Teaching for the Royal Opera House

Teaching for the Royal Opera House

2024 has started with a bang! I’ve just finished running my first two cpd workshops of the year for the Royal Opera House, and off to run my third tomorrow, in Bristol. The music of The Magic Flute is the perfect way to start the year! Photo by Veronika...
Counselling Skills for Singing Teachers

Counselling Skills for Singing Teachers

Lovely thing to start my 2024: returning home to my certificate on completing the excellent “Counselling Skills for Singing Teachers” course by Vocal Health Education.This rigorous course, run by the brilliant Sarah Carcillo, has challenged me and developed my...
Royal Opera House on the road

Royal Opera House on the road

Whew! The first 5 weeks of the Royal Opera House’s workshops are finished! I have been honoured to be a part of creating the resources for this terrific Create and Sing The Magic Flute, and have been delighted with how well they’ve worked in practice....
My ROH workshop in The Stage newspaper

My ROH workshop in The Stage newspaper

We’re in The Stage! I gave a workshop at the Royal Opera House with an extended vocal workout and taught some of Carmen, alongside the marvellous Louise Bakker delivering drama work, to teachers from the ROH’s partner, The Eliot Foundation Academies Trust....
National Live Broadcast from ROH

National Live Broadcast from ROH

It’s a wrap! Live broadcast from the Royal Opera House to an audience of thousands across the U.K., exploring “What is Opera?” and the music of Mozart’s The Magic Flute. Joined by the incredible director Louise Bakker, and all managed expertly...
Pointless answer tonight

Pointless answer tonight

I was a pointless answer in the Pointless final tonight! Sherlock Holmes, not the Underground station. Photo courtesy of our esteemed Leporello, Ian Pope. Elvira Forever!
The Grange Festival Yeoman review

The Grange Festival Yeoman review

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...
Live broadcast at the Royal Opera

Live broadcast at the Royal Opera

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...
Film showing at Whitechapel Gallery

Film showing at Whitechapel Gallery

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...
Family Sunday at the Royal Opera House

Family Sunday at the Royal Opera House

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...
Teaching for the ROH in Doncaster

Teaching for the ROH in Doncaster

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!
Conducting at the Royal Opera House

Conducting at the Royal Opera House

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...
Filming at the Royal Opera House

Filming at the Royal Opera House

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...
Royal Opera House: first workshop

Royal Opera House: first workshop

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...
Bang Straws at the BFI London

Bang Straws at the BFI London

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!
Pamela Hay Soprano