Education
Marvelly initially attended Rotorua Girls" High School, before she was awarded a senior scholarship at King"s College, Auckland.
Marvelly initially attended Rotorua Girls" High School, before she was awarded a senior scholarship at King"s College, Auckland.
She is best known for her career as a classical crossover vocalist and her many performances of the New Zealand national anthem at rugby games. She is of Te Arawa heritage, and is a niece of entertainer Howard Morrison. Her debut album was released under her full name, Elizabeth Marvelly, on 3 December 2007 in New Zealand, and on 31 March 2008 in Australia.
The self-titled popular-classical album was produced by Carl Doy.
In its first week in the New Zealand charts the album went to number 8 after going gold in five days. On the album Marvelly sings songs taken from a range of different genres and includes two original pieces.
Her song "When You Are Sad" was reportedly written after a recent case of child abuse in her hometown Rotorua shocked the nation. Marvelly"s second album, Home, was recorded with Grammy-nominated producer Nick Patrick.
As it was released on 21 February 2011, one day before the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, Marvelly announced that she would be donating a portion of record sales to the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal.
In 2012, Marvelly sang as part of Flight of the Conchords supergroup charity single "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)". The song reached number one in the New Zealand charts. In 2013, Marvelly announced that she would be pursue a popular career, as she had become dissatisfied with her classical crossover career, and also wanted to sing her own compositions.
Marvelly told the New Zealand Herald, "I just thought music is my life and if it"s going to be my life long-term, then it has to be music that I actually love everything about."
In January 2014, Marvelly launched her popular career, now using the name Lizzie Marvelly.
Her first popular single, "Generation Young" was also released in January, with her European Parliament Collisions released in July, peaking at number 14 on the charts. In August 2015, Marvelly released her first single with New Zealand hip hop legend P-Money.
Entitled "Made Foreign You", the song featured in kiwi hip hop film "Born To Dance". In October the same year Marvelly released a remix of "Made Foreign You" featuring Kiwi hip hop star K.One.
Since 2006, Marvelly has performed in a number of high-profile concerts in New Zealand, supporting artists such as Sir Howard Morrison, Dame Malvina Major and Amici Forever star Geoff Sewell.
She also supported Paul Potts on his New Zealand and Australian tour in 2008, later joining him on further international dates. Marvelly is also well known in New Zealand for her performances singing the New Zealand national anthem at rugby test matches in New Zealand and abroad. In May 2015, Marvelly launched an online media site called In September that year Marvelly launched the first project, "#MyBodyMyTerms" a global campaign to spark conversation about sexual violence, victim-blaming, revenge porn and consent.