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  Joining Alexa this week is Sarah Summers, who is a musical director, choir leader and vocal health first aider based in Swindon, UK. Sarah runs four choirs, including one for unpaid carers and another for staff and retired employees… Read More »Ep.122 Discovering The Well-Being Benefits of Community Choirs with Sarah Summers

Alexa is joined on the Singing Teachers Talk podcast by Carrie Garrett, who is a BAPAM registered SLT and vocal rehabilitation coach, singer and co-founder of the company VitaVoice. Through VitaVoice, Carrie and her team produce supplements to support the… Read More »Ep.119 Exploring the Benefits of the VitaVoice ‘Optimise’ Supplement for Voice Users with Carrie Garrett

The incredible Gemma Sugrue joins Alexa this week to take a deep dive into the world of mix voice and belt techniques.

Alexa is joined by Ruth McPherson, the head of charity development at ISM, the Independent Society of Musicians. Since joining ISM in 2016, Ruth has been dedicated to promoting the organisation’s work among musicians and ensuring gold-standard service delivery. She… Read More »Ep.117 The ISM: What Singers and Singing Teachers Need to Know with Ruth McPherson

Alexa is in the company of composer, musical director, pianist, arranger and app creator Rowland Braché. Originally from Melbourne, Rowland has worked as an MD for productions such as West Side Story, The Last Five Years, Into the Woods and… Read More »Ep. 116 Exploring ‘Warble’: The Time-Saving Repertoire App with creator Rowland Braché

Line Hilton joins Alexa once again to continue the Best Vocal Exercises series. Following on from previous episodes on chest voice and head voice, today the pair will be tackling the subject of the in between of those two, the… Read More »Ep.115 The Best Vocal Exercises For The Transition With Line Hilton

BAST founder Line Hilton returns to the show, this time to discuss ‘head voice’ and some of the exercises that singing teachers can use when working with a student on this particular vocal register. As well as that, you’ll find… Read More »Ep.114 The Best Vocal Exercises For Head Voice With Line Hilton

BAST founder Line Hilton joins Alexa for another instalment in the ongoing series ‘The Best Vocal Exercises for’. This week they are discussing “chest voice”, the lower part of a vocal range. Find out what a vocal register is, how… Read More »Ep.113 The Best Vocal Exercises For Chest Voice With Line Hilton

Today we’ve got a professional voice coach and vocalist who has been working for over 15 years in the music industry. Hannah Smikle returns to the podcast to talk all about helping musical theatre singers build a reliable pop toolbox.… Read More »Ep.112 Helping Musical Theatre Singers Build a Reliable Pop Toolbox with Hannah Smikle

Today Alexa is joined by the person otherwise known as the Piano Skills for Singers Woman. Brenda Earle Stokes is an internationally recognised pianist, vocalist, and educator who has taught keyboard and musicianship skills to hundreds of singers. She is… Read More »Ep.111 Essential Piano Skills For Singers And Voice Teachers With Brenda Earle Stokes

Chris Johnson is a professional singer-turned-vocal coach who has worked with major label artists, West End leads, backing vocalists, singer/songwriters and vocal coaches. He is also the creator of Teach Voice, a programme that helps singing teachers up-skill and develop… Read More »Ep.110 Articulation and Singing: Assessing Jaw Behaviour With Chris Johnson

Alexa is joined by guest Louisa Morgan who teaches singing, spoken voice, and audition prep with a specialism in acting through song. She is the main voice teacher for the full-time acting students at the Cygnet Theatre in Exeter and… Read More »Ep.109 Mastering Healthy & Targeted Acting Through Song Techniques to Elevate Musical Theatre Performance with Louisa Morgan

Alexa’s guest this week is Wendy Rolls, who divides her time teaching singing at two Brisbane girls’ secondary schools and at her own private studio, conducting a chamber choir for middle school girls. Wendy completed a Masters where her thesis… Read More »Ep.108 Navigating the Adolescent Female Voice Change with Wendy Rolls

Kimberley George is a singer-songwriter and topliner for DJs. She joins Alexa today on Singing Teachers Talk to tell you everything you need to know about songwriting for electronic music styles. Listen in to find out what happens when a… Read More »Ep.107 Mastering Songwriting for Electronic Music with DJ Topliner Kimberley George

BAST founder Line Hilton joins Alexa Terry today on Singing Teachers Talk to discuss giving student-led singing lessons. We’ll be talking about the different types of questions to ask and how you can get students to expand on their answers,… Read More »Ep.106 How to Give Student-Led Singing Lessons with Line Hilton

Joining Alexa today is Jo Sear, a rock, pop and soul singer, and teacher of CCM singing styles. Jo completed her MA in Voice Pedagogy through the Voice Study Centre and will soon begin her PhD at The Royal Northern… Read More »Ep.105 How to Teach Popular Music Styles To Singers with Jo Sear