Judges
Stuart Barr
Stuart studied at the Purcell School of Music; Magdalene
College, Cambridge; and the Royal College of Music.
As a musical director, his work is as diverse as co-devising
Gyles Brandreth's Zipp! 100 Musicals For Less Than
The Price Of One, and It's Almost Like Being In
Love (National Theatre). He has orchestrated various
national and international productions such as On A
Clear Day You Can See Forever, and Sondheim's Passion
(Bridewell Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (Frankfurt),
and Rent and Blood Brothers (Seoul, S.Korea).
Concert conducting includes tours of A Viennese Operetta
Gala and Abba, the Concert. He has been a guest conductor
of the Ekaterinburg Philharmonic in Russia; and has conducted
in places as diverse as the Cardiff Millennium Centre,
open-air in Barbados, and in Washington D.C.
Stuart is also a freelance West End vocal coach and singing
teacher, he coaches at the Actors' Centre, the Royal Academy
of Music and privately. He coached the children's voices
on the BBC's The Little Prince, later going on
to coach the treble Joseph McManners, for his debut album
for In Dreams.
Stuart is a member of the British Voice Association.
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