Jane is the Coro Nuovo Sussex Young Musician of the Year 2021/22. She is studying an MMus at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) under the tutelage of Paul Nilon. Prior to this, she gained a 1st Class BA(Hons) at Leeds Conservatoire under the tutelage of Adriana Festeu, where she also received The Leeds Rotary Club Music Prize and The Peter Roberts CBE Memorial Prize. Jane has participated in masterclasses with Lisette Oropesa, Michael Chance, Richard Wiegold, Roderick Williams, Martin Pickard and Matteo Dalle Fratte. In 2019, Jane was the recipient of the Badoer Dalla Rizza Bursary for the Veneto Opera Summer School (Melofonetica), with whom she performed Zerlina (Don Giovanni), in Asolo, Italy. Other roles include: Pamina The Magic Flute (Leeds Youth Opera), La Novizia Suor Angelica (Random Opera Company), Adele Die Fledermaus (LCSU Opera Society), Belinda/Second Woman Dido and Aeneas (LUUMS Opera Society) and Mabel (cover) Pirates of Penzance (Rocket Opera). Most recently she performed the title role of Pauline in The Language of Flowers, a contemporary feminist opera, at Thought Bubble Festival (Harrogate). Upcoming roles include Due Donne in Le Nozze di Figaro with RNCM Opera. Jane is a regular concert soloist, performing with choirs and orchestras all across the UK. Her performed repertoire includes: Mozart Exsultate Jubilate (Suffolk Philharmonic Orchestra), Handel Messiah (Skipton Camerata), Bach B Minor Mass (National Festival Orchestra), Dvorak Stabat Mater, Mozart Requiem, Brahms Requiem. In 2021 Jane performed for The Great Yorkshire Proms at Harewood House with the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra alongside Sir Willard White and Aled Jones MBE. As a recitalist, Jane has performed at Leeds Town Hall for their International Concert Season, The Bridgewater Hall with the RNCM Songsters and the Howard Assembly Room as part of an Opera North Partnership concert. Jane also performs numerous song recitals to raise money for various churches. Aside from performing, Jane is a keen conductor and in 2021 she conducted the Leeds Conservatoire Student Union Opera Society in their performance of Dido & Aeneas. Jane also enjoys getting involved with community music projects and works closely with Leeds Lieder Education programmes. Jane’s studies at the RNCM are generously supported by the Richard Newitt Fund.