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 Welcome to the 'Cool but Classy' sound of Judy Slater.

Judy is currently in Spain performing "La Resurreccion", following performances of "Navidad Familiar" and "El Vive!" which have been  well received over the last year.

Jesus said, "I AM the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry and he who believes in me will never be thirsty... I AM the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life... I AM the gate for the sheep; whoever enters through me will be saved.... I AM the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life - only to take it up again. No-one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again... I AM the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?... I AM the way and the truth and the life. No-one comes to the Father except through me... I AM the vine, you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit, apart from me you can do nothing... Behold, I am coming soon! ... I AM the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Judy was born in the Caribbean, educated in Canada, Scotland and London. She trained in Classical ballet, has competed at international level as a sprinter, holds several records and is a former Scotland 100 metres champion. She has a passion for languages and is a graduate of Glasgow University, studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with Patricia MacMahon and the Royal College of Music in London with Margaret Kingsley. After graduating from college Judy studied with Dame Vera Rozsa.

Judy has won many scholarships, prizes and prestigious awards. She is a versatile performer and has had a varied career from plays, music theatre, dance and opera to concerts: classical, jazz, Latin American and Gospel music on concert platform, stage, television and radio throughout the world.

Judy’s versatility, energy, creativity and passion has given her freedom to move genres effortlessly. Her roles range from the title role in Carmen through Mary Magdalene and Snow Queen to Mowgli in the Urban Jungle Book. She has worked with companies and in venues as varied as Rambert Dance Company (where she was solo guest artist over a period of three years and opened the new Sadlers Wells Theatre), through English National Opera’s Contemporary Opera Studio, the Royal Opera House Linbury Studio, Dunblane Cathedral, St. Lucia’s Cultural Centre to the Queen Elizabeth Hall and London’s West End.

Judy has had sell-out solo concerts around the world with her exciting, entertaining and dramatic programmes. She is as comfortable in a solo classical concert as she is performing with the London Festival Orchestra or as lead singer in the Latin American band Riamba. Judy has hung upside down, balanced on breeze blocks and set them on fire at the foot of the spire of Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury Festival); she has danced in a shell-covered floor-length wig and rolled down a seven foot raked stage with Opera Factory; she has back-flipped and rollerbladed her way around the stage for the Unicorn Theatre for Children; she has played cheeky, chirpy chappies and sexy, sultry, strong women in operas up and down the UK; she has performed in French, English, Spanish, German, Russian, Czech, Italian, Anglo Saxon and Ancient Greek; her characters have been killed  and have even been raised from the dead with the London Handel Orchestra in London and at the Handel Festival in Germany!

Judy has been involved in contemporary work (singing, acting and dance) and community projects. She has a heart to share the love of Christ through music and the arts. Judy has taken  music of a professional standard into the community (hospices, hospitals, prisons, special needs schools, nursing homes, out on the streets, etc.) to those who are not able to attend churches, theatres or concert halls.

Judy preaches, is a worship leader and actively involved in prayer and outreaches in the local church. None of her achievements or successes mean anything compared with the love Father God has shown her through the Lord Jesus Christ. Anything good in her comes from Him; all her gifts are from God and are for His glory. Judy will sing unto the Lord as long as she lives! 

Judy’s ‘Cool but Classy’ sound has delighted audiences around the world and she is now writing, recording and performing with her accompanist/composer husband, Gavin Cuthbertson. They are currently in Spain working for The King.