Founded in 1966 Founder Malcolm Cottle Conductor Jessica Norton Registered Charity No. 1059149

Jessica Norton
(photo Alejandro Tamagno)

Introducing our Music Director:
Jessica Norton is a Choral Practitioner, Soprano and Vocal Coach based in Central London. She is Musical Director of the London Concord Singers, East London Chorus, Devonshire Square Music in Offices Choir, Polymnia Chamber Choir, Music Leader of the Blackheath Youth Choir and a Section Leader for the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. She has previously worked with various choirs around the country including the University of Surrey Chamber Choir, Henley Youth Choir, London Orpheus Choir, Pegasus Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Milton Keynes Chorale, St Michael’s Church in Bray and multiple workplace choirs. She has also had repeat invitations to conduct at the LSO and CBSO Come and Sing Days and was one of the conductors for David Lang’s UK Premiere of Public Domain in the Barbican Centre. She has also recently been offered a role with the National Youth Choir of Great Britain.

With a Diploma in Singing Performance from ABRSM, Jessica has sung solo with choirs such as the London Symphony Chorus, Ealing Common Choir and Harwich and Dovercourt Choral Society and is the featured soprano in Wanstead’s annual opera gala Glamour on the Green. She has also sung in multiple BBC Proms concerts, including in the semi-chorus of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius under Sir Simon Rattle, at PHAB’s Christmas Fundraising Event and in ITV’s The Halcyon.

As a Vocal Coach and Choral Practitioner, alongside private teaching, Jessica has lead workshops with schools around Henley-on-Thames and Cambridge, choirs and at corporate events, such as Haygarth Marketing Agency and the Nous Group. She also runs Come and Sing days and Vocal training Days for multiple choirs throughout the year.