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This week’s guest is specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Lydia Hart. Lydia specialises in the field of Voice and Upper Airway and also works for the NHS and in the Joint Voice Clinic at Wexham Park Hospital. She joins Alexa… Read More »Ep.58 Understanding the Speaking Voice with Lydia Hart SLT

Vox Yoga is a holistic approach to voice training, considering the voice as a whole instrument. Rosie Secker works in exploring the connection between body, breath, mind and voice, allowing a singer to embody their performance and sing in a… Read More »Ep.57 The Top Benefits of Yoga For The Singer With Rosie Secker

Debbie Winter is the director of the Voice Study Centre and creator of the popular Facebook group Voice Geek. Debbie has published three peer-reviewed articles and partnered with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David to form a training pathway… Read More »Ep.56 How the Academic Route Can Help Your Career as a Singing Teacher with Debbie Winter

Vocal coach and mental health first aider, Cat Ogden, join Bronwyn this week on Singing Teachers Talk to discuss the topics of well-being and mental health. Cat’s studio specialises in singing for mental health and well-being and she is also… Read More »Ep.55 Teaching Singing For Mental Health And Wellbeing With Cat Ogden

Aliki Katriou is a metal singer and vocal coach who teaches across many different styles. She studied with New York Vocal Coaching and is now involved in helping train their coaches in extreme vocals, as well as delivering masterclasses on… Read More »Ep.54 Exploring Extreme Vocals With Aliki Katriou

What’s it like to turn your back on the corporate world and become your own boss? 18 months ago David Valks quit his career in recruitment and started his own vocal coaching business. David joins Bronwyn this week on Singing… Read More »Ep.53 How I Started A Singing Teaching Business With David Valks

Bass-baritone Chadley Ballantyne is Assistant Professor of Music, Voice at Stetson University. Dr Ballantyne is a frequent guest speaker on the topic of applying vocal acoustic pedagogy for both classical and CCM techniques. He joins Alexa this week on Singing… Read More »Ep.52 Getting to Grips With Vocal Acoustics With Chadley Ballantyne

Hannah Smikle is a professional voice coach and vocalist, working for over 15 years in the music industry. She has extensive experience both in live performance as a gigging musician and backing vocalist and in the studio as a session… Read More »Ep.51 How to Boost a Singer’s Confidence With Hannah Smikle

Amelia, AKA ‘Curly Coach’ is a specialist musical theatre vocal coach who has been delivering coaching to children and young people in theatre, film and television for 20 years. Amelia joins Alexa this week on Singing Teachers Talk to chat… Read More »Ep.50 Managing ‘Pushy Parents’ and Teaching ‘Legit’ With Amelia Carr

In her former life, Tommy Ludgate performed with Paloma Faith, Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller; now she helps people fulfil their creative and professional goals. Tommy joins Bronwyn Bidwell on Singing Teachers Talk this week to share her story of… Read More »Ep.49 Unlocking your Creative Potential with Tommy Ludgate

Justin Stoney is the founder of New York Vocal Coaching, developer of the NYVC Voice Teacher Training Program, and author of the award-winning book Sing Like Never Before. His clients have included Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award-winning artists, and… Read More »Ep.48 Getting Started As A Teacher, Creating Content and Vocal Versatility with Justin Stoney

How can a straw make us better singers? Oren Boder is an award-winning singing teacher, voice researcher, entrