CLARINET AND PIANO TEACHER
Rowan Jones is an award-winning London based clarinettist and music tutor with a wealth of orchestral, contemporary and chamber music experience. Her musical education began at the Walthamstow Music Service and continued through outreach projects led by Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning. She went on to study at the Junior Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she was awarded the Principal’s Prize in 2017, the Clarinet Prize in 2016 and 2017 and was a finalist in the Lutine Prize. Rowan has graduated with a Master’s of Performance from the Royal College of Music in 2023 and a Bachelor of Music with First Class from the Royal Academy of Music in 2021 as a scholarship holder. Rowan is a recipient of the RCM Musician’s Grant Fund Instrumental Award 2023, St Marylebone Educational Foundation Grant and UMUK Sound Foundation Instrumental Award 2022/23.
Rowan has enjoyed playing with the Orchestra of Opera North, English National Opera, Wild Arts’ opera run and tour of the Elixir of Love 2023 and recording with Shadwell Opera amongst others. As a founding member of Sylva Winds, Rowan has performed in recitals around London including at the Brazilian Embassy in London and in chamber music residencies with Ferrandou Musique and the Tunnell Trust. They have won numerous chamber music awards and recorded in Abbey Road Studios. Rowan’s versatile performance and instrumental skills have lead her to thrive in contemporary music settings too, having attained the 2023/24 clarinet place in the London Sinfonietta Academy and she has also recorded for Naxos. Rowan has taught clarinet, piano, saxophone and music theory lessons privately for 7+ years and is currently the Clarinet Tutor at HMDT Saturday Programme and a peripatetic teacher with WFMS and THAMES.
