He is an English countertenor whose musical education began as a chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. He attended Hull University and the Royal College of Music and then went on to work as a free-lance singer while continuing further study.
In 1978 he was appointed Lay Clerk at Westminster Cathedral but continued as a soloist in opera and ensembles. In 1980 he became one of the King’s Singers, who he was with until 1990 when he became a choral director and conductor, giving workshops and master-classes for established choirs. He has conducted in venues including the Royal Albert Hall and Belfast Cathedral and many international concert halls.
He is also a composer and arranger who has arranged songs for the King’s Singers, a series of carols for the Dutch publisher Harmonia, Taiwanese folksongs and many Renaissance translations. Other arrangements include “Annie Laurie”, “Early One Morning”, and “Silent Night”.
His own compositions are a real mixed bag: Sea Tongue, a mini-opera; Sticky-Wacky-Steely-Rock-Grip-Chop-Bounce, a cantata for children’s choir; “Veni Emanuel”, for children’s choir, choir, orchestra, and soloist; and, “Who Shall Hold the Heart of Man”, for baritone, choir, and organ.
The King’s Singers recordings
Patapan and Farandole (Georges Bizet/Jeremy Jackman/Bernard de la Monnoye)
EMI 49909 (CD: A Little Christmas Music)
Jeremy Jackson – Countertenor and composer
Alastair Hume – Countertenor
Bob Chilcott – Tenor and Arranger
Bruce Russell – Baritone
Simon Carrington – Baritone
Stephen Connolly – Bass
Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus recordings
We All Stand Together (Paul McCartney)
Source:
- ttp://www.jeremyjackman.co.uk/
- www.kingssingers.com/aboutus/history.htm
- https://www.discogs.com/artist/1543267-Jeremy-Jackman
- http://www.allmusic.com/artist/jeremy-jackman-mn0001194593/biography