About Me

I am Jesse, and I love singing, acting, dancing and playing instruments. From a young age, I've enjoyed watch films such as Grease (despite not knowing the full depth of the themes!), and since then it has been an ambition of mine to get on stage. My ideal career would either be acting in musical theatre, flute/piccolo performance (orchestral) or classical music composition.

Acting

Experience

Accents

Employment History & Experience

I go to weekly youth group workshops at my local theatre, Progress theatre.
Progress Theatre productions;
'Going Postal' (January 2010), played 'Drumknott'
Rehearsals have begun for 'Cold Comfort Farm' (youth group production, to be performed in April 2011), playing 'Charles' and 'Seth'.

School Productions;
'We Will Rock You' (Christmas 2008), played 'Gaga Kid' (ensemble)

'The Plays The Thing' (a collection of shortened Shakespeare plays and GCSE Devised pieces, Christmas 2009), performed devised piece with three other people. Main role; 'Hamlet'

'Grease' (Christmas 2010), played 'Sonny'

Auditions;
Summer 2010; first stage of 'Skins' auditions

Music

Experience

Vocal Skills

Instruments Played

Employment History & Experience

School bands I play in, and what instrument;
Flute Group (run by myself and another student), flute and piccolo
Sixth Form Band (run by myself and two others), flute
Concert Band, oboe and piccolo
Jazz Band, flute and mallets (i.e., xylophone and marimba)
Samba Band, low surdo
All Years' Choir, tenor and bass
Sixth Form Choir, tenor

Singing Range; D#5 (d#'') to about three octaves higher.

School Concerts; three per academic year since September 2005, in which I have played in all my bands, groups and choirs, as well as some solo performances.

School tours;
Summer 2009; German Rhineland
Rehearsing for Summer 2011; The Netherlands

Dancing

Experience

Dance Skills

Employment History & Experience

Help with adult's and children's Ballroom/Latin American classes.

2nd place Ballroom and 4th place Latin American, juvenile division, Blackpool Nationals (January 2006)
1st to 4th place attained to many competitions (Summer 2009 to Summer 2010)

Appearances on BBC's 'Blue Peter' (Autumn 2006) and Sky One's 'Justin Lee Collins: Ballroom Dancer' (Autumn 2009, aired Spring 2010)

Languages Spoken

Experience & Qualifications

Qualifications & Training

11 A's (including music and drama) and 2 B's at GCSE
Gold Bar Ballroom and Latin American (EADA)
Gold Cross Ballroom and Latin American (NATD)
Grade 4 Standard Tap and Modern (NATD)
Attended Grade 2 Ballet Class for a year (2004)
Grade 7 standard flute & piccolo, Trinity Guildhall Grade 7 exam to be taken in Summer 2011.
Last flute exam taken; Grade 5 Associated Board (2009).

Other Information

Relevant Skills

Dancing, wide vocal range, instrument playing and acting. I can hula-hoop and perform two tricks with the hoop. I can spin a diablo, but the only trick I can do is make it jump.

Interests & Hobbies

Singing; vocal range from D#5 (d#''), stretching to about three octaves higher.
Dancing; Ballroom and Latin american since I was six years old. Tap and Modern since I was 14. I attended a Ballet class for a year when I was 10.
Instrumental performance; flute is my first instrument, and piccolo is roughly the same standard. Beginner oboe, however previous knowledge and enthusiasm have allowed me to advance quickly. I also have decent knowledge of piano (on which I can play only two pieces, but to a high standard), brass and string instruments (I've had one free cello lesson).
Music composition; one of my GCSE pieces attained full marks. I also compose my own pieces and rearrange pieces in my own time.
I also love fashion and textiles. Making garments is something I love doing.