2025 Judges
MUSICALITY CATEGORY
An accomplished composer, arranger and choral director Alex Morris is in demand around the world as a vocal coach with regular appearance on faculty at Harmony University and is also a certified as a Musicality Judge with the Barbershop Harmony Society. Alex is the former Music Director of Vocal Evolution, leading them to three Barbershop Harmony Australia gold medals. In 2022 Alex was inducted into the Barbershop Harmony Australia Hall of Fame. He has a passion for education and loves nothing more than to share the joy of music.
Ian Mulholland has been a BHA member for 37 years and has arranged over fifty barbershop songs. He is a four-time BHA national quartet gold medallist, five-time chorus gold medallist, and has won numerous silver and bronze medals at the national level. Ian is also a Pan Pac quartet and chorus gold medallist and has represented BHA at the International Contest many times. He helped form the Australasian Guild of Barbershop Judges (AGBJ) and has been a qualified AGBJ Musicality Judge for 20 years. He served as BHA President for four years and was made a BHA Life Member and Hall of Fame Legend in 2009.
David Brooks
Will Lynch
PERFORMANCE CATEGORY
Mike Kelly
Trent Taylor is an Australasian Performance Judge celebrated for his dynamic blend of musical theatre flair and educational expertise. With a degree in Musical Theatre and a Master of Teaching and Learning, Trent brings over a decade of barbershop experience to his work. He is a seven-time national chorus champion and a national mixed quartet champion. As a passionate coach, Trent is dedicated to helping performers build authentic connections with their audiences. A lifelong tag enthusiast, he is driven by a deep belief in personal growth—both on stage and in life
Charlotte Murray has been a registered BHS Performance Judge since 2019. She co-founded Vocal FX Chorus in 2003. Under her directorship the chorus has travelled to International and has placed in the top 10 on numerous occasions. Charlotte is a High School Music Educator from Wellington, New Zealand and she loves working with her 2 school choruses and her quartets on a weekly basis. Her past students include International 2014 Champions, Musical Island Boys. Charlotte has served as a Performance Coach and Teacher at Harmony University as well as barbershop education events in Germany, Holland, Australia and New Zealand.
SINGING CATEGORY
Jay Butterfield
Henrietta Hunkin-Tagaloa
MUSICALITY CATEGORY
An accomplished composer, arranger and choral director Alex Morris is in demand around the world as a vocal coach with regular appearance on faculty at Harmony University and is also a certified as a Musicality Judge with the Barbershop Harmony Society. Alex is the former Music Director of Vocal Evolution, leading them to three Barbershop Harmony Australia gold medals. In 2022 Alex was inducted into the Barbershop Harmony Australia Hall of Fame. He has a passion for education and loves nothing more than to share the joy of music.
Ian Mulholland has been a BHA member for 37 years and has arranged over fifty barbershop songs. He is a four-time BHA national quartet gold medallist, five-time chorus gold medallist, and has won numerous silver and bronze medals at the national level. Ian is also a Pan Pac quartet and chorus gold medallist and has represented BHA at the International Contest many times. He helped form the Australasian Guild of Barbershop Judges (AGBJ) and has been a qualified AGBJ Musicality Judge for 20 years. He served as BHA President for four years and was made a BHA Life Member and Hall of Fame Legend in 2009.
David Brooks
Will Lynch
PERFORMANCE CATEGORY
Mike Kelly
Trent Taylor is an Australasian Performance Judge celebrated for his dynamic blend of musical theatre flair and educational expertise. With a degree in Musical Theatre and a Master of Teaching and Learning, Trent brings over a decade of barbershop experience to his work. He is a seven-time national chorus champion and a national mixed quartet champion. As a passionate coach, Trent is dedicated to helping performers build authentic connections with their audiences. A lifelong tag enthusiast, he is driven by a deep belief in personal growth—both on stage and in life
Charlotte Murray has been a registered BHS Performance Judge since 2019. She co-founded Vocal FX Chorus in 2003. Under her directorship the chorus has travelled to International and has placed in the top 10 on numerous occasions. Charlotte is a High School Music Educator from Wellington, New Zealand and she loves working with her 2 school choruses and her quartets on a weekly basis. Her past students include International 2014 Champions, Musical Island Boys. Charlotte has served as a Performance Coach and Teacher at Harmony University as well as barbershop education events in Germany, Holland, Australia and New Zealand.
SINGING CATEGORY
Jay Butterfield
Henrietta Hunkin-Tagaloa
David Reid began his barbershop journey in 2010 with The Blenders and quickly found a home in the barbershop community. In 2012, he became the inaugural President of Sound Connection, leading the chorus through its formative years until 2017. That same year, he entered the judging program, attending judges school ahead of the Pan Pacific Convention in Sydney.
Since then, David has served on judging panels at numerous regional festivals, the Barbershop Harmony New Zealand (BHNZ) National Festival, and the Young Singers in Harmony program in New Zealand — a particular highlight of his judging journey. Throughout this time, he has remained an active performer, singing with Sound Connection, Mixed Vocal Project, and various quartets including Catalyst, Reflex, and Top Shelf.
David continues to be driven by a love for competition and camaraderie, and finds great satisfaction in helping others discover deeper joy in the barbershop hobby. For him, the rewards of judging far outweigh the extra time and travel — the chance to contribute meaningfully to the barbershop experience is more than enough.
ADMINISTRATION CATEGORY
Linda Vinall was first introduced to Barbershop in 2008 in a mixed quartet, singing with her husband. Expanding her involvement, she became a founding member of a Sweet Adeline Chorus in Adelaide. Linda has competed in quartets and chorus contests nearly every year since so has the perspective of contestant as well as sitting in the pit. She served as the Events Coordinator for Sweet Adeline’s Australia (21-23) She currently is singing with Gospo Collective which completed a major season in the 2024 Adelaide Fringe and will be performing in their first interstate tour “A Night at the Barracks” in Sydney in September. Linda first qualified as a Contest Administrator Judge in 2011. She continues in the role of category lead.
Kevin Day
