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Always the best start to the week: a day of devising our latest live broadcast! Proud to be a Create and Sing Artist.

I can finally announce that I am now the Chair Elect of the Association of Teachers of Singing (AOTOS). After the marvellous AOTOS Summer Residential Conference at Clare College, Cambridge hosted by current Chair Nicola-Jane Kemp, I have very big shoes to fill. Can't...

My wonderful singing pupil received incredible reviews for his role in Yeoman of the Guard at The Grange Festival. One review in particular jumped out at me: "His voice was striking, very much an extension to his speech (which is a bonus in the more patter moments),...

Today was the day! Jonathan Ainscough and I broadcast live from the Royal Opera House to over 80 schools nationwide. We presented our new Create and Sing The Magic Flute materials, including the new warm up that I devised, and led 1000 school children to perform our...

I am thrilled to announce that my film The Bang Straws, directed by Michelle Williams Gamaker, has been selected from over 2600 entries to be one of 46 features at Whitechapel Gallery, as part of London Open 2022. It will be showing at the Whitechapel Gallery until 4...

Absolute treat to look after the singing of the Youth Opera Company in the Royal Opera House rehearsal of Cavalleria Rusticana under Antonio Pappano today. Warming them up in the space was thrilling, and they sounded fab!

Just been sent this picture of me warming up the children for the Royal Opera House Family Sunday on March 6. The theme was "Flying High", and I led this group of children in a vocal workshop, singing Papageno's duet from The Magic Flute. We had some great bird...

On my way back from Doncaster, teaching this gorgeous music to the delightful children of Kirk Sandall and Barnby Dun schools, in preparation for their big performance of Hansel and Gretel in July. Sounding great already!

I have had the pleasure of being invited to work as singing teacher and conductor to the Royal Opera House Youth Opera Company. After having giving singing lessons to the children over Easter, I've just returned from a day conducting the entire YOC in the choruses...

Just wrapped on a day of filming at the Royal Opera House. The Learning and Participation department hired a film crew to film me singing and teaching the new Create and Sing The Magic Flute. It was an honour to film these excellent materials with such an esteemed...

Just finished my first workshop for the Royal Opera House's Create and Sing programme. We did a virtual delivery of the Hansel and Gretel materials. Here's a cheeky screenshot from just before we began. What a joy to be creating again after the pandemic!

Excited to share that The Bang Straws has been back in the cinema this week, at the British Film Institute (BFI) on London's Southbank. Part of the London Short Film Festival, it looked beautiful on the big screen, where it belongs!