Dr. Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher—the visionary husband-and-wife team behind Vocal Process—are internationally renowned voice educators dedicated to mentoring singing teachers, professional singers, and choir leaders. Their approach merges scientific insight, performance practice, and decades of experience, which is reflected in an impressive portfolio of publications and innovative resources including This Is A Voice, Singing and the Actor, Oxford Handbook of Singing, the One-Minute WarmUp App (recognised nationally as a healthy voice resource), the Learning Lounge, and the This Is A Voice Podcast.

Gillyanne has over 45 years of experience as a voice pedagogue, author, and researcher with a doctorate in voice research, multiple books on voice education and vocal function, and a special focus on troubleshooting and rehabilitating injured singers. She is a sought-after speaker and workshop leader on international stages such as PEVoC, ANATS, and the Musical Theatre Educators Alliance.

Jeremy Fisher is a national prize-winning pianist and vocal educator, vocal resource creator and performance coach. With extensive West End experience and a track record of working with major opera companies and national tours, he has coached voices and careers for more than 40 years. He helps singers, teachers and musicians integrate their knowledge and find their own “voice”. Jeremy’s vocal folds have featured on the British Voice Association leaflets and have appeared on Channel 4 as an example of a healthy voice.

Together Gillyanne and Jeremy multi-genre teachers, coaches and choir leaders in the Teacher Accreditation Programme, marrying vocal function with music style, performance techniques and recognition of the singer (and teacher) in the room.

Lucinda Allen

With over 15 years of professional experience, Lucinda Allen has established herself as one of the UK’s leading MDH Breathing Coordination & Voice & Singing Coaching specialists. Her private practice, Voice Unlocked, caters to a diverse clientele, including performers from renowned West End productions such as ‘The Lion King,’ ‘Devil Wears Prada’, ‘Choir of Man’, and ‘A Chorus Line’. Additionally, Lucinda works with esteemed touring artists, including Grammy Award winner Lalah Hathaway, and prominent recognised artists such as Kelli-Leigh, Newton Faulkner, and Skin of Skunk Anansie.

Alongside this, Lucinda is Head of Vocals at one of London’s top Contemporary Music institutions, ICMP. She teaches, leads, and designs curriculum, and she recently developed the new MA Vocal Studies course designed for aspiring vocal coaches. Lucinda has dedicated the past 15 years to cultivating her distinctive methodology, which has been pivotal in facilitating collaborations with esteemed practitioners across related disciplines.

The foundation of Lucinda’s coaching practice is based on the functional breathing method, MDH Breathing Coordination (MDHBC). MDHBC takes a holistic view of the body and its effects on breathing and helps identify the voice’s intricacies. By combining her own pedagogy with MDHBC, Lucinda has had the honour of assisting many individuals in unlocking their voices. She has also supported people in rediscovering and optimising their voices in more complex vocal rehabilitation cases.

Joanna Walling

Joanna Walling is a seasoned vocal coach and music educator with over 25 years of professional experience. She has been an Associate Singing Teacher at the Guildford School of Acting (GSA) for three years, where she provides one-on-one vocal to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Additionally, she lectures in subjects such as Acting Through Song, Applied Music and Audition Techniques.

She has also written four vocal course books and co-written three contemporary keys courses that are published and taught in European countries. A part of this role is conducting seminars and teacher training sessions across Europe, including Germany, France, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and the UK.

Joanna is the Director of JJ’s Arts Academy in Devon, a Community Interest Company and Yamaha Music School, dedicated to delivering high-quality music education across various disciplines.

Joanna’s multifaceted career encompasses roles as a performer, teacher, coach, composer, and examiner. She has served as a Senior Examiner for RSL (Rockschool) and played a pivotal role in launching the Performing Arts Awards syllabus in 2010.Her performance experience includes work as a musical director for various UK theatre productions, leading and writing the arrangements for a 50-member choir and performing as a lead singer and keyboard player in function bands.

Her professional philosophy centres on guiding musicians of all ages and abilities to convey stories and evoke emotions through music performance with a strong focus on the role of Contemporary Commercial Music within Musical Theatre.

PROGRAMME

9.30 Registration

10.00   Gillyanne and Jeremy – ‘Joining the dots’

11.15 Coffee

11.30 Lucinda Allen presentation – Title TBC

12.15 Joanna Walling presentation – Title TBC

1.00           Lunch (not provided)

2.00 Teaching Demonstration

3.45 Tea

4.00 Forum Q&A

4.30 Ends

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