Biography
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Chris Jones completed both Undergraduate and Graduate studies at Shenandoah University & Conservatory in Winchester, VA, where he studied with Janette Ogg, and Bard Suverkrop.
As a part of Shenandoah’s Opera Workshop program, he performed leading roles in mainstage productions and dozens of opera scenes during his years in the program. The Winchester Star praised: “Christopher Jones almost steals the show” with his performance as Somnus in the Conservatory’s production of Handel’s Semele.
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Chris Jones has sung professionally with all the major choruses of Washington D.C. as a member of the prestigious Professional Core section, including the Cathedral Choral Society, the Washington Chorus, and the Master Chorale of Washington. He currently sings with the Washington Bach Consort, the Men Of The Choirs at the Washington National Cathedral, the Professional Core of the Cathedral Choral Society, and a Professional Core member of the St. John's Choir at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C.
He has sung leading roles with Bel Cantanti Opera, The Bethesda Summer Music Festival, The Washington Savoyards, and he made his debut with Washington National Opera in the chorus during the 2008-2009 season.
During the spring/summer of 2007 Chris participated in the International Lyric Academy in Rome and Viterbo, Italy, and played the role of St. Peter in Act 1 of Edwin Penhorwood’s opera Too Many Sopranos with George Mason University Opera.
During the 2008-2009 season, he sang in the chorus of Washington National Opera in productions of Carmen and Turandot. For the 2009-2010 season at Washington National Opera, Chris is singing in the chorus for productions of The Barber of Seville and for Porgy and Bess.