Charlie-Jade Jones
Charlie-Jade Jones is a versatile singer-actor, vocal coach, researcher, and consultant. Harmoniously bridging the worlds of performance, science and education, Charlie-Jade is an alumna of the Royal College of Music, from where she graduated with an MSc in Performance Science and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Musical Theatre from the Royal Academy of Music, from where she also obtained a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music in Singing Teaching. She will commence her doctoral research at the Royal College of Music within the Centre for Performance Science, (a partnership between the Royal College of Music and Imperial College London) in September 2024. Her research focusses on the health and wellbeing of performing artists, health promotion in higher performing arts education, and performance psychology.
Having taught singing technique extensively on numerous leading musical theatre courses, Charlie-Jade currently holds positions at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, in addition to holding the position of Associate Tutor of Singing at LAMDA, whilst running a private practice for professional performers. She regularly engages in continued professional development, observing in NHS Voice Clinics with specialist ENT Laryngologists, and Speech and Language Therapists, and develops her practice by engaging with the work of leading pedagogues, as well as informing her practice through collaboration with specialist physiotherapists and osteopaths. Charlie-Jade is a member of the British Voice Association and Healthy Conservatoires Network.
Originally training as a singer-actor for musical theatre, and continuing to work in this field, Charlie-Jade made her stage debut at Cadogan Hall in Anything Goes - A 50th Anniversary Celebration of Cole Porter with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. Further notable highlights include the 80th Anniversary of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the European Premiere of Marc Blitzstein’s No For An Answer, part of the Grimeborn Opera Festival at Arcola Theatre, the 10th Anniversary of Howard Goodall’s Love Story at Cadogan Hall, Jason Robert Brown’s Parade at Frogmore Papermill, and the Symphonic Premiere of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s State Fair at Cadogan Hall. In addition, Charlie-Jade has worked across outreach and participation on projects co-ordinated by Opera Holland Park, Wigmore Hall, and the Lyric Hammersmith, as well as recording session vocals for projects with BBC Radio, and at Abbey Road and Angel Studios.