Jonathan Bligh

Jonathan is an Australian based Conductor, Vocal Coach, Ensemble Singer and Music Educator. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of the internationally award-winning male-voiced a cappella group, the Festival Statesmen Chorus (two-time Champions of the World Choir Games, Auckland 2024, Barbershop Harmony Australia Gold Medalist Chorus, two-time champions of the AUS-ACA National A cappella Competition). Jonathan is the Founder and Artistic Director of Voices of Adelaide and formed the South Australian Honour Choir project for young people in South Australia. He regularly coaches a cappella groups all over Australia and was featured as guest conductor for the Asia Pacific 'APAC' Youth Choral Festival in South Korea in 2025. In 2026 he heads to Helsingborg, Sweden as juror for the World Choir Games. Jonathan holds a Master of Voice Pedagogy with Distinction from the Westminster Choir College (Rider University, Princeton, USA), a Bachelor of Music (Elder Conservatorium, Adelaide), Graduate Diploma of Education (University of Adelaide) and a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music (London).