Judy Bellingham

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  • Visiting Professorship, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan, Taiwan, ROC.

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    Since 1998, Judy has been invited as the Guest Vocal Tutor at the International Music Festival held annually at Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan. In 2011, however, Judy was granted a Visiting Professorship at the University, and she was resident there for two weeks. During that time she was very busy giving: 5 classes, two hours…

  • Judy Bellingham, Dramatic Soprano

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    Judy Bellingham,controls her tremendous power, singing … with cool, clear tone and an easy top register. Judy is one of New Zealand’s finest singers of opera, oratorio and song recitals. She enjoys singing in a variety of contexts from the formality of opera to weddings. A career highlight for Judy was creating the role of…

  • Artistic Director NZ Singing School, Napier

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    Since 1997 Judy has been a Tutor at the New Zealand Singing School, Toi Wānanga Te Waiata. In 2003 she was invited to become the Artistic Director of the School,  and since then the School has blossomed, each School having a full complement of 80 students in the twin disciplines of Classical singing and Music…

  • International speaker at ABCD, Birmingham

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    Last year Judy accepted an offer to be the International Guest presenter at the Annual Conference of the Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD) in Birmingham, UK from August 26th – Aug 28th 2011. At the Conference she presented two papers: The Ageing Voice and Bel Canto and the Choral Tradition – a contradiction? She…

  • Songs of Old Dunedin, DVD

    Songs of Old Dunedin, DVD

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    The settlers of Dunedin brought many songs to their new homes, many learnt by heart, others preserved in treasured volumes. They included folk songs, ballads, sacred works, show songs and comic music hall or vaudeville songs.

  • Recent invitation to perform at the Vatican

    Recent invitation to perform at the Vatican

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    In June 2010 Judy performed with the David Jorlett Choral in Detroit, USA. In the audience was a recording technician with links to performances in the Vatican. As  a result, Judy  recently received a verbal invitation to sing at the Vatican. She is currently awaiting written confirmation of this invitation.

  • Outrageous Fortune

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    An opera ‘raunchy rather than high class,’ which would be relevant to Otago’s history and which would appeal to a wide audience.

  • It Began with a Pony

    It Began with a Pony

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    Selected work by Dorothy Buchanan. Available from SOUNZ

  • New Zealand Songs

    New Zealand Songs

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    Songs by Dorothy Buchanan, David Hamilton, Anthony Ritchie and John Ritchie Judy Bellingham, soprano, Terence Dennis, piano and Debbie Rawson, clarinet This CD features works by New Zealand composers, all of which were commissioned by Judy herself, thus revealing her passion for, and commitment to, the music of New Zealand. Mary Magdalene and the Birds…

  • Brahms Requiem conducted by Sir David Willcocks

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    Bellingham Enright and Brewer were well chosen for their solo performances, moments when one wishes they could burst into spontaneous applause at completion, but are forced to wait until the interval and the end to take advantage of rapturous appreciation. The performance ended with a foot-stamping roar. Paula Cunliffe Nelson Mail, NZ, 2006