Artistic Director
Byron Jackson is an internationally acclaimed opera singer of Jamaican descent, born and raised in Birmingham.
A dramatic baritone, he trained for a music degree focusing on vocal and operatic studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where in his final year was awarded the St Clare Barfield Memorial Bowl for Operatic Distinction.
He has sung with prestigious opera companies and concert halls around the UK and abroad including English National Opera, De Nationale Opera, Opera North, the Royal Opera House, Pegasus Opera Company, Scottish Opera and the Adelaide Festival, Australia.
He co-founded and helped create BJ Music Events and is now appointed as Artistic Director of Persona Arts.
In 2019, Byron was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts for his work in the advancement of opera and classical music in local communities.