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My Musical Journey
Both my parents were musicians -
My father played and taught trumpet in Sydney; was president of
the Musicians Union for ten years, and; was
Musical Director for some wonderful
performers when they came to Australia, including
Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and Sammy Davis Jr.
My mother was a vocalist and sang many commercials
for radio and television and appeared on televised variety shows
in the nineteen fifties and sixties as a member of
the Lester Sisters and the Clair Poole Singers.
I started studying music at 9 years of age -
winning the under 17 years open section (vocal)
of the City of Sydney Eisteddfod at the
age of 13 and gaining entry to the
Conservatorium of Music high
school as a soprano.
Since then my vocal style has changed from classical
to - modern.
I have been a member of many groups, trios and duos -
country, rock,
alternative, avant-guard, jazz, blues and even heavy metal -
performing both back-up and lead vocals.
I even had my own originals bands:
"Lee and the Strangers" in Sydney, and
"Gypsy Rising" in Melbourne.
You can hear some of my songs at MySpace
It was wonderful to perform my own work with such
wonderful musicians.
However, the bulk of my live performance work was as a
solo singer/guitarist,
which I did tor almost 20 years--mainly in the pubs, restaurants
and clubs of Sydney.
Apart from a couple of happy years with the Cordon
Blue
Agency in Sydney, I did most of the booking, organizing,
advertising, and setting up the sound for my shows.
I have done voice/overs and sung commercials for
radio and
television, and also studied acting at the Ensemble Theatre
with Hayes Gordon in the 1960s and more
recently with Sandra Lee Patterson at
"C" for Casting in Sydney.
I am proud to have studied with
the following singing teachers:
In chronological order
The Beautiful Miss Neta Maughan
Elizabeth Todd
John Forest
Prof. Philippsborn
Alan Hendrie
Joyce Simmons
Edwin Coppard
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