1. LINDSEY JAMES
PERSONAL DETAILS
Term-time Address: 74a Santley House, Frazier Street, London, SE1 7RF
Home Address: 4 Aster Close, South Anston, Sheffield S25 5HW
D.O.B: 4/11/1993
Telephone: Mobile: 07904 880869
E-mail: ljames@tiscali.co.uk
LinkedIn Profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/lindsey-james/9b/960/390
EDUCATION
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON Sept 2012 to May 2015
BMus (Hons) (with soprano choral scholarship)
Royal Academy of Music Sept 2012 to May 2015
(singing lessons with Alexander Ashworth)
Wales High School, Sheffield (6TH Form) Sept 2010 to June 2012
3 A-levels: A*AB (Music, English Literature, Psychology)
Aston Comprehensive School, Sheffield Sept 2005 to June 2010
10 GCSEs: Maths (A), English Language (A*), English Literature (A*),
Science (A), Additional Science (A*), Music (A*),
Drama (A), Spanish (A), Religious Education (A), Physical Ed (A)
Sheffield Music Academy (8.30am – 5pm Saturdays) Sept 2008 to June 2012
(Government funded Centre for Advanced Training for ‘students with
exceptional musical ability’)
ABRSM: Grade 8 Singing and Cello (distinction in both disciplines),
Grade 5 Piano (Merit), Grade 5 Music Theory (Distinction)
PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
Self-employed Freelance Singer and Cellist – Private & Charity Functions (2010 – present)
(Weddings, funerals, birthdays, anniversaries, charitable fund-raising concerts etc.)
 Marketing my services as a performer/musical events organiser via social media platforms including
Facebook and LinkedIn
 Project-managing the successful provision of musical services by listening carefully to clients, in
order to establish their preferences and produce a complementary musical programme bespoke to
their event
 Liaising with relevant parties i.e. clients, performers, church clergy, venue/equipment providers to
co-ordinate cohesive, successful events
 Performing as a soloist and/or as a member of an ensemble e.g. string quartet
 Sourcing high calibre musicians and drawing up rehearsal schedules to ensure maximum
attendance of all those involved

2.  Negotiating and explaining fee structures and payment terms in an open and transparent manner
 Cost-efficiently and quickly sourcing sheet music as and when required
 Designing attractive business cards and my own website to advertise for future engagements
(http://lindseyjamessoprano.wix.com/lindseyjamessoprano)
Concert Hall Usher – St John’s, Smith Square (Sept 2014 – present)
 Communicating face to face with customers in a friendly and approachable manner
 Promoting the purchase of programmes and additional merchandise
 Identifying suitable points at which to discreetly admit late arrivals with minimal disruption to
seated guests
 Working within a team to ensure the safe setting up and dismantling of staging
 Maintaining a professional demeanour at all times
Soprano Choral Scholar – Choir of King’s College London (Sept 2012 – Sept 2015) and St Mary’s Parish
Church, Battersea (Sept 2013 – June 2014)
 Singing in weekly services, plus additional memorial services, weddings and concerts
 Presenting professionally as ambassadors for King’s College London during international tours, BBC
radio broadcasts and professional CD recordings
 Adapting quickly to changing circumstances e.g. covering absent colleagues’ solos at very short
notice, and sight-reading new musical material due to last minute programme changes
 Building the confidence of visiting amateur singers by offering friendly support, positive feedback,
and constructive advice
WORK EXPERIENCE - 2008
Peripatetic Cello Teacher – Rotherham Schools’ Music Service
 Instrumental teaching to primary and secondary school students of varying standards
 Offering advice and sharing my own musical experiences with students
 Assisting in the organisation of schools’ end of year concerts by creating programmes, setting up
staging and tuning students’ instruments
 Reassuring and supporting nervous students before and after their performance
Telephone Fundraiser – King’s College London (single term contract: Jan – May 2013)
 Building rapport over the phone with KCL alumni to raise funds for medical research
 Using specialist computer software to record responses for future training purposes
 Responsible for executing resultant financial transactions
 Maintaining composure, positivity and resilience when faced with the occasional objectionable
reaction to a call
Due to meeting and exceeding targets, was offered contract renewal for a second term but declined as a
result of other commitments.
Children’s Swimming Coach – Super Swimmers Ltd (2010)

