Jo Fabro

Jo Fabro is an award-winning composer, vocalist, and specialist singing teacher whose rich and soulful voice has captivated audiences across Australia and internationally for over two decades. Working at the intersection of jazz, soul, and blues, Jo has released four independent albums of original music, including her 2022 blues album Don’t Make a Liar Out of Me, which won three independent songwriting awards and reached the Australian Blues and Roots Airplay Charts Top 10. Alongside her performance career, Jo is a respected educator, operating a successful private voice studio since 2013 and lecturing at the Sydney Conservatorium Open Academy. She is currently undertaking a PhD in contemporary vocal pedagogy at Macquarie University and serves as the President of the NSW chapter of ANATS (Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing). In recent years, Jo has expanded her practice into interdisciplinary performance, collaborating with artist Frances Barrett on improvisational sound and video installations. These include the single-channelled video work, A Song for Katthy (2022), and Cry (2023), a vocal improvisation and sound installation featured at Carriageworks as part of The National: Australian Art Now. These works explore the voice as both instrument and material, shifting between song, improvisation, and installation.