Byron Jackson

Byron Jackson is a dramatic baritone born of Jamaican heritage in the West Midlands. He graduated from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire vocal department in 2005 and was awarded the St Clare Barfield Memorial Bowl for Operatic Distinction. He studied under Gordon Sandison and Christine Cairns, and received additional bel canto coaching from Janet Haney and Carmen Santoro. He currently studies with Gary Coward. Byron made his international debut at the Teatro dei Rozzi, Sienna, Italy at a special concert organised by the Concordia Foundation in 2007, and later that year was invited to give a solo recital for the Monmouth Festival. He made his UK operatic debut at Sadler's Wells as Rangwan, in Delius' opera Koanga for Pegasus Opera. He returned to the company in early 2018 as Boaz in Rut