3.  Age appropriate teaching of basic swimming techniques to children aged 3yrs+
 Dealing sensitively with pupils suffering from learning difficulties such as Asperger’s Syndrome and
ADHD
 Instructing in-pool assistants how best to interact with the children
 Creating engaging and original narratives to maintain the children’s attention each week
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACCOLADES
 Genesis Sixteen 2015/16 – following a highly competitive application and audition process, I was
chosen out of hundreds of candidates to be one of six sopranos in the next Genesis ensemble,
directed by Harry Christophers, founder and director of The Sixteen, and Eamonn Dougan,
Associate Conductor of The Sixteen
 Invited by AYM (Awards for Young Musicians) to act as public speaker and solo cellist at the House
of Commons – preparation and delivery of my own speech to politicians and potential benefactors
of Awards for Young Musicians at Speaker’s House in 2011
 Soprano choral scholarship offers at Merton College (University of Oxford), King’s College London
and St. Mary’s Parish Church, Battersea. Achieved via competitive application and audition process
 Offer to study Cello on BMus course at Trinity Laban Conservatoire – 2012
 Solo performances and master-classes (soprano) – including the World Premiere of a new chamber
orchestra arrangement of Elgar’s Sea Pictures at The Crucible, Sheffield – 2012
 Winner of Rotherham Young Musician of the Year Competition 2010 (Senior Category)
 AYM – Robert Lewin Scholarship 2010 and Mitton Daniels Award for Best Cellist 2011
Solo Vocal Repertoire
Includes:
 Bach, J. S. - ‘Zerfließe mein Herze’ (St John Passion),
 Bach, J. S. - ‘Quia respexit’ (Magnificat in D)
 Britten - On This Island, ‘A Charm’ (A Charm of Lullabies) and
‘Balulalow’ and ‘That Yonge Child’ (A Ceremony of Carols)
 Debussy – ‘Green’ (Ariettesoubliees)
 Duparc – ‘Soupir’, ‘Serenade’
 Elgar - Sea Pictures
 Faure – ‘Aurore’, ‘Le secret’, ‘Les roses d’Ispahan’, ‘Apres un reve’
 Handel - ‘I know that my redeemer liveth’ (Messiah),
‘Heart, the Seat of Soft Delight’ (Acis and Galatea)
 Haydn - St Nicholas Mass
 Howells – ‘Come Sing and Dance’
 Libby Larsen – ‘Travelling’ (Late in the Day), and
‘He never misses’ and ‘So Like Your Father’s’ (Songsfrom Letters)
 Mozart – ‘Als luise die Briefe’, ‘Das Veilchen’

4.  Mozart - ‘Deh vieni, non tardar’, ‘Non so piu’ and ‘Voi che sapete’ (Le Nozze di Figaro)
 Pergolesi - ‘Cujus animam gementem’ and ‘Vidit suum dulcem natum’ (Stabat Mater)
 Poulenc – ‘La Dame d’Andre’, ‘Dans l’herbe’ ‘Il vole’ and ‘Violon’ (Fiancailles pour rire)
 Purcell – ‘Not all my torments’, ‘Music for a While’
 Schumann – ‘Seit ich ihn gesehen’, ‘Er, der Herrlichste’, ‘Nun hast du mir…’ (Frauenliebe
und leben)
 Schumann – ‘Widmung’, ‘Du bist wie eine Blume’
 Wolf – ‘Elfenlied’ and ‘Er ist’s’ (Morike-Lieder)
Choral Repertoire
Includes:
 Allegri – Missa in lectulo meo, Missa Christus resurgens
 Bach, J. S. – St John Passion
 Brahms - Gesänge für Frauenchor, 2 Hörner und Harfe
 Britten - A Boy was Born
 Britten - A Ceremonyof Carols
 Busiakiewicz, Robert – Ego sum resurrectio*
 Charpentier – Litanies de la Vierge
 Desenclos – Requiem*, Salve regina*, Nos autem*
 Duruflé - Requiem
 Händel - Israel in Egypt
 Haydn - St. Nicholas Mass
 Lobo - Lamentations
 Martin – Mass for Double Choir
 Mozart - Requiem
 Pergolesi - Stabat Mater
 Pitts, Antony – Pie Jesu**
 Pott, Francis – Nigra sum sed Formosa**
 Poulenc - Mass in G Major, Litanies a la Vierge noire*
 Schütz - A Christmas Story
 Strauss – Deutsche Motette
 Tallis - Spem in Alium
 Victoria – Requiem (1605)
 Vilette, Pierre – O sacrum convivium*, Attende domine*, Hymne a la Vierge*
 Vivaldi - Gloria
* Recorded by KCL Choir ** Recorded and given World Premiere by KCL Choir