Ione trained at The Cardiff International Academy of voice with Dennis O’Neil and with ENO Opera Works. She has sung in Masterclasses for some of the worlds most well known Opera singers including Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Dame Josephine Barstow, Nuccia Focile and June Anderson. She has been a finalist at The London Wagner Competition and was awarded a Bayreuth Bursary. Opera roles include Donna Anna, Fiordiligi Clonter Opera; Elisetta (Il Matrimonio Segretto) Barga Festival Opera, Italy; Nedda (Pagliacci) Haddo House; Turandot, Violetta (La Traviata), Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) York Opera; Ellen Orford Leeds Youth Opera; Carmen, Hero (Beatrice and Benedict) Fenena (Nabucco) West Riding Opera. Concert appearances include: Sieglinde (Die Walkurie) with the London Rehearsal Orchestra, Viva Verdi Concerts for Opera Box, Lunchtime concerts at Scarborough Library and The story of Maria Callas. Ione has also enjoyed singing with Opera North Chorus and for their educational workshops.