J A K E S N O W D O N
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J A K E S N O W D O N
Jake is a versatile actor-musician who trained at The Guildford School of Acting and has a BA in Music from Southampton University. He is a tenor singer (classical, musical theatre and contemporary), multi-instrumentalist and primary music specialist and tutor.
Jake has taught privately and for such organisations as Sussex Music School, PPA Cover, Open2Music, Stagecoach, Stage Kings, Chinthurst school and Discovery New School where he has been a music and drama specialist producing Christmas and Easter school plays.
Jake's work includes performing with Conn Artist Theatre Co., as an actor-musician for the tours of Mary Rose, Silas Marner and The Four Men; four summer seasons with Rainbow Shakespeare (Highdown Gardens); PHA production of Cinderella (Worthing Pavillion Theatre) as an ugly sister; Moment of Grace (Pleasance theatre, Islington) and devised theatre piece, Man In The Green Boots (Barbican Pit Theatre);
In musicals Jake has worked with The director/writer Sam Chittenden as a guitarist for the musical 'CLEAN' and Aviator in The Little Prince; STEM Theatre in Ophellia:Madness in Blue; composer Andrew Fisher in cast recordings and workshop performances of Gabriel, Billy Bow (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton) and The Weird World of William Willow (Clapham Omnibus Theatre).
In concert his professional engagements include soloist work for Witt Studio and Handel's Messiah with St Michael the Archangel, Southampton and a world premiere of Michael Finnissy's completion of Mozart's Requiem. He has sung with various ensembles and choirs including Mozart Festival Chorus, Blossom Street, The Collective, Merbecke Choir and was a choral scholar with Cantores Michaelis in Southampton.
Jake has taken additional training short courses with LAMDA, Act Up, Abingdon, Eton Choral Course, Barefoot Opera and Body Opera.
F E A T U R E D R E V I E W S
"The diction of the tenor soloist Jake Snowdon was excellent"
- The Times 2
"Khlestakov’s role gives rise to some very astute and commanding acting, which Jake plays with bare-faced cheek and a tight-grip on his wallet."
- Essential Surrey
"Jake Snowdon played our Aviator and demonstrated not only an engaging singing voice, but a natural skill for storytelling as he took us on a journey of the heart, as we experienced through the clever use of flashbacks what he learned and explored from his time with the prince. He held the audience as he showed his vulnerability through all the tales told and reflected with such warmth and love that it was not hard to connect with Snowdon."
- Broadwaybaby.com
“Uncomfortable, discordant and brilliant describe Showstoppers’ production of Jekyll and Hyde. Henry Jekyll (Jake Snowdon) really got under the skin of the character (and the audience) in this emotional and changeable role”
- The Daily Echo
“Musical Director Jake Snowdon made the difficult score look effortless”
- Curtain Call
