TEACHING
One to One Contemporary Singing Lessons
Contemporary Singing Lessons:
Popular Music, e.g. pop, jazz, rock, soul, etc.
Musical Theatre.
Building healthy vocal function.
Performance Coaching:
Microphone Technique.
Onstage sound including monitoring and IEM guidance.
Repertoire Development.
Stagecraft.
Working with bands, with backing tracks, in cabaret, choirs, groups, shows or theatre work.
Audition preparation.
Storytelling through song.
Finding and centring your unique voice & performance style.
Person-Centred:
Lessons uplift and centre your unique vocal needs, aspirations and learning preferences.
Tailored support for your singing goals.
Guidance on how to practise and to fit practise into your life.
Building confidence to sing for the joy of it!
Vocal Health Informed:
Building the foundations of vocal health: hydration, rest, warm up & cool down protocols, healthy technique.
Exploring the role of the bio-psycho-social model in singing.
Signposting to appropriate professionals and treatment pathways when further assistance is needed.
Singing lessons are at the heart of my practise: I love working with singers and believe teaching singing is my vocation.
TRAINING:
- HNC Music Production, Merit, Gloucestershire College, 2007.
- Higher Diploma Music Performance Vocals, Distinction, Academy of Contemporary Music, 2010.
- Be A Singing Teacher with Line Hilton, 2014.
- Trinity Certificate in Music Education, Elgar School of Music, 2016.
- Level 4 Certificate in Teaching Young Voices, Distinction, Voice Study Centre, 2018.
- Release Your Voice with Elissa Weinzimmer, Body Voice Connection, 2020.
- Somatic Voicework: the LoVetri Method (c), Level 1, 2020.
- Vocal Health First Aid with Vocal Health Education, 2020.
- Singing for Lung Health with Phoene Cave, The Musical Breath, 2021.
- City & Guilds Level 3 Award Education & Training, Community Music, 2022.
- Vocal Habilitation Professional with Vocal Health Education -course due to be completed June 2026.
How I Can Help
Warming Up.
Cooling Down.
Vocal Technique.
Vocal Conditioning.
Relaxation.
Breath work.
Body work.
Song work.
Storytelling & connecting to the lyrics.
Stagecraft & Artistic Expression.
Repertoire Selection.
Performance Preparation.
Audition Preparation.
Music theory.
Technical guidance relating to microphones, in ear monitoring and stage tech set up.
Confidence building - especially focused towards a singing goal, e.g. joining a choir, singing at an open mic night, joining a band.
Basic introduction to core principles of vocal health:
Hydration, rest, warm up/cool down.
Practical vocal health strategies in real world settings.
LESSON SET UP:
60 minute lesson: £42.
30 minute lesson: £22.
All lessons are subject to a 72 hour cancellation fee: if lessons are cancelled with 72 hours or less notice the fee is still payable.
All lessons must be booked in advance using the booking website.
Lessons are delivered one to one: one person per lesson.
Lessons are suitable for adults of all ages & musical backgrounds and young people starting secondary school (Y7) - usually ages 11/12.
I teach contemporary commercial music (pop, rock, indie, jazz, soul, etc.) and musical theatre styles of music.
All lessons take place at Tewkesbury Town Hall.
I also offer lessons at Tewkesbury Academy, please contact me directly to set up lessons for your child if they are a student at TA.