Described by Opera Magazine as singing with “steadiness, purity, dignity and command”, Scottish mezzo-soprano Judy Louie Brown read Music at Edinburgh University, and received her Masters from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. She is now a sought-after recitalist, opera and consort singer, and performs regularly with period ensembles the Dunedin Consort, La Nuova Musica, English Concert, Arcangelo, OAE and AAM, as well as larger opera companies, including Scottish Opera, Opera Rara, Nevil Holt Opera, and English Touring Opera. 

Praised for the “dynamism and delicacy” of her singing, solo performance highlights include the Orcadian premiere of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ song cycle The Birds, Michael Nyman’s Celan Songs in the Barbican, a solo lieder recital in the Queen’s Hall Edinburgh and the Angel in Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius. She maintains a portfolio of freelance singing work that ranges from a recent ten-person Messiah to recording major Hollywood film scores at Abbey Road Studios. This summer she sang the role of Carmen for Buxton International Festival in addition to performances of Verdi’s Ernani. Much of 2024 has been spent on tour with ETO, singing ensemble and roles in The Rake’s Progress, Manon Lescaut, Rimsky Korsakov’s The Snowmaiden and Learning & Participation show The Great Stink. Forthcoming performances include Messiahin Manchester Cathedral, Elgar’s Sea Pictures in Norwich Cathedral, the Verdi Requiem for Epsom Choral Society, a programme of Schnittke, Ligeti and Schoenberg with the Edvard Grieg Kor in Norway, and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis for Crouch End Festival Chorus.