Charlie-Jade Jones

Charlie-Jade Jones is a singer, singing teacher and PhD Candidate within the Centre For Performance Science, a partnership of the Royal College of Music and Imperial College London. She holds a Masters of Performance Science from the Royal College of Music, a Postgraduate Diploma in Musical Theatre Performance and Licentiate Diploma in Singing Teaching from the Royal Academy of Music. In addition to teaching extensively within the industry and at leading drama school conservatoires 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.

She is the Assistant Professor 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 at Trinity Laban and Mountview, as well as being external assessor for the BA Musical Theatre Course at Arts Ed. She frequently undertakes observations within a leading NHS Voice Clinic and collaborates with clinicians to support performers’ health. Her teaching takes an evidence-based, person-centred and performance led approach, ensuring that her students are singing healthily, combining emotional and musical instinct with a well-rounded technique.

Supported by an RCM Doctoral Scholarship, her research sits within the areas of Performing Arts Medicine, Occupational Health, and Psychology. Her MSc research, Students’ Experiences and Perceived Perceptions of Health and Well-being in UK Drama School Musical Theatre Training, is currently being prepared for publication. This research led to the formation of The Practice by Charlie-Jade in 2023 to be a voice for performers’ health. She holds CPD across a variety of singing pedagogical approaches and is a Member of the British Voice Association, Healthy Conservatories Network and is an Associate of the Royal Society of Medicine.