Morgan England-Jones
Soprano
Morgan England-Jones is a Brisbane-based soprano who hails from Mackay, Queensland, where she began singing from a young age, under her mother’s tutelage.
In 2017, she was the recipient of the Great Barrier Reef Partnership and first prize in the Open Vocal division of the Australian Concerto and Vocal Competition. This year, Morgan had the honour of receiving the Sydney Savage Club Bursary, upon winning second prize in the Sydney Eisteddfod Opera Scholarship finals, which also saw her win the audience vote for her performance.
Morgan graduated from Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University with a Bachelor of Music (Performance) in Classical Voice, where she trained with Lisa Gasteen AO. Morgan has sung Micaela in Carmen, Josephine in HMS Pinafore, Yum Yum in The Mikado, as well as featuring as a soloist for Faure’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio & DeCormier’s They Called Her Moses.
In 2017, Morgan returned to the Lisa Gasteen National Opera School, with her debut operatic role as Micaela in the collaborative concert, Carmen in Concert. This followed her orchestral debut with Queensland Symphony Orchestra in the Music on Sundays series earlier in the year. In April 2018, she performed the role of soprano soloist in Faure’s Requiem with Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
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