UNISONg Choir Directors
Lynette Hogan, UNISONg Director
(July 2022 - present)
In July 2022 the choir welcomed Lynette Hogan to the position of UNISONg Director.
Lynette completed a Bachelor of Music (Performance) at The University of New South Wales, achieving first class honours. Her research paper on performing Lieder was later published in the Journal of Voice. She has her Associate of Music (AMusA) in Classical Voice and a Masters in Primary Teaching.
Lynette’s love of singing with a group began in high school where it became, and remains, a vital part of keeping her heart full and her mind invigorated. She has sung in large choirs, smaller vocal ensembles and vocal quartets. In Wagga, she has been a member of The Cantelina Singers and Murrumbidgee Magic.
Lynette also enjoys being involved in stage productions. She was in the chorus of Pacific Opera’s production of ‘Magic Flute’ and ‘The Long Ride Home’, an opera by Thomas Rimes. She has had lead roles in shows with Life in the Spotlight and SoAct. Lynette performed the role of Mrs Corney in the Wagga Civic Theatre’s production of Oliver and Mrs Banks in Bidgee Production’s Mary Poppins.
Lynette has been teaching singing and piano privately for 15 years. She was a trainee tutor for the Australian Girls’ Choir and she has been the conductor of Mater Dei Catholic College’s choir, a quartet for teen girls, called Fourte, and La Chorale Française, Wagga’s French Choir.
Lynette is delighted at the opportunity to be conducting the Wagga Women’s Health Centre Community Choir, as it allows her to combine her love of music with her passion for supporting women.
Judy Ferguson, Founding UNISONg Director
(June 2021-July 2022)
Judy Ferguson is one of Wagga Wagga's businest choir directors - many people would have seen her directing and performing with Murrumbidgee Magic, The Wagga City Ruby Male Choir and various school choirs.
Over the last few years, Judy has also directed an informal gathering of women who came together for eight weeks to sing in a group and perform at fundraising events for the Wagga Women's Health Centre and for International Women's Day events. When a number of this singing group decided to form a Wagga women's community choir, Judy was the first person the new community choir committee contacted.
The twelve months that Judy was able to dedicate to the new choir was exceptional and she even kept them singing online during Covid lockdowns. Judy also directed the choir at their first local performance at the Civic Theatre. Judy was a wonderful founding director for UNISONg and gave the choir a strong base from which to grow.
