Joseph Clark - Biography

Joseph Clark was born and raised in Amarillo, Texas, USA. He left his ballet career in New York and Salt Lake City when he was brought to South Africa in 1983 by the PACT Ballet Co. He won immediate acclaim for the leading roles in Swan Lake, Papillion, Romeo & Juliet and Witchboy. He decided to stay in South Africa, after he was offered a contract as dancer, actor and singer and was introduced into musicals as a whirlwind last minute replacement for one of the lead roles in the national touring production of Singing In The Rain. Other highlights in musical theatre include the role of Buddy in The Buddy Holly Story, Riff/Bernardo in West Side Story, El Gallo opposite pop star Jason Donovan in The Fantasticks, Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, the narrator in Joseph And His Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Anthony in Sweeney Todd, Whizzer in March Of The Falsettos/Falsettoland. In 2000 he was nominated as best actor in a comedy for his role in the one-man-play The Male Intellect – an oxymoron?

Since 1994 Joseph started became a regular soloist with the popular Jo’burg Pops concerts and has since sung with all the major symphony orchestras of South Africa. Highlights include singing in the Miss South Africa Pageant, sharing the opening song with the late R&B singer TK at the first International AIDS Conference in Durban. He also sang for Nelson Mandela at his 85th Birthday Celebration.

Joseph Clark is well known for his powerful interpretation of Queen’s music. In 1990 he appeared as lead vocalist in QUEEN At The Opera and toured South Africa with this sell-out production until 1997. In 2004 he toured Italy and Germany performing his own tribute to the music of QUEEN. In 2008 he did two performances in Hamburg of African Crossing, a show comprising a 12-piece cast, featuring the Gaabo Motho Tenors, soprano Yollandi Nortjie and the Amakhono We Sintu Dancers.

In September 2009 & 2010 he shared lead vocals with Syb van der Ploeg (singer of the band “de Kast”) and Ellen Evers with the NNO (Northern Netherland Orchestra) in 13 concerts of Symphonic Queen throughout the Netherlands.

With his extensive ballet and musical theatre background, Joseph mainly does corporate entertainment in South Africa and overseas and enjoys singing with major symphony orchestras all over. He also does voice overs and jingles for cinema, radio and television.

AWARDS

DALRO for Best Performance by a male dancer 1984 (the Witchboy)

Friends of the Ballet Award for Swan Lake 1983 (the Jester)

Friends of the Ballet Award Romeo & Juliet 1984 (Romeo)

Nederburg Award for Outstanding dance performance in Natal 1988

VITA Award for March of the Falsettos (Whizzer)

VITA Award for Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (Narrator)

VITA Award for Queen at the Opera (Lead Singer)

NOMINATIONS

Naledi Award: Best performance in a musical: Joseph Clark – The Music Of Queen

Vita Award: Best performance in a comedy: The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?

Vita Award: Best Performance in a musical: Concert Fever

Vita Award: Best Performance in a musical: Hello Dolly

His CD's InStream, The Music Of Queen, Unplugged Covered and African Crossing are available on-line from Rhythm Records http://www.rhythmrecords.co.za/store/

and iTunes http://www.apple.com/search/downloads/?q=joseph+clark+instream

Web Site www.josephclark.co.za

You Tube Links

Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Joseph Clark & Sibongile Mngoma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwxjQHsOFMU

Barcelona - Joseph Clark & Sibongile Mngoma

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml9VoOfW4Gw&feature=channel_page

All By Myself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdEI7rTNcb8&feature=related

Who Wants To Live Forever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSoFqGEvT6k

We Are The Champions