Gemma O'Duffy

After ten successful years on the West End, Gemma O'Duffy “retired” in 2013 to focus on teaching and to start a family. Alongside running her own theatre company, she has taught at the UK's top musical theatre programmes, including Mountview and Italia Conti, and was Head of the Musical Theatre foundation at Performance Preparation Academy.

West End Theatre includes: We Will Rock You, Footloose, Les Misérables, Spring Awakening, Seagulls Dance, The Piper, Puss in Boots, Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Shoes.

Further notable theatre includes Les Misérables 25th Anniversary international tour, Royal Variety Performance, Spring Awakening Original Cast reunion concert (Victoria Palace Theatre).

Concerts: extensive work as a soloist in the UK and abroad with various orchestras, including The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Music of Bond, Summer Nights (Tonbridge Castle) and concerts for the Hallé Orchestra under the musical direction of Carl Davis CBE (Bridgewater Hall).

Television/Film: Les Misérables, Celtic Soul Brothers, Children in Need, Paloma Faith music video New York and T-Mobile commercials.

Gemma's students have gone on to thrive on the West End, appearing in productions including Choir of Man, Les Misérables, Cabaret, Mamma Mia!, The Book of Mormon, Matilda the Musical, Dear Evan Hansen, Tina Turner: The Musical, and Starlight Express, as well as the film adaptation of Mamma Mia!, and major UK tours of Annie, Bugsy Malone, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Dreamgirls, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Gemma O'Duffy is delighted to be a member of the Vocal Coaches faculty.