BIOGRAPHY
& CREDITS
BIOGRAPHY
Jemma studied at the Royal Academy of Music, graduating with a Distinction in Musical Direction and Coaching. She holds a first class honours BA degree in Music from the University of Cambridge (2022). During her studies at the Academy she was Musical Director of Carousel (2023), and was Assistant Musical Director and co-orchestrator of Colored Lights: The Songs of Kander and Ebb (2022). Previous credits include Musical Director of Living With Sin (the Space, Edinburgh Fringe 2022), Dogfight (Brickhouse Theatre Company, 2021), Assistant Musical Director of My Fair Lady (ADC Theatre, 2020) and Assistant Musical Director and co-orchestrator of the Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society’s gala showcase, I Got Rhythm (2022).
Jemma was a Leverhulme Artist of Aldeburgh Young Musicians and previously held the role of orchestral pianist for two years in the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, where she performed at the Royal Albert Hall in the 2019 BBC Prom season.
EXPERIENCE
Musical Director
Carousel | 2023 | Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music
Power Play (Workshop) | 2023 | Time Productions
Sweeney Todd | 2023 | Royal Academy of Music
Living With Sin | 2022 | theSpace, Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Dogfight | 2021| Brickhouse Theatre Company
Survival Strategies | 2020 | ADC Theatre
Assistant Musical Director
Oliver! | 2023/2024 | Leeds Playhouse
Agent Showcase | 2023 | Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music
Colored Lights: The Songs of Kander and Ebb | 2022 | Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music
I Got Rhythm CUMTS Gala Night | 2022 | ADC Theatre
My Fair Lady | 2020 | ADC Theatre
Pianist / Keys Player
Keys 2 Dep | Kathy And Stella Solve A Murder | 2023 | Bristol Old Vic / Manchester HOME
Keys 1 | Agent Showcase | 2023 | Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music
Keys 2 | Colored Lights: The Songs of Kander and Ebb | 2022 | Royal Academy of Music
Keys 1 | I Got Rhythm CUMTS Gala Night | 2022 | ADC Theatre
Keys 1 |My Fair Lady | 2020 | ADC Theatre
Orchestral Pianist | 2018-2019 | National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Rehearsal Pianist | Cabaret | 2018 | Rugby School
Orchestrator / Arranger
Agent Showcase | 2023 | Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music
Colored Lights: The Songs of Kander and Ebb | 2022 | Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music
I Got Rhythm CUMTS Gala Night | 2022 | ADC Theatre
Other
Keyboard Programming | Agent Showcase | 2023 | Susie Sainsbury Theatre, Royal Academy of Music
Keyboard Programming | Colored Lights: The Songs of Kander and Ebb | 2022 | Royal Academy of Music
Music Mentor | The Man Who Wouldn't Be Murdered | 2021 | Corpus Playroom
Soprano | 2019-2022 | Girton College, University of Cambridge
Leverhulme Artist | 2015-2017 | Aldeburgh Young Musicians (CAT)
Violin
Company | 2022 | ADC Theatre
Rapunzel (CUADC/Footlights) | 2021 | ADC Theatre
Cambridge University Orchestra | 2019-2020
A Little Princess | 2018 | National Youth Music Theatre | The Other Palace
National Children's Orchestras of Great Britain | 2011-2015
EDUCATION
MA, Musical Direction and Coaching | Distinction | Royal Academy of Music | 2022-2023
BA(Hons), Music | 1st | University of Cambridge | 2019-2022
ARSM Performance Diploma | Distinction | Violin | 2017
DipABRSM Performance Diploma | Distinction | Piano | 2015