Robert Jones
Robert Jones was a Music Scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, singing in the cathedral choir under Simon Preston and studying singing with David Johnston and organ with the late Nicholas Danby. He began his professional career as a Lay Clerk of St. George's chapel, Windsor Castle, and is still active as a consort singer - he was a founder-member of the Tallis Scholars and works regularly with the Orlando Consort and the Gabrieli Consort, making award-winning recordings with all three groups.
Highlights of his solo singing career include performances of "Messiah" in Birmingham Town Hall with the CBSO and works by Purcell in the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris. He also maintains a lifelong interest in organ playing and choral directing; he has been Director of Music at St. Bride's church, Fleet Street, in the City of London since 1988 and was conductor of Thames Voyces in the early 1980s, conducting the inaugural concert in the Wilde Theatre in Bracknell in 1985. He also spent several years as guest conductor of the Surrey Heath Festival Chorus, and has given organ recitals in venues ranging from St. Paul's Cathedral to Sydney Cathedral.