Judith Bingham OBE (born 21 June 1952) is an English composer and mezzo-soprano singer.

Life

Bingham was born on 21 June 1952, in Nottingham.^[1] Her parents are Jack Bingham and Peggy Bingham (née McGowan).^[2] She was educated at High Storrs Grammar School for Girls in Sheffield,^[3] and attended the Royal Academy of Music from 1970 to 1973, where she received the Principal’s Prize for Music in 1972 and was elected as an associate in 1997.^[2] Her teachers included Malcolm MacDonald, Eric Fenby, Alan Bush and John Hall (composition) and Jean Austin-Dobson (singing).

After graduation, she continued her composition studies privately with Hans Keller (1974–80). She is a Fellow of the Royal Northern College of Music.^[4] She was a member of the BBC Singers from 1983 to 1995.^[2]

Bingham was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to music.^[5]

In 1985, she married Andrew Petrow but the marriage dissolved in 2011.^[2]

List of works

• Flynn, opera, subtitled Music-theatre on the life and times of Errol Flynn, in three scenes, three solos, four duets, a mad song and an interlude, 1977–78.^[6]
• Chartres (orchestral), 1988
• Beyond Redemption (orchestral), 1994–5
• The Temple at Karnak (orchestral), 1996^[7]
• Passaggio (concerto for bassoon and orchestra), 1998
• The Shooting Star (concerto for trumpet and orchestra), 1999
• Salt in the Blood (for choir and brass orchestra), 1995
• The Darkness Is No Darkness (for choir and organ), 1993
• The Snows Descend (for brass orchestra), 1997
• First Light (for choir and brass orchestra), 2001
• Bright Spirit (for wind ensemble), 2001
• Mass (2003)
• The Secret Garden (Botanical fantasy for SATB and organ), 2004
• Leonardo (concerto for bassoon and thirteen Strings), (2012)
• Ghostly Grace (for choir and organ), 2015
• Watch With Me (Anthem for Somme 100 Vigil), 2016