Janice Thompson Performance Trust

Sector: Young People

Key Skills

music young people arts culture opera classical singing theatre musical

Key Clients

Swindon's young people and arts professionals

The JTPTrust is an Educational Charity. ‘Its aim is to promote, improve, develop and widen public education and appreciation of vocal music through classes, workshops and presentation of recitals and concerts.
The Trust is managed by four voluntary Trustees and a voluntary Executive Committee. The Chairman is Jonathan Young, Deputy Head of Swindon’s Greendown School, and the Trust Patron is international singing teacher, Miss Mollie Petrie.
Classes and events are organised by the Director, Janice Thompson, MA LRAM ATCL, plus assistant team-teachers, accompanists and child manager, Sue Herbert. In addition to its work as a training establishment for young singers, the Trust runs a scheme to develop Young Arts Leaders, enabling our more advanced teenagers to work voluntarily alongside established teachers during classes, as well as giving them the opportunity to conduct, accompany and lead activities.
The Junior and Youth Vocal Training classes are open to all singers within the Swindon area and there are presently 100 children in classes and 50 in choral and ensemble groups. The Trust is keen to establish links with communities and schools in the local area. Recent community links have included the Trust Scholarship Class, funded by GWRKids and the Ernest Cooke Fund, and the appearance of the Ruskin Junior School Choir at the Trust Summer Gala Concert in July 2010.
Annual public events include two Christmas Concerts, A spring competitive Festival and Cabaret, and a summer Wyvern Gala Concert. Events are managed by Trustee Matt Fox, plus a team of volunteers. Last year Matt lead the Trust’s ‘Young Adult Performers’ in the organisation and performance of the acclaimed musical, ‘Into the Woods’ by Stephen Sondheim, this year they will perform two new shows ‘Lucnh at the Cooked Goose’ and ‘Dear Georgette’ at the Town Hall Theatre

Key People

Janice Thomspon

Director
Janice Thompson trained at the Royal Academy of Music and is a qualified singing teacher with 30 years experience. She has devoted many years to the study of the developing voice; she has listened to and helped hundreds of children and young people to sing and and has presented papers on the subject for both the British Voice Association and Association of Teachers of Singing. Janice is a member of the ISM and also a qualified accompanist.

Matt Fox

Trustee, Writer, Director, Producer
Matt is a trustee for the JTPTrust and runs our in house theatre company 'YAP'. He is a playwrite and in house director/producer for the trust. Matt is undertaking a part time PhD in drama, with new writing forming a major part of this.

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