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Discover your voice with professional singer Olivia! (Classical, pop, musical theatre, opera!)

Are you curious about singing, but feel like you don’t know where to start? Do you already have some experience of singing and are curious about what your voice could achieve at its full potential? Do you feel shy about your voice and wish you could feel confident enough to sing in front of other people? I am Olivia, a professional opera singer who is passionate about teaching singers a healthy vocal technique in all styles of singing, and helping them to grow in confidence along the way. My teaching room is a safe space where students are free to experiment, make mistakes and discover everything about their voice with my full support!

I have been teaching singing privately to pupils of all ages and levels for several years, as well as enjoying a busy performance career. I find that being a regular performer myself is very important when imparting knowledge and advice to my students because I want to teach you more than just the mechanics of singing - I want to guide you towards being an artist and expressing YOUR unique voice and personality. I work on vocal technique, drama and language, and have worked with children, teenagers, and adults - both those hoping to sing professionally and enthusiastic amateurs! Every lesson will include warmups and technical exercises as well as work on repertoire that we will choose together. I can teach in English, French or Italian.

As for my performance experience: I began taking singing lessons at 13 years old after joining the school choir in secondary school in London, and adored the process of training my voice. In my teens, I performed in concerts as a soloist and also in a few musical theatre roles, most notably Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. I moved to Switzerland and trained as an opera singer at the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève, and did a Specialised Masters (Soloist) at the Hochschule der Künste Bern.

I have since gone on to perform with the opera houses of Geneva, Lausanne and Lucerne, the Opera House of Zrenjanin in Serbia, the Jeunesses Musicales Opera Studio (Croatia), London Grimeborn Festival, and have been a featured soloist at such concert venues as the Berlin Philharmonic, Salle Paderewski in Lausanne, the BFM in Geneva, the Cologne Philharmonic, and St Johns Smith Square in London. Most recently you may have seen me as Mrs P. in the Swiss première of Michael Nyman's 'The Man who mistook his Wife for a Hat' in Vevey, or if you've been enjoying the program 'Blob Opera' this year, you might be interested to know that I was one of the opera singers working on this project by recording hours of material for a machine to create an algorithm that recreating an opera singer's voice!

Good singing is about solid and healthy vocal technique, a good feeling for music, self-expression and confidence! I would love to work with you to build all of these parts of yourself and to see where your voice takes you.

If you have any questions, please do get in touch with me!

Location

At teacher's location: Rue du Seyon, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Online via webcam
At student's location: Around Neuchâtel, Switzerland

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Age:
Children (7-12 years old)
Teenagers (13-17 years old)
Adults (18-64 years old)
Seniors (65+ years old)
Student level:
Beginner
Intermediate
Advanced
Duration:
30 minutes
45 minutes
60 minutes
The class is taught in:English, French, Italian

About Me

I am a professional opera singer based in Switzerland with a career on the stages of Europe. Singing is my passion, and part of that passion is igniting the light of singing in other people! I began studying voice as a teenager and singing quickly became my raison d'être. I firmly believe that anyone of any age and experience can learn to sing, and that it is possible to achieve a healthy vocal technique in any genre of singing. I love working with my students, so please do reach out and join my singing community!

Education

- Hochschule der Künste Bern - Specialised Master of Classical Performance (Soloist) (grade: excellent)
- Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève - Master of Voice Performance (grade: excellent)
- Morley Opera School - London

Experience / Qualifications

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
I have been teaching voice privately since 2014, with experience of the ABRSM grades system (100% success rate and high distinction rate), LAMDA exams, conservatoire entrance auditions, and also Music GCSE and A Level performance components. I also love teaching adults who are expanding their artistry for their own pleasure and are not looking to take exams. I am enthusiastic about teaching students in classical, musical theatre and pop styles.

PROFESSIONAL OPERA EXPERIENCE:
Luzerner Theater
Opera de Lausanne
Grand Théâtre de Genève
National Theatre Zrenjanin
Jeunesses Musicales Opera Studio
London Grimeborn Festival
Théâtre de l'Oriental Vevey

PROFESSIONAL CONCERT SOLOIST EXPERIENCE:
Berlin Philharmonic
Cologne Philharmonic
Neues Zürcher Orchester
Sinfonie Orchester Biel-Solothurn
L'Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

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