Jacqueline Turner

From a young age Jacqueline found a passion for music in her local church choir. With Ruth Holton she achieved the Associated Board of the Royal Schools Grade 8 singing exam, passing with distinction. She is currently studying the last ABRSM piano grades with Niromi Fernando. Over the years Jacqueline has been a part of many choirs such as St Francis of Assisi West Wickham with Travis Baker and Geoff Mussard, St George’s Church Beckenham with Nigel Groome and Marcus Wibberley, All Saints Church West Dulwich with Ruth Holton and Inner Voices Choir with Edward Watkins and Ralph Allwood. Jacqueline also attended Eton Choral Courses ran and directed by Ralph Allwood. Being part of so many choirs has given Jacqueline the opportunity to sing at venues such as Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, Southwark Cathedral, Chichester Cathedral, Ely Cathedral, King’s College Chapel Cambridge, St Martin’s in the Field and many more whilst also being able to tour in Prague and be broadcasted on Classic FM. As well as music, Jacqueline has achieved her Grade 8 RAD ballet exam and attended Stagecoach for 9 years. She has also participated in numerous Croydon and Sutton music festivals. Jacqueline currently studies in Greenwich at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Here, Jacqueline is entering her fourth year of studying under Linda Hirst and also receives vocal coaching under Alistair Young. At Trinity Jacqueline is part of the Undergraduate Choir, which holds an annual performance at Blackheath Halls. Jacqueline had her debut recital in June 2019 ‘Music for a While’ at All Saints Church West Dulwich, followed by another concert in October, 'Music of the Night' which raised over £1,000 for a new audio and visual system at her local church, St Mary of Nazareth. During 2019 Jacqueline also performed at a private inauguration and the ‘Last Night of the Proms’ charity event by the Salvation Army, Croydon. In February 2020 Jacqueline performed her first duet recital with Francesca Lauri a fellow pianist at Trinity in Beckenham, which was a raving success. Due to the pandemic the rest of Jacqueline's concerts for 2020 have been cancelled. But this hasn’t stopped Jacqueline. She performed her first virtual live concert in May and raised £800 for NHS Charities Together! Since returning to the norm of life, Jacqueline has performed as a soloist alongside the London Concert Chorus in October 2021. Then Sutton Baptist Church asked Jacqueline to be the headline singer at the Churches’ first Christmas Concert in December, along with an annual performance at the Christian Aid Big Sing at St Francis of Assisi, West Wickham. Starting off January 2022, Jacqueline got into the semi-finals of the Soloist’s Competition at Trinity and came first in her class at the Croydon Performing Arts Music Festival, where she was also asked to perform at their annual Gala at Fairfield Halls this coming June. Jacqueline has recently played the lead role of Semele in Handel's seductive opera, at the National Liberal Club and will play the role Young Barbara in the Trinity Laban Opera at Blackheath Halls this July.