Joey Pugh | Tenor
Born in Wiltshire, Joey Pugh has sung extensively with The National Youth Choir from the ages of 10 to 18. He also sang in his school’s chamber choir and later in the Wiltshire Youth Choir and Wessex Male Choir. During Sixth Form, Joey attended the Junior Academy (Royal Academy of Music) in which the vocal department awarded him the Song Class Award upon completion of its two-year programme. He also received “Highly Commended” in the Gwyn Arch Young Singers’ Competition.
Joey has performed Die Zauberflöte with Kings College London’s Opera Society as Monostatos and, with Greenwich Opera in the chorus. Additionally, Joey has been in choruses for La Boheme (Swindon Opera Collective) and Trial by Jury (Junior Academy). He also played the title role in the Junior Academy’s opera scene of Eugene Onegin.
Now a tenor, Joey is studying his BMus (Hons) in Vocal Studies at Trinity Laban and is a Choral Scholar in the Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir, under the baton of Ralph Allwood MBE. Joey has embraced Trinity Laban and its wider community, taking part in choruses such as The Merry Widow and also its chamber choir in which he was a soloist for a newly composed piece.
