Jeremy Jackman

Countertenor

1980-1990

[Jeremy Jackman]

After a musical education which began as a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral, London, and progressed through the Royal College of Music and Hull University, Jeremy Jackman embarked on a career as a freelance counter-tenor, continuing his vocal studies with Paul Esswood and Mary Thomas. Appointed counter-tenor Lay Clerk at Westminster Cathedral in 1978, his complementary work on the concert platform took him throughout Eastem and Westem Europe, as soloist, as a member of small groups such as the Alfred Deller Consort and the Tallis Scholars, and in opera. In 1980, he accepted the invitation to succeed Nigel Perrin as The King's Singers' highest voice, and for ten years he toured with them around the world's most prestigious venues, featuring on numerous radio and television broadcasts and building up an impressive list of recordings on cassette and compact disc.

CHORAL DIRECTOR

In 1990, Jeremy decided that it was time to put his extensive choral experience to wider use, and to offer his expertise to choirs and choral groups throughout the UK and abroad. Although membership of The King's Singers afforded little time for conducting engagements, choral directing had been an important aspect of his early career, and he has now resumed this role with relish, directing choirs, courses and workshops all over the world. He has appeared as conductor on the platforms of the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, Bin-ningham Symphony Hall, St Andrew's Hall (Norwich), Belfast Cathedral and St John's Smith Square (London), and in concert halls in Spain, Germany, Singapore, Belgium, France, Taiwan and Sweden. Jeremy finds it particularly rewarding to work with smaller groups of singers, and is frequently invited to give workshops and masterclasses with established choirs, not only in the UK, but also regularly in Belgium, Germany and the Far East. Children as well as adults benefit from his infectious enthusiasm and lively approach to music-making, and he is acutely aware that tomorrow's singers must be nurtured in today's schools.

COMPOSER AND ARRANGER

Jeremy's lively interest in composing and arranging was first enabled to flourish at University where his music was featured in a BBC broadcast. Joining The King's Singers offered the opportunity for his work to be heard and appreciated by audiences worldwide as well as through recordings. Many arrangements for The King's Singers (such as the popular 'Early one moming' and 'Annie Laurie') are published in The King's Singers' Folksongs and The King's Singers' Madrigals (Faber). An initial series of carols commissioned by the Dutch publisher Harmonia has been followed by regular requests for further arrangements. Language is no barrier - Jeremy has recently completed arrangements of two Taiwanese folksongs, and many of his editions of Renaissance music (published by Hinshaw) carry new and idiomatic translations.

Jeremy Jackman, for ten years first counter-tenor with The King's Singers, is now building an enviable reputation as a choral director and choir trainer. With vocal expertise acquired through years of professional performing at the highest level, and an outgoing personality enabling him to establish an instant rapport with choirs and choral groups of all ages, sizes and standards, Jeremy is in increasing demand intemationally as a conductor and workshop director. He is available for day or week-end sessions, short courses, or more extended periods of training, and works regularly in Europe and the Far East as well as throughout the United Kingdom.

Contact Jeremy via Palace Music at the address below.

PALACE MUSIC
64 PARK AVENUE NORTH
LONDON N87RT

TELEPHONE and FAX:
0181-341 3408
[+44 (181) 341 3408]

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