Co-Founders
Lisa Young
Dr. Lisa Young (1994-present) and Sue Johnson (1994-2007) co-founded Coco’s Lunch in 1994 with a desire to create original music and explore vocal expression in new ways for a female vocal quintet lineup.
Sue Johnson
Their training in improvisation and a variety of aural traditions influenced the rhythmic and harmonic complexity heard in the compositions that are now featured in 7 acclaimed albums.
Both being leaders in vocal workshops and improvisation, they looked for other skilled women musicians and sought to create a unique voice in contemporary vocal music.
The birth of Coco’s Lunch followed Sue and Lisa’s numerous performance-based collaborations in duet, trio and quintet ensembles and also commissions for massed voices.
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Past Artists
Nicola Eveleigh (1994-2022)
Nicola Eveleigh is an Honours graduate in Improvisation from the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne, and is known as both a singer and an outstanding flautist. Nicola’s distinctive flute playing was a treasured feature throughout all Coco’s Lunch albums since the group’s first release Raise the Tender Heart in 1996. Nicola’s playing has been featured in many Australian ensembles and on many albums, including Judy Jacques’ Making Wings, which won Best Australian Jazz Vocal Recording at the Bell Awards in 2003. Nicola was a longstanding and active member of Coco’s Lunch from the group’s inception in 1994, right through to her departure in 2022.