Jill Morton attended the Music School of Douglas Academy, near Glasgow, where she studied with Jean Hutchison. During her five years as a pupil there, Jill gained a very wide experience in all areas of music making, performing regularly as soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. 1994, she won a scholarship place to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama to study with Professor Joan Havill. With generous support from the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, Sir James Caird’s Travelling Scholarship Trust and the Robertson Trust among others, she continued her studies there, and in 2000 was awarded Guildhall’s prestigious Concert Recital Diploma (Premier Prix). Subsequently, Jill spent a very successful season as Pianist in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada.
Since making her professional debut in 1994, Jill has performed extensively as concerto soloist throughout Great Britain, in venues which include the Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Hall in London, the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and the Symphony Hall in Birmingham. Appearances have included performances of Rachmaninov Paganini Variations, and Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg, Ravel, Schumann and Tchaikovsky concertos. Jill is also much in demand as recitalist and has given solo and duo recitals in venues including St. Martin-in-the-Fields and St James’s, Piccadilly in London.
Since winning the Skene Award at the Aberdeen International Youth Festival, Jill has performed as concerto soloist at the Festival Gala concert with both James Loughran and Sian Edwards. In addition, as Skene winner, she has given recital performances and has toured with the Dutch violinist Daniel Rowland and the Edinburgh Quartet.
Jill is also highly respected as a teacher. She has given masterclasses and recitals at Aberdeen University, Moira House School for Girls in Eastbourne and is also visiting Master Tutor at the Aberdeen City Music School. Jill currently holds the position of Head of Keyboard at the Perse School for Boys in Cambridge.