Ashleigh Denning is a dynamic and captivating performer with more than 20 years of live performance experience.

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She graduated with the Award for Excellence in her Bachelor of Musical Theatre (2016) at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, and continued to complete a Master of Music Studies: Vocal Pedagogy (2021).

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Her involvement in the Brisbane Musical Theatre scene has afforded her the opportunity to create new and exciting Australian works, including A Very Theatre Company’s Genesis (Metro Arts, 2019) and the sell-out premiere of Don’t Call Me Ishmael: The Musical (2018). In the same year, Ashleigh’s engagement with the Queensland Symphony orchestra began as “Flugelflusted Flingleflanglebert 2” in their 2018 production of The Magic Watering Can. Since then, she has returned annually as the effervescent “Izzy the Elf” in Symphonic Santa performances (2019, 2021, 2022) and (with only slightly less ‘Izzy’ energy) brought to life the vocal arrangements of Paul Rissman’s orchestral adaptation of Leon and the Space Between — a role she reprised in 2024.

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She has entertained crowds at the Lord Mayor’s Christmas Carols (2019, 2020), Bleach Festival (2020), Opera in the Gardens (2019, 2020) and Outback Queensland Masters (2019, 2020), alongside the fabulous ladies of the 7 Sopranos. She is a sought-after event singer for weddings, private functions and gala events in Queensland and interstate.

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Ashleigh is a regular guest entertainer on P&O Cruises with her band, CopperTop, and resident soprano for the Underground Opera Company’s West End to Broadway seasons.

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As a teacher, Ashleigh utilises her extensive training in voice to help others find theirs. She has travelled across Australia with Theatre in Education companies such as Gibber Australia and Perform! Education: spent countless hours with finger puppets as an early childcare music teacher, and continues to work alongside budding performers as a vocal teacher in schools and privately.