Paige Duggan (she/they) is a jazz artist, composer and teacher based in Ballarat.
Their compositions bend genres between jazz, contemporary folk and the cinematic. Imagine Joni Mitchell meeting Vince Jones in a galaxy not far from here - music soaring over the constellations of our hearts and minds.
With more than 20 years experience of performing under her belt, her live and recorded music is full of thoughtful stories, beauty and vulnerability.
She has appeared many festivals including the main stage of Queenscliff Music Festival, White Night Ballarat and Castlemaine Jazz Festival and has performed in many venues including Paris Cat (Melbourne). Paige has been interviewed and performed live on ABC Tasmania and Western Victoria, JoyFM’s Bent Notes and other community radio stations. As well as these programs her recordings have also been heard on ABC Jazz’s Jazztrack, RN’s Inside Sleeve, ABC’s Home Cooked, 3CR and many other community radio stations across Australia.
Paige also works passionately as a voice and instrumental music teacher, teaching singing, guitar, trumpet, keyboard and trans-voice coaching in her private home-studio and within schools.
She is also a qualified visual artist and is involved in community work in Ballarat. She lives with a disability, is a single mother to 3 children and is a member of the LGBTIQ+ community.
Paige has released several recordings including an album of jazz standards titled Indigo, an EP of original pieces called Stick with Love, and most recently an album of new original jazz work, Cosmos Made Conscious .
Critical acclaim for Cosmos Made Conscious:
"This album is honest and raw whilst still maintaining a high level of musical fidelity." (Josh Underhill, 2023)
"A brilliant original album." (Niko Schauble, Pughouse Studios 2023)
Acclaim for Stick With Love:
"Music can charm, it can inform, it can encourage people to dream and it can sooth the spirit. Paige Duggan's "Stick With Love" does all these things with ease... Paige's crystal-clear, soulful and heartfelt voice is a joy." (Dennis May, TenFm, NSW 2018)