Jayne began her musical studies at the age of 9 playing in brass bands but by the age of 16 decided to train to be an opera singer. Upon entry at the Royal Northern College of Music she was tutored by Honor Sheppard FRNCM RMCM of the famous Deller Consort and latterly the international voice teacher and Baritone Neil Howlet M.A cantab.
During her time there Jayne sang the lead role of Jenufa, performed in the Batignano Opera Festival ( Italy ) and won the Dame Eva Turner Prize for dramatic voices.
In 2002 Jayne performed the title role of Rusalka for Stowe Opera in Czech,
Jayne has worked all over the country performing in Oratorio works such as Verdi’s Requiem, Mendelsohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Nelson Mass, Messiah and more notably worked along side the late composer David Fanshawe performing the soprano part of African Sanctus with a variety of choral societies up and down the country.
After choosing to settle down raising a family Jayne took a turn into teaching and has taught to considerable success in schools such as Terra Nova, Knutsford High School, The Wellington (Altrincham) All Hallows School Macclesfield, and from her home in Bowdon pupils from Altrincham Girls Grammar, Loretto, North Cestrian, The Wellington, Sale Grammar School, Bowdon Church School, The Bollin and latterly at AVR Dance in Blackpool.
During her time teaching in the Altrincham area of Bowdon many students over the years have come and gone to great success. Jayne’s students often always won in local music festivals coming away with 1st prizes such as Bowdon Youth Festival, Hazel Grove, and recently one of Jayne’s student’s won Young Alderley Singer of the year and the Open recital category in the Alderley Edge Festival in 2022, who in the same year performed with Russell Watson in The Hale Barns Carnvial 2022 & 2023.

Jayne’s students have been / still members of choirs such as National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Cantamus Girls Choir, The Halle Children’s Choir and the Halle Youth Choir which is remarkable in itself because Jayne did live in the house of the conductor and Wagner champion Hans Richtor that conducted the Halle Orchestra in the early 20th Century !

Jayne’s alumini is also impressive as she is passionate about teaching correct vocal techniques in particularly young singers wishing for a career in singing or simply for a hobby.
Regardless of what style and repertoire the singer needs a good Classical foundation a bit like in dance. Jayne teaches the bel canto style of singing looking back to the likes of Lamperti, Nava, Lablache, Viardot, Garcia upon good posture, breath control, legato line, the passaggio, trilling, coloratura etc….
Jayne teaches the singer the detail in the text in whatever language so it’s correctly pronounced so to be sung correct in the rhythm of the language itself which often overlooked by singers.
Jayne has a good working knowledge of the French, Italian, German, Russian & Czech languages in both opera, oratorio & song.

Jayne’s students have benefited and the results speak for themselves:- in Musical Theatre & Classical

Knutsford High School :-

Danielle Hope winner of BBC1’s Over the Rainbow winning the role of Dorothy in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production in the West End starring Michael Crawford 2011 ,Eponine Les Miserables 2012, The Last 5 Years 2014, the narrator in the UK tour Joseph 2014, Maria The sound of Music 2015, Sandy in UK tour of Greece 2018 and is currently performing on the Broadway stage in Kinky Boots.

Charlotte Wakefield a child actress often appearing in tv & film her stage debut was London’s Spring Awakening and nominated for an Olivier award, also nominated for an Evening standard Award for Maria in The Sound of Music. Recent productions includes The Great British Bake Off the musical.

Charlotte Hoather Coloratura Soprano and my first classical singing student has won numerous awards, prizes including Voice of the Future at the National Eisteddfod Llangollen singing with international tenor Rolando Villazon, won the audience prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Bursary Award the following year in 2019. She has performed in opera all over the world including the Metropolitan opera house in New York ..
Charlotte through help from myself went to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to begin her studies B.A Hons degree. Charlotte often was a regular winner of music festivals coming home with numerous trophies.

As Jayne can’t list everybody’s alumini this is just a small snippet of of students that have been set on the professional career path both in the West End & Opera.
Jayne currently has had notable success with students since its conception gaining places on the prestigious Glyndebourne Academy Course year after year and this year yet again another of my student’s has been offered a place for 2023. Glyndebourne have also introduced the Junior Academy this year and she has very young students that have been selected for the summer school this year.

All in all Jayne has a great record for getting students into all the major UK music conservatoires
such as Trinity Laban, Royal Welsh Collage of Music & Drama, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Royal College of Music, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Northern College of Music (and the Junior School ) , Cheetham’s School of Music for example.
Musical theatre students over the years have gained places at Lippa, Arts Ed. Italia Conti, Mountview, Royal Central School Speech and Drama, Arden, Pendleton et al.

Jayne undertakes singing and performance exams for students from Grade 1 up to Diploma in Classical singing, Musical Theatre exams, theory , rock school for example ABRSM, Trinity and other exam boards wherever applicable, she can prepare for auditions, performances abd she is very good with confidence building for nervous performers, lessons can be tailored around individual needs.
Jayne can teach all aspects of classical singing, choral, M.T, modern styles such as pop, rock, jazz etc….
Jayne has built up a very successful teaching practice in the Altrincham area for over 20 years and she still travels to the area to teach as a mobile for now, so now that Jayne has relocated to the Sandbach area she is willing to travel to homes or they go to her.
Jayne would like to rebuild her teaching practice around her home in the Sandbach and surrounding areas.