About

Coaching Style

All voices
I work with and celebrate all adult voices - all styles, standards and genders. From struggling with vocal health and voice dysphoria, to the next step in your professional vocal career, I’d love to be a part of your journey.

Passion
I love it when someone opens their mouth and their soul comes out. That emotional connection is what brought me to music.

+ Technique
We can make small changes to bits of a song, or we can improve the whole song by working the underlying skills. I love nailing the technique so we can focus on the emotion.

+ Authenticity
There is no ‘right’ way to sing or speak. I work collaboratively with you to help you coordinate your body and mind so you can express yourself in the way that works for you.

Passion + Technique + Authenticity
That magic spot where technique and craft merge with expression and joy. “Think hard, feel deeply, dream big, and be great” - Eric Maisel.

Alignment
I find alignment such a useful framework to hang things off. Helping the whole system to be as efficient as possible, releasing tension, getting out of our own way. I work hands-on where that is comfortable for you so we tend to work a cappella or with backing tracks.

Biopsychosocial / Vocal Health
A long word that essentially means it’s all connected, our voice doesn't exist in isolation lurking in our larynx. What we think and feel affects our voice just as much as the physical, so we work to align, build and strengthen body, mind and voice.

Ensemble / Choral Process
When every singer gets a little bit better, the whole group gets a lot better. I love to enable singers and the music team by coaching in partnership with the musical director - it helps connect useful new ideas to established techniques and results in greater retention.

I specialise in individual and ensemble vocal technique, rehearsal and practice techniques and learning methods, and can assist on music, conducting and directing technique, from experienced MDs to occasional hand wavers.