Crossover Soprano Justine Balmer to guest on The Jimmy Star Show Wednesday May 1, 2013

BOCA RATON, Fla. - April 28, 2013 - PRLog -- Justine Balmer will be a featured guest on The Jimmy Star Show live radio show hosted by King of Cool, Jimmy Star along with Cool Man About Town Ron Russell to discuss her music, career, and the industry at large. The Jimmy Star Show is radio's newest hit show, featuring the coolest in music, entertainment, fashion and pop culture, all from a fun industry insider perspective in a completely live, unedited fast-paced two-hour conversational format.

Justine Balmer may not be a name you are familiar with but if you are a QVC viewer you may recognise the glint in the eye and the smile that lights up a room.

Justine spends a lot of her time at London's QVC studios selling garden and household products to TV home-shopping masses, (her job is not as glamorous as she makes it look!), but Justine has also been harbouring a big secret.  When she is not live on air she can be found boarding luxury cruise ships, enchanting audiences and winning standing ovations across the globe.  Her stunning soprano voice, with its purity of tone and emotional warmth, has earned her the affectionate title of 'songbird'.

To say Justine has 'cut her teeth' performing on many a stage at numerous events would be an understatement.  She has crafted stage presence and camera technique under the spotlight of QVC and stepped out in front of an orchestra night after night singing classics, musical theatre, opera, rock and pop.  Justine has headlined on the QE2,  by Royal Caribbean, Azamara, Regent and Seabourn cruises  and her journey has led to her being invited to perform at many top London venues including the Cafe Royal, Dorchester Hotel, Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall; plus various concert halls and theatres across the UK.  Favourite moments include performing at Royce Hall, Los Angeles; singing the role of Cosette alongside Frances Ruffelle and Ruthie Henshall in excerpts from 'Les Miserables' at 'The Inspiration Awards for Women' on behalf of Breakthrough Breast Cancer at Cadogan Hall, London; entertaining the troops while fronting the Queens Division Big Band; featured roles in the UK tours of 'Kiss Me, Kate' and 'The Masters of the House'; as well as popping up on screen in Tim Burton's film of 'Sweeney Todd'.

Originally from Guildford, Justine is an 'honorary' Yorkshire lass having lived and trained in Leeds.  After training  classically with Jean Allister at the City of Leeds College of Music she then switched to musical theatre and came to London to study for a postgraduate diploma at The London School of Musical Theatre.  Justine has recently moved back to live near Guildford in the beautiful Surrey countryside.

Justine's career temporarily took a different path when she took some time out and worked in the City in a Private Equity firm.  However, her passion for music and singing meant her dream did not fade and she created her one woman concert that she has taken around the world.  June 2012, Justine stepped inside a studio to start recording tracks towards her debut album with some of London's finest musicians under the guidance of producer Tim Ross.  Tracks include 'Ave Maria', a stunning Italian version of Aerosmith's 'I Don't Want To Miss A Thing', Keane's moving 'Somewhere Only We Know', and a gothic inspired version of Kylie's 'Confide In Me'.  "I've always adored opera and classical music, but also love pop & rock. I think both genres are equally dramatic and powerful."  When discussing how she went about choosing tracks to record, Justine says, "I am drawn to the lyrics initially - coming from a musical theatre background I firmly believe that a song is an extension of a thought process that becomes too powerful to simply speak, hence the need to sing".

It is Justine's 'need to sing' that has kept her performing and entertaining all over the world. Recording is a natural progression and long overdue.  Her intimate version of Schubert's Ave Maria, so powerfully emotive, is a version that is rarely covered by female singers, which makes her choice to commit it to record all the more special.  "I fell in love with this version when I performed it a few years ago in a show.  We sang it standing among the audience and it was magical, both the music and seeing people's reaction."

So now the secret is out, Justine Balmer is the 'songbird' with a need to sing.  We look forward to sharing this gorgeous voice with you, a voice that needs to be heard and remain a well-kept secret no more.

The Jimmy Star Show is pleased to showcase the expertise and talent of Justine Balmer   and all anticipate a fun and informative time talking with her about her new album, career and the entertainment industries at large.. Join King of Cool Jimmy Star, and Cool Man about Town Ron Russell as they have a playful and sometimes wild time with the talented featured guest!

To hear Justine Balmer   live on The Jimmy Star Show tune in to W4CY Radio on Wednesday May 1st, 2013 from 3-5 pm ET and 12-2 pm PT online at www.w4cy.com from anywhere in the world.

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