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"Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue."   Plato

Joy is a classical singer from New Zealand of Scottish, English and Samoan heritage.

"Joy remembers at the age of 2, singing with her brothers and mother while her father played the piano before Church."

Joy gained considerable singing experience from church, school and university, gaining a broad repertoire by participating in many different surroundings.

Highlights have been singing  Australia and New Zealand's National Anthems at the 'Bledisloe Cup'; performing the Special Olympics Anthem for its National sports meet; and singing at the Sydney Opera House Christmas Pantomime.

Singing at Family Major events such as weddings and even funerals have been a great source of personal fulfillment for Joy.

In recent years, traveling to Jordan, Holland and Australia has helped develop her singing and listening to Jordanian, Egyptian, Bulgarian and Pacific performers has further enrichened life and musical experiences.

Joy's passion for assisting charity and community care have blossomed. Her meetings with citizens who work full time for such organizations have been invaluable to  aspiring to her singing goals.

Currently, Joy has volunteered as both a singer and speaker for the National Breast Cancer Foundation of Australia.    

Finally, Her main goal is to contribute to the greater good. Helping by offering to sing for charities and community efforts.  Some people can offer their skills as teachers or medical practitioners to those in need. Joy aspires to offer her skills and love of singing to contribute to giving help.

 Flooding in Cumbria and Samoa caused chaos for people in 2009. Joy has recorded a Christmas CD to raise funds for both people affected. These CDs are for sale now £5 each with £2 going to Cumbria and £1 (exchange rate is reason for smaller contribution).

Please email if you are interested in buying a CD and thank you to all those who have shown their support. 

"Thank you for visiting my site."

Joy

** FOR DAWN'S FRIEND,

who has just been diagnosed with Stage 3 Breast Cancer, I will start

typing up my log/blog for you so hopefully you will find something useful xo. I will call the page "RECNAC"

MOST RECENT SINGING

 "Christmas CD"

CD "No Bull Just Life. Songs of Joy!"

(Songs about you and me, sung by me. Listen to some on this site now)

For Sale here

Singing at the Opening of Melbourne's Mothers' Day Classic Charity

Run, May, 2011

Singing "World in Union" and "Oh Holy Night", for the Commonwealth

Secretariat. Queen's Chapel, St James Palace, London, December

CURRICULUM VITAE

2011

Christmas CD "Love Justice Equality"

Women in Super Christmas Party, Melbourne

"D" Troop 15th Kings Light Dragoons (Hussars) Christmas Party, Melbourne

"Mothers Day Classic" charity fun-run

Singing at Opening of this Women in Super initiative

National Breast Cancer Foundation

Singing for National Breast Cancer Foundation, Melbourne

In Honour of retiring Chairperson, Mavis Robertson AM

2010

Pink-tober

Singing for launch of Breast Cancer in Far North Queensland's Cancer Council

Interviews with ABC Radio, FNQ, Win News, Channel 7

2009

Commonwealth Secretariat Christmas Service, soloist, Queens Chapel,

St James Palace, London

Ngati Ranana, Maori Cultural Group, London, England

Soirees, West London, England

Christmas CD – produced to help raise funds for charities

Street performing, London, St Helens...

2008

Salvation Army Christmas Eve Concert, Martin Place, Sydney, Australia

Busking, Australia and New Zealand

2006

Jive Records, Auditions, Manhattan

Busking, Broadway, Manhattan

Busking, Queenstown, New Zealand

2004-2005

Magic Flute excerpts, University of Victoria, Wellington

British High Commission, Wellington

Busking, Wellington, New Zealand

Anzac Day Concert, Upper Hutt Choral Society

Michael Fowler Centre, "Save the Children" Beethoven’s 9th Symphony

Invercargill Christmas in Queens Park, Mercury Television, Tom Conroy, Invercargill

Proms Concert, Pelorus Brass Band Fundraising concert, South Woods, Paraparaumu

Bachelor of Music Degree, Performance Voice, University of Victoria,

Wellington New Zealand

Anthem - Maori version, Government House, Wellington

2000-2002

Eastern Suburb soirees, Sydney, Australia

Sydney Conservatorium Evening Course

Scholarship Michael Antares

1998-2000

Busking, Los Angeles, USA

Scholarship Alan Hendrie, Sydney, Australia

Euro-Style Day, Double Bay, Sydney, Australia

1996-1997

Honor McKeller part-scholarship, Dunedin, New Zealand

"Bledisloe Cup", Australia and New Zealand Anthems soloist,

Mr Gregg O'Brien, Dunedin, New Zealand

Sydney Opera House, ‘Christmas at the Opera House’, chorus

Novice Prize winner, Dunedin Competitions

Contrasting Songs Prize winner, Les Cleveland, Dunedin Competitions

The Merry Widow, Opera Otago, Dunedin

Back to Broadway, Dunedin Operatic Society, Dunedin

1990-1994

Orpheus in the Underworld, Dunedin

Gondoliers, Dunedin

Pear Fishers, Dunedin

Special Olympics National Meeting, Invercargill

Other Shows: Evita, The Sound of Music, South Pacific,

Joseph and His Amazing Technicolored Dream Coat, Invercargill

CDs donated to  Centrepoint

Further funds raised will be directed to Great Ormond Street Childrens' Hospital, London  https://donate.gosh.org/cgi-bin/gosh/ff2-reg.pl?event=10&donation=online&whichform=regform

Thank you also to:

Christopher Hoskin  Owner of CorruCup

Stina Richardson

Vila Matautia, St Helens

Ben Matautia, Otara Limited, Essex

Dyanne W and Karen K

Sara, Owner of BeeBees Kids

Mr Andrew Dougal of Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke Association

and St Helens Star Newspaper

Tim Johnston, Sound Engineer, Melbourne

Tracey King, Brunei