Personal Profile/Personal Attributes

• Highly qualified and experienced singing teacher
• Able to coach all abilities and vocal styles
• Dynamic and analytical teacher able to teach reliable vocal techniques
• Critical thinker able to diagnose and correct common vocal faults
• Adaptable and flexible in approach to lessons
• Competent pianist able to play, adapt and transpose exercises and repertoire
• High integrity, diligence and consciencious
• Possesses an excellent knowledge of vocal pedagogy

Experience

• Twenty years proven expertise in vocal coaching and music education
• Registered with the Incorporated Society of Musicians as a professional
• private singing teacher
• Former pupils now working for the BBC, Andrew Lloyd Weber and completing music degrees with Singing as a major study
• Has coach pupils for choral entrance tests of Peterborough Cathedral and Oundle School
• Former pupil won the Peterborough Young Musician of the Year; two former pupils have achieved second place in the same competition; one former pupil has sung in the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Competition and sung in the chorus of British Youth Opera.
• (This would not have been possible without an excellent technical foundation that I provided, on which further experts could build.)
• Satisfied clients include choristers of Peterborough Cathedral, All Saints Church Choir, pupils at Kings School Peterborough, Peterborough City College, Peterborough Regional College, Kays Academy of Performing Arts, Sawtry Community College and students of the Key Theatre
• Has professional opera, lay clerk, choral and international recital experience

Achievements

• Able to teach all ages and abilities, from novice to Grade 8
• Planned and led vocal development projects for Cambridgeshire Music, Peterborough Singers and Orton Longueville Church
• Successfully completed the Core Vocal Figures and Advanced and Mixed Vocal Figures with Vocal Process Ltd
• Recently completed five professional engagements in Norway

Career History

• 09.08 - todate Singing Teacher, Kays Academy of Performing Arts.
• 04.08 - 7.08 Singing Teacher, Witham Hall School ( temporary post).
• 02.07 - 03.09 Cantor of Holy Trinity Church, Orton Longueville.
• 09.04 - todate Singing Teacher, Sawtry Village College, Sawtry
• 09.01 - 08.03. Vocal Consultant for Peterborough Childrens Choir.
• 09.98 - 08.09. Singing teacher for Cambridgeshire Music.
• 10.92 - todate. Singing teacher Peterborough College of Adult Education.
• 10.92 - todate. Self-employed music teacher, Singing, Piano & Theory