Michael Leighton Jones

Michael Leighton Jones has been involved with music all his life – he made his first recording at the age of eight! Post-graduate studies took him from his native New Zealand to England, where he sang in the Choirs of King’s College, Cambridge (with Sir David Willcocks) and Westminster Abbey. For ten years he was a member of the London-based vocal quintet The Scholars, singing more than a thousand concerts in over forty countries, before joining the music staff at the University of Queensland. In Brisbane, he formed the vocal sextet Jones & Co, with whom he toured both nationally and internationally. He has always maintained an active solo career, performing operatic roles and singing in broadcasts, oratorios and recitals, including many first performances and appearances in leading festivals. Michael has performed regularly with Australia’s symphony orchestras and chamber music groups, including Arcadia, Australia Ensemble and Perihelion and has many recordings to his credit. He retired as Director of Music at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne in 2014, but continues a busy free-lance career as composer, arranger, singer and conductor.