Soprano Jessica Robinson recently graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with a first class Honours Degree.

As a student at the RWCMD, Jessica studied with Beatrice Unsworth and Jeffrey Howard, winning the Aneurin Davies memorial award, The Mansel Thomas prize, The Margaret Tann Award and the Elias Soprano award. Throughout her studies, Jessica has been fortunate to participate in master classes with artists such as Susan Bullock, Simon Lepper, Adrian Thompson, Donald Maxwell and John Fisher. Jessica was also chosen to sing as part of an octet for HRH the Prince of Wales.

Her singing life started at a young age as a competitor in local eisteddfodau in her home county of Pembrokeshire. She went on to gain success nationally in the Urdd and the National Eisteddfodau and Young Farmers Eisteddfods. She was awarded Vocalist of the Year in the Pembrokeshire Chevron Music Awards and Musical Student of the Year in her secondary school, Ysgol y Preseli, Crymych.

As an oratorio and concert soloist, she regularly appears in concerts all over the UK as guest artist with many of Wales’ most renowned Male Voice Choirs such as Blaenavon, South Wales and the London Welsh Male Voice choir. A personal highlight for Jessica was being asked to perform to the Welsh rugby team at the Welsh Assembly during the champagne reception celebrating their success in the Six Nations Championship.

Recent oratorio performances include Handel’s Messiah ( Symffonia Tywi & The Mega Messiah), Vivaldi’s Gloria, Rutter’s Mass of the Children, Karl Jenkins’ Peace Makers and Joseph Parry’s Emmanuel (Cor Bro Ogwr).

Jessica performed her first operatic role as the Spirit in ‘Dido and Aeneas’ by Purcell with ‘Opera’r Ddraig’, scene credits include Despina (Cosi fan Tutti), Violetta (La Traviata) and the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro). In May 2014 she performed the role of Nora in Williams’ Riders to the sea.

Jessica is an artist on the prestigious Live Music Now scheme and also performs regularly as an artist with Music in Hospitals and performed in China in March 2014 as part of a Welsh Government Scheme; she toured around the country introducing Welsh music. Then toured with the Harry Ensemble as their soprano soloist around New York in May.

Upcoming performances include Lady Billows in Britten’s Albert Herring and soprano semi chorus in Welsh National Opera’s ‘Gair ar Gnawd’ Production.

Jessica is currently continuing her studies on the RWCMD MA Opera course and is generously supported by the Worshipful Musicians’ Company Award, the Elizabeth Evans trust and The Ryan Davies Memorial Fund, Tillet Trust,Colin Keer Trust and The Arts Council of Wales.

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