We welcome to Cork our Vocal Adjudicator BRYAN HUSBAND, GRSM, ADWCMD, FISM.
Bryan studied singing and piano accompaniment at the Royal College of Music, London, and singing and acting at the Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. Having performed for some years in continental and UK opera houses, concert halls, and music theatre, he now divides his time between homes in St Albans and Malvern Wells (Worcestershire, near Wales).
After spending some years as Head of Singing at Guildford School of Acting, Bryan lectured on the MT BA at Trinity Laban, London for 17 years, and now runs a private teaching practice, gives workshops and masterclasses, performs, adjudicates, is an examiner for a music and drama examining board, and has also worked as a ski instructor! Performances include tv and radio broadcasts, opera, oratorio and recital.
In 2005, Bryan was selected as a BIFF (British and International Federation of Festivals) Adjudicator in choral and vocal music, later as a Generalist. Adjudication has taken him all over the world, including Hong Kong, Gibraltar, and Trinidad & Tobago, and all around the UK and Ireland. In 2025 Bryan adjudicated all around the UK, from Cornwall to Yorkshire. In 2012, Bryan was invited to become a music examiner in Classical & Jazz, and Rock & Pop: his most recent examining work was in Malaysia and India, and around the UK. Recent concerts include recitals in Bergen, London, Worcester and Malvern. His hobbies include all theatre, gardening, skiing and walking. Bryan is delighted to be at the Feis in Cork again, especially as he lived in a tiny hamlet near Bantry for some years.