Music Staff

Mr Michael Leighton Jones, BA VUW, MA Cantab, MMus Qld
Director of Music

Michael Leighton Jones has been associated with music all his life – his mother was a professional singer, and he received his earliest musical training in Australia. Post-graduate studies took him from his native New Zealand to England, where he sang in the choirs of King’s College, Cambridge (with Sir David Willcocks), and Westminster Abbey. For ten years he was a member of the London-based vocal quintet, The Scholars, singing more than a thousand concerts in over forty countries, before joining the music staff at the University of Queensland.

In Brisbane, he formed the vocal sextet Jones and Co, with whom he toured both nationally and internationally. He has always maintained an active solo career, performing operatic roles and singing in oratorios and recitals, including many first performances in leading festivals. Michael regularly performs with Australia’s symphony orchestras and chamber music groups. He is also prominent as a composer, arranger and conductor. Since 1997 he has been Director of Music at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne.