About Judy
A forever lover of music, Judy Lea has been a songwriter since she was 9 years old. She won her first guitar in a jiving contest and has been playing and performing ever since. She started her career as an educator of music, dance and drama when her children were very young. Between being a mother and teaching, she also worked as a children’s entertainer, using her storytelling, clowning, guitar playing and singing to delight kids and families at a wide variety of events. 20 years ago, she began teaching in public schools and currently teaches on-call in the Burnaby Public School System. (She teaches private lessons, too!)
Judy has always been an environmentalist, even before it was ‘cool’, and many of her songs have lyrics that speak of caring for the Earth. She also has a highly developed sense of fun. “Having fun helps people feel safe, and is a great way to get a strong message across, even about something really serious like the Global Climate Crisis.”
Her first kids’ CD, “Too Much Work To Do”, was nominated ‘Best Children’s Album of the Year’ at the West Coast Music Awards way back in 1998. Judy has written dozens of songs since, and her new album, “Green, Please!” was created to go with a book of the same name for teachers and students. It combines her knowledge as an educator with her sense of play and her passion for the planet, and all the beings who live on it.
She’s also been having fun creating YouTube videos to go with her songs, including a very silly stop-motion video for the fantastical “Sea Monster Day Care”. You can see this and her other videos for kids on her YouTube channel *.
Judy also writes/performs songs for people who used to be kids (and maybe still are 🙂).
If you’d like to have Judy come to your school or family event to read or perform her stories and music, contact her here. *(see Contact Judy)