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The Association of Teachers of Singing are proud to announce the launch of our new branding and new website! Our core values at AOTOS are Collaboration, Inclusivity, and Curiosity, and we wanted our new website and brand to reflect who we are today in the 21st...

The Royal Opera House asked me to convert the 5-week online course "Healthy Singing for Teachers" into a 3-week in-person course for the first time, and deliver it to our partners in Thurrock. I've just finished delivering it to the excellent teachers of the Christus...

On 14 June I presented and narrated The Magic Flute onstage at the Royal Opera House. Alongside Jonathan Ainscough, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and Southbank Sinfonia under conductor Richard Hetherington, we led 1300 children singing Mozart's music...

Fabulous photographer Giulia Spadafora, has just sent me her photos of the workshop day that the Royal Opera House held at the Bristol Beacon. Director Sarah Tipple and I came to the Bristol Beacon in January to present the Royal Opera House Create and Sing resources,...

I was proud to host Joanna Tomlinson, Principal Conductor of the National Youth Choir, in a practical talk entitled "Conducting for Singing Teachers" for the Association of Teachers of Singing. Joanna led us through a practical session of conducting technique,...

Throwback to last June when I conducted and narrated this big-scale version of the Create and Sing Magic Flute with a massed choir of 400 schoolchildren of the Sutton Music Trust, along with esteemed soloists and the members of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House....

Proud to wear my Arts Emergency badge on my way to met the mentee I've been paired with for the first time. Looking forward to supporting young people getting into a career in the arts.

Very proud to have wrapped co-delivering the 5-week course "Healthy Singing for Teachers" nationally for the Royal Opera House. I co-developed this course as a research-led, evidence-based guide to vocal health, singing technique, and performance anxiety. Aimed at...

Here's the set-up for our live national broadcast of our digital Magic Flute from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. I was honoured to be presenting alongside superstar director Louise Bakker, soloists Camilla Kerslake, Natasha Agarwal, and Thomas Chenhall, and...

I was honoured to co-lead a practical discussion day with Nicki Kennedy and Richard Edgar-Wilson for the National Youth Choir Fellows, Young Conductors, and Young Composers, as part of the Association of Teachers of Singing partnership with the National Youth Choir....