Patricia "Trish" Louise Delaney-Brown is an Australian singer and songwriter.

Career

She sang

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

with

The Idea of North The Idea of North are an Australian a cappella vocal ensemble founded in Canberra in 1993, by Nick Begbie (tenor), Meg Corson (alto), Trish Delaney-Brown (soprano) and Andrew Piper (bass). Still active in 2024, but touring less frequently sin ...

, an

a cappella Music performed a cappella ( , , ; ), less commonly spelled acapella in English, is music performed by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment. The term ''a cappella'' was originally intended to differentiate between Rena ...

quartet which she co-founded, until 2007. In 2011 she contributed soprano vocals for world music album, ''Beyond Bridges'', by

Azadoota Azadoota () () is an Assyrian Australian worldbeat band formed in 1996 in Sydney, Australia that fuses traditional Assyrian pop and folk with Latin music. Its founder, Robin Zirwanda, the band's percussionist and lead singer, writes and sings t ...

. She has dabbled in many different styles of music, including music theatre, opera, cabaret, jazz ensembles, big bands and a cappella. Mostly though, she works in jazz. She now works at the Conservatorium of Music in Wollongong as Head of Vocals after taking a break to focus on family.

Accolades

In 2003, she was given the 'Songwriter of the Year Award' by the Australian Songwriters Association. Her long running vocal group 'The Idea of North' also won an ARIA.

References

Australian women singer-songwriters Australian singer-songwriters Australian sopranos Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{australia-singer-stub