About Justine

I am a musician, singer, songwriter, vocal teacher, voice coach, choir director, healer, creative artist etc. Did someone just call me a ‘Rennaisance Woman’?

Music has been a pivotal force in my life, as I grew up hearing my parents playing, rehearsing and teaching. It has been my great fortune to be blessed with a deep desire for creative expression which is deeply satisfied by music. This continues to be a life-long journey of discovery and inspiration and I have, on many occasions been utterly grateful to my parents for introducing me to this path. For many generations, my family has been involved with music in one form or another.

I enjoy so many differing styles of music, … World, Soul, Classical, R&B, Jazz, etc, and am constantly delighted with new discoveries. We are so fortunate to have access to such diversity in these times, and much can be learned from astute listening.

For a while I was signed to a publishing company, but I found many aspects of the industry to be creatively stifling and once my advance was recouped, I severed my connection.

I remember a conversation with my (then) publisher, when I had just presented him with a swathe of songs composed in the wake of a tumultuous break-up. I told him I couldn’t understand how people without a creative outlet could cope with such times and he said “Dont you understand? That’s YOUR job! You write the songs with which they can identify when they are in a similar position!”

Sound Sculptures

Sound Sculptures

These developed from a range of precision tuned windchimes (Hidden Valley Instruments) which I produced in the 80s, designed sourcing musical scales from founding civilizations of humanity; Japanese, Chinese, Egyptian, Balinese, Sumerian, Tibetan, and Grecian.

The Glass sculptures were slumped in a kiln, and then sandblasted, fused, drilled and strung with anodised aluminium.

They were displayed at the Craft Arts Centre in Sydney’s Rocks, various high-end Art Shows (Australian Craft/Arts Fairs, Gleneon Craft Shows) including a feature at the Queen Victoria Building’s Christmas Tree display.

Gloria Estafan was presented with one of my Sound Sculptures as a gift from her record company, when she was touring Australia.