Conductor Joseph Judge is Chorus Director of Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, Artistic Director of
the Exon Singers Festival, Musical Director of Chester Festival Chorus, Director of the Hallé
Choral Academy, Score Reader/Orchestrator with the Northern Film Orchestra, and
frequently deputises for rehearsals with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Hallé Choirs,
and St George’s Singers, where he is also Vocal Coach.
He is the Choral Music Director for the recent Alan Bennett film, The Choral, featuring Ralph
Fiennes and directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner, where he worked closely alongside Composer
George Fenton CBE. He recently worked with English National Opera and Walk the Plank for
a large-scale project bringing opera to the community in Manchester.
Joseph has led session recordings for Sony PlayStation, and produced Northern Lights – an
album of contemporary choral works with BBC Choir of the Year winners, Voices of Hope. As
a Countertenor he continues to perform as an oratorio soloist. He was a member of the BBC
Daily Service Singers, a Lay Clerk at Manchester Cathedral, and one of the inaugural Fellows
of NYCGB, frequently involved with the organisation as music staff on their courses.
A graduate of the RNCM, he has a Masters with Distinction and was awarded the Mortimer
Furber prize. He studied with Clark Rundell and Mark Heron, conducted the Manchester
Camerata, received masterclass tuition from numerous renowned conductors and
musicians, and has assisted the BBC and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestras.
