"He’s very well developed for a young man of his age; he’s got very good instincts musically, and it seems to me theatrically as well; he’s certainly got a good voice and he’s absolutely on the right path." |
A former recipient of the Opera Australia Student Scholarship and graduate of the Talent Development Project, Jeremy has featured as a concert soloist for the Opera Australia Benevolent Fund, Sydney Conservatorium of Music (Early Music Ensemble), Argyle Orchestra (Hobart, Australia), Opera Projects Sydney, con voci Chamber Choir (Wollongong, Australia) and Fiori Musicali (Armidale, Australia).
Jeremy has also been engaged professionally by the Sydney Philharmonia Choirs as well as the Gondwana Choirs with The Muffat Collective as Aeneas in Dido & Æneas (Purcell) and The Co-operative as the Secret Police Agent in The Consul (Menotti). Additionally, Jeremy has featured in the ensembles of Don Giovanni (Mozart) and I Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) for the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Winner of both the Margaret Olive Stewart Bequest Scholarship and the PATIM Fund Scholarship, Jeremy studies with Maree Ryan AM. In the 2018 Sydney Eisteddfod, Jeremy was the Runner Up in the Intermediate Vocal Scholarship (Dame Joan Sutherland Memorial Award). In 2020, Jeremy was awarded the Demant Dreikurs scholarship at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and gratefully received artist assistance from the Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation's National Assistance Program. He also received an Italian language merit scholarship to L'Università Per Stranieri di Perugia (The University for Foreigners Perugia, Italy) through L'Istituto di Cultura (Italian Cultural Institute, Sydney). Jeremy is currently reading for a Masters of Opera Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, completing his Bachelor of Music (Performance) in 2020 at the same institution. Masterclasses include that by Jessica Pratt and Dr. Graham Johnson OBE. Jeremy’s other work includes scoring for short films (Absence - Best Film, Martini Awards 2017) and stage productions of The Tempest (Shakespeare, Phoenix Theatre Company), Blood Wedding (Lorca) and Ash Girl (Wertenbaker). He is a Full Member (Arranger) of the Music Arrangers’ Guild of Australia (M.A.G.A.) and an Ambassador for ClassikON. Jeremy is also the Manager of APRA Art Music Award Winning ensemble, Steel City Strings Chamber Orchestra. Orchestral commissions include The Curious Story of the Bushy-Tailed Drop Bear (tone poem for orchestra) for the Illawarra On Pointe Orchestra. In his spare time, Jeremy enjoys attending the symphony, opera, chamber music recitals, jazz and straight theatre. Of a summer, Jeremy turns into a cricket tragic. He also takes a keen interest in Australian politics and Michael Leunig. |