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Jonathan as Masetto in Don GiovanniJonathan as FigaroJonathan as Figaro Jonathan began singing at an early age, joining the church choir of St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake, aged 6. While the trumpet was his principal instrument through his teenage years he already had solo experience as a singer before leaving school, including the baritone solos in Fauré's Requiem and Jesus in Charpentier's Le Reniement de St Pierre. In 1998 he was awarded a Choral Scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied Mathematics and Astrophysics, becoming Senior Choral Scholar in 2000. During this time he gained further solo experience in concerts and opera, including the baritone lead in the world premiere of Broken Lines by Cheryl Frances-Hoad, a masterclass with Ian Bostridge, and toured across Europe and North America with the chapel choir.

Following graduation in 2001, Jonathan worked as a research scientist at Imperial College London, completing a PhD in Geophysics in 2004. Meanwhile he worked as a freelance singer, continuing to perform regularly across the UK in concerts and opera, and studying singing with Margaret Lobo. His performance repertoire spans the centuries, from Gombert and Gesualdo through Bach, Handel and Mozart, to the contemporary music of Christopher Fox, Howard Skempton, Scelsi, Sciarrino, Xenakis and Rihm, this latter category being mainly through EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble which Jonathan joined in 2004. Following a performance in the summer of 2004, he was invited to attend the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh for a week studying the music of Handel, under the tuition of Anthony Rolfe-Johnson. Church music also continues to be important to him, and in April 2005 he was appointed Lay-Clerk at Southwark Cathedral.

In October 2007 Jonathan began a Post-graduate Diploma in Vocal Performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying with Robert Dean, and with the aim of making a full-time career in music. He gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of his family, The Worshipful Company of Poulters (Nepton Trust), Kissmann Langford Ltd. and the Michael James Music Trust for this purpose.