Jessica Walker

Jessica Walker graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and has a successful career in both opera and cross-over repertoire, including recent roles at Opera North, Glyndebourne, Finnish National Opera and Reis Opera Netherlands, and recital tours with Opera North, at the Aldeburgh Festival and Pizza on the Park among countless others. Her recording of Tom Waits songs comes out next year on the Gavin Bryars label and she is on tour with Opera North from May in a solo show. As a teacher, Jessica is a practitioner of the accent method which promotes low abdominal breathing and balanced airflow during phonation. She has a private teaching practice, working with students and professionals alike and until recently was the vocal consultant and teacher for the Oriana Choir in London. Latterly she has been involved in major education projects with Opera North, Glyndebourne, the Opera Group and English Pocket Opera.