Alys Betsan Jones

Biography

Alys is from South Wales and graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2018. She is now freelancing across the UK, enjoying a varied career of performing and educating. She has studied with Jonathan Lipton,Tim Thorpe, Angus West and Anneke Scott (Natural Horn). Whilst studying, Alys was a member of the National Youth Orchestra and Wind Orchestra of Wales and the European Union Youth Wind Orchestra, performing across Europe and the UK.. Since graduating, Alys has been a finalist in the Charlton House Lyrical Brass Competition, and has undertaken tours and workshops with the Berkeley Ensemble and Opera Holloway, among others. She has performed with Welsh National Opera, Opera North, the British Sinfonietta and regularly performs with the London Musical Theatre Orchestra, where she can be heard playing on the upcoming album ‘Lucie Jones: Live at the Adelphi’. Most recently, Alys was the chair holder in 'A Christmas Carol' in the West End and holds the Horn 1 chair at Thursford Christmas Spectacular.