Biography

Jonathan Wagstaff is a 26-year-old baritone. He grew up in Kent where he sang with the National Youth Choir before moving on to Lady Margaret Hall College, Oxford University to take up a choral scholarship and read a BA in Music. He then moved to the Queen's College to study for an MSt in Musicology and to sing as a lay clerk with the College Choir.

He has sung as soloist on a number of recordings and broadcasts, including a 2007 performance on BBC Radio 3 as a cantor for a programme of renaissance Portuguese sacred works. His most recent solo recordings include Caeli Porta (Guild Records) with the Queen's College Choir and a new disk of works by the contemporary composer Phillip Moore (Regent Records).

As as choral singer Jonathan performed on ITV1 Television for HRH the Prince of Wales in a celebration for his 60th birthday on 15th November 2008. He works with a variety of sacred and secular ensembles in the United Kingdom such as St. Paul's Cathedral Choir and the Choir of the Chapel of St. George, Windsor Castle.

Over the past 5 years he has worked with a number of renowned conductors and coaches including John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Cowell, James Gilchrist and Graham Johnson. Jonathan has sung as a soloist with a variety of British choral societies including the Tonbridge Philharmonic, the Chelmsford Singers and the Witham Singers. He is currently studying voice with Nicholas Powell and Russell Smythe (RCM), and holds a choral scholarship at Wells Cathedral.