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The American choral conductor, singer and voice teacher, Judu Gray, studied Music & Art (1956-1960); obtained her AB degree in Music Education from Adelphi University (1960-1964); and her Master of Science degree in Educational Leadership from Bank Street College of Education (1994-1995).
Judy Gray has been teaching voice for 40 years. Formerly a member of the vocal faculty at the High School of Music & Art/LaGuardia High School where she taught Voice and Chorus (1976-1997). She has conducted choral such works as W.A. Mozart's C Minor Mass, W.A. Mozart Requiem, Zoltán Kodály's Te Deum, J.S. Bach's Magnificat (BWV 243) and the Gloria from the B Minor Mass (BWV 232), Johannes Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes. A jazz singer, she has worked with such jazz luminaries as Barry Harris, Jon Hendricks, Wynton Maralis, Larry Willis, and Marion Cowings, among others. She is the founder of the LaGuardia New Music Singers, a jazz vocal class. Her students include Miles Griffith, Caroline Leonhart, Jonathan Iverson, Isabel Leonard, Anthony Evans, Jason Lindner. In addition, she was co-teacher at Barry Harris’ Workshop and Chorus, Assistant Director at Opera of the Hamptons, Co-Founder and Music Director of Young Artists Repertory Theatre. She has directed both music theater and opera productions.
Judy Gray was also Assistant Principal of Creative and Performing Arts at Christopher Columbus High School (1997-1999). She was Director of After School Arts Program at Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship in Bronx, Naew York (2005-2008). Since 2005, she maintains an active vocal studio, Jagny Music, on the Upper West Side and sings with the Community Band at Romemu, a Jewish Renewal synagogue in New York City. She is also on the staff of Music On The Inside, an organization that brings music and music education to incarcerated youth. |
