Jo Scullin BA (Hons)
Photo (c) Phil Rees
Jo graduated, with first class honours, from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama where she studied piano with Julian Jacobson, piano accompaniment with Antony Saunders and singing with Eiddwen Harrhy.
While at RWCMD she received several awards for musical and academic achievements including The Margaret Tann Williams Award for singing studies, The John Ireland Song Competition Accompanist's Award, The BA Year Prize (awarded for the highest mark at examination) and The Simon Clarkson Memorial Award for outstanding musicianship which she received for two consecutive years. Jo was also privileged to be invited to accompany the college's principal 'cellist in a private performance for HRH the Prince of Wales at the opening of the Anthony Hopkins Centre.
Jo now works across South Wales as a freelance accompanist, musical director, singer, teacher and arranger. She is accompanist to the Morriston Orpheus Choir, the Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir, Stagecoach South Wales Regional Choir and vocal ensembles Vivace Singers and Diva Delight. She enjoys writing and arranging music for all these groups. As a singer Jo performs with the Welsh Chamber Singers and the Vivace Singers and has appeared on several BBC radio and television broadcasts with both ensembles. Jo also plays as a jazz pianist in the Pen-Pych Trio.
Jo is an experienced music educator and is currently on the music staff of the Cathedral School in Llandaff, where she teaches piano. She also teaches singing for several theatre arts schools across South Wales including Stagecoach Theatre Arts and Fahrenheit Theatre Artz.
Her passion and versatility as a musician have led her to perform in several countries including Dubai, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Italy, Switzerland, and France and with a diverse range of artists including Bryn Terfel, Rebecca Evans, Shan Cothi, Hayley Westenra and Goldie Lookin' Chain.
September 2008