Charlie-Jade Jones

Charlie-Jade Jones is a singer, singing teacher and PhD Candidate within the Centre for Performance Science. Supported by an RCM Doctoral Scholarship, and supervised by Professor Aaron Williamon and Dr Anna Détári, her research investigates health experiences and health literacy in the professional UK musical theatre industry. She holds a Masters of Performance Science also from the Royal College of Music, in addition to a Postgraduate Diploma in Musical Theatre Performance and Licentiate Diploma in Singing Teaching from the Royal Academy of Music.    

She is the Assistant Professor of Singing and Interim Head of Singing at LAMDA, teaches at Arts Ed and is a dissertation supervisor for the BA Musical Theatre course at MPAA. Previous teaching positions were held at Trinity Laban and Mountview, as well as being an external assessor for the BA Musical Theatre course at Arts Ed. She undertakes observations within a leading NHS voice clinic and collaborates with clinicians to support performers’ health. Her MSc research, Students’ Experiences and Perceived Perceptions of Health and Well-being in UK Drama School Musical Theatre Training, is being worked for publication and led to the formation of The Practice by Charlie-Jade - a voice for performers’ health, looking to provide accessible evidence-based information for performers working in musical theatre. She holds CPD across a variety of singing pedagogical approaches, is a certified performance coach and is working towards her Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. She is a member of the British Voice Association, Healthy Conservatories Network and is an Associate of the Royal Society of Medicine.  

In addition to her research and extensive teaching experience, she continues to sing professionally, with recent performances including the 80th Anniversary of Oklahoma! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the 10th Anniversary of Love Story at Cadogan Hall, No For An Answer for the Grimeborn Opera Festival at the Arcola Theatre and session vocals at Abbey Road Studios.