, Utrecht, Valetta, Gozo, Frankfurt and Bruges. She was selected to sing as a soloist in the Bach Cantata and Chamber music festivals at the RCM for two years running, and in June 2019 made her debut in the RCM International Opera School as The Grand Duchess (A Dinner Engagement).
As well as enjoying an exciting solo career, Rebekah Jones is also an experienced educator. She works regularly with the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, the London Youth Choir, Voces Cantabile Music, Cambridge University and the Muze Trust, and recently spent time delivering lessons and workshops in Thailand and Zambia. She is supported by the Josephine Baker Trust. |
