BHA Western Region

✨𝐉𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓!✨

This year's Performance Judge is none other than Gold Coast's own Geordie Cullen!

Geordie is a Gold Coast-based vocalist with over 10 years’ experience in the barbershop craft. He brings a strong blend of performance, conducting, and coaching expertise to help ensembles make magic. Geordie built his theatrical foundation from studies in dramaturgy and voice acting. He is deeply motivated by a desire to give back to the barbershop community that shaped his own journey—a journey which led him to conduct at the 2025 European Choir Games in Denmark.

💈WHAT IS THE PERFORMANCE CATEGORY?💈
The Performance judge evaluates the degree to which a performance creates an entertaining and engaging experience for their audience. Believability, creativity and authenticity are watchwords for judges of this category.

We have one more judge to round out our panel. Stay tuned!

✨𝐉𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓!✨

We're delighted to welcome Dan Bennett to Western Region 2026 as our Singing Judge!

Dan Bennett has been barbershopping since 2011. He has sung with many quartets over the years, currently singing with Elegant Solution and Tragic Backstory. He is now the Musical Director of three Canberra choirs: The Canberra Chordsmen, Strange Weather Choir and Mixtape Chorus. When not running choir rehearsals, Dan teaches music privately, specialising in music theory, voice, guitar and piano. He also offers coaching for other conductors as well as coaching ensembles.

Dan is an active arranger and composer of music, with experience in a broad range of styles including contestable barbershop arrangements, SATB choral a ca****la and more. He is the host of the podcast Interviews with Choir Leaders, and is active in promoting community music-making.

💈WHAT IS THE SINGING CATEGORY?💈
Singing judges assess the technical aspects of a performer’s sound, listening holistically for ringing, in-tune voices that use a free, beautiful and rich vocal quality, which is wonderfully unified and vocally expressive.
Stay tuned for the rest of our amazing judging panel!