About
Leah Jackson began her musical training as a chorister at Wells Cathedral School, performing upon a number of recordings and live radio broadcasts, and touring to the USA and Namibia. After completing her schooling in Somerset, Leah went on to gain a Bachelors Degree in Music at King’s College London and the Royal Academy of Music where she graduated in 2005. In 2008 Leah was awarded a generous scholarship from the Seary Charitable Trust to continue her vocal studies with Shelia Barnes.
Highlights of her oratorio performances include Handel’s Messiah and Dixit Dominus, Haydn’s Creation and Nelson Mass, St John Passion by Bach, Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art and Dido and Aeneas, The Monteverdi Vespers and Mozart’s Requiem, many of these performances taking place at St. Martin in the Fields, The Cadogan Hall, St John’s Smith Square, St James Palace, Spenser House, The Royal Hospital Chelsea, Exeter Cathedral, Wells Cathedral and Sherbourne Abbey.
In Opera Leah has sung with Opera Holland Park in performances of La Boheme and in September joined British Youth Opera at the Peacock Theatre in performances of The Rakes Progress.
Leah also enjoys singing with a number of professional consort groups, and in March this year performed as one of the step out soloists with The Academy of Ancient Music in a performance of St Matthew’s Passion in Valencia, and in September and December last year Leah toured to China, Hong Kong, Spain, Brugge and Utrecht performing Handel’s Messiah and Haydn’s Nelson Mass with The Academy of Ancient Music. She has previously toured to Israel with the Armonico Consort performing at the Blumenthal Festival and to Switzerland with London Voices performing Ligeti’s Requiem at the Lucern Festival.
Leah has enjoyed performing as a soloist at a number of festivals including the Wells Vocal Festival, the Doncaster Festival, and the Beaminster Festival where she performed Vivaldi’s ususual cantata Ostro Picta and the Stafford Music Festival where she performed the role of Fillia in Carissimi’s Jeptha.
In Recital Leah has performed both in the UK and abroad and recent engagements have taken her to Germany where she performed a mixed programme of popular opera arias, German lieder and English song at a number of venues in Stuttgart.