Joy YatesBorn in New Zealand of Maori / European origin, Joy has been singing all her life. Jazz singer and performance teacher extraordinaire, her career spans five decades and several continents, garnering broad international credentials in concert, television, recording and jazz vocal performance education. Joy has shared time, stage and studio with great artists such as Neil Sedaka, Van Morrison, Cat Stevens, Cliff Richard, Chaka Khan, Randy Crawford, Gladys Knight, Ronnie Scott, Cleo Laine, John Dankworth, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Monty Python, The Goodies, Orsen Wells, Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, Clark Terry and many more. Since her return to Australia, Joy has been channeling this life experience back into nurturing young performers in the Sing for Joy School and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Artistic Direction of the Newport Jazz Festival at Pittwater, Global Vocal Focal Workshops, The Kiwi Waka Festival, and the celebrated jazz/gospel vocal ensemble, JUBILATION. |