The Glasshouse, Newcastle

In 2023 Constança had her debut with Gulbenkian Orchestra, Orquestra do Norte, Orquestra
do Algarve and Orquestra semFronteiras. In the same season she was associate conductor of
the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain (NYO) and the main guest conductor of NYO Inspire in the Spring, Summer and Autumn residencies.

Constança is the conductor and coordinator of the Zohra Orchestra for 2023/2024, where she is also responsible for mentoring young Afghan women in orchestral conducting.
In the last season she guest-conducted the Southbank Sinfonia Orquestra Clássica do Centro, and was assistant conductor for several performances with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Welsh National Opera, Orquestra Metropolitana de Lisboa and Orquestra sem Fronteiras. In Teatro Tivoli (Porto), she was musical director for Lugar Comum, an opera composed by Sofia Sousa Rocha and premiered by Quarteto Contratempus in November 2022.

She conducts the Royal Northern Sinfonia sporadically, as part of the WoCo Gateshead 2022-24 programme and was also a mentee of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship. She was part of the Young Women Opera Makers residency of the Académie du Festival Aix-en-Provence
and a fellow of the Georgia Symphony Orchestra programme in Atlanta.

Constança has premiered work by Portuguese composers and devised shows to reach wider audiences. As part of this mission, she conducted concerts of the project Pocket Orchestra Marathon with Orquestra sem Fronteiras, that takes classical music to regions of Portugal with scarce access to cultural events.

Welsh Soprano, Jessica Cale, is a First Prize winner of the Kathleen Ferrier Awards and audience prize winner at the London Handel Festival International Singing Competition. In 2025 Jessica made her Glyndebourne role debut as Bobbie in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s The Railway Children (world premiere). This summer Jessica returns to Garsington Opera to sing Giunone/Fortune in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse alongside covering the role of Violetta in Verdi’s La traviata.

Jessica is proud to be a Samling Artist and an Associate Artist of The Mozartists. Jessica completed her undergraduate degree at Cardiff University and is a graduate of the Royal College of Music International Opera Studio with an Artist Diploma in Opera and a Master of Performance with distinction. Whilst at the RCM, Jessica was the Robert Lancaster Scholar and is hugely grateful for the additional support of an Help Musicians UK Sybil Tutton Award, the Josephine Baker Trust and the Countess of Munster Trust.

​Jessica is very proud of her Welsh heritage, competing in the final of the 2021 Welsh Singer’s Showcase and winning 2nd prize at the 2019 Llangollen International Eisteddfod Pendine Voice of the Future competition. Jessica enjoys getting back to her home county of Pembrokeshire for beach walks and sea swimming (any time of year!) as often as possible.

Choirmaster : Simon Filder

Second choirmaster : Malcolm Moffatt