Jason Darnell studied at the Britten-Pears School and at University of York. Jason performs throughout Europe and has recorded and broadcast for ITV, Channel 4, BBC Radios 3 & 4, Polish Radio 2 and EBU. For the latter he gave the world premiere of Zebrowski Magnificat and Wanski Missa de Nativitate Domini. He has also performed and recorded with the ensembles Corona Coloniensis, Vocalsolisten Ratisbona, Red Byrd and Yorkshire Baroque Soloists. CD releases include Monteverdi Vespers for Yorkshire Bach Choir, two programmes of sacred and secular music by Gombert with The Sound and the Fury for ORF and Blow Venus and Adonis for Wigmore Live. Baroque operatic appearances include the title role in Monteverdi’s opera Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria at the Temple of Octavia, Corinth; Vivaldi Giustino and Handel Theodora at the Megaron, Athens; odes by Purcell and Blow at Leipzig Bach Festival and York Early Music Festival. He has also recorded Bach St John Passion with Yorkshire Baroque Soloists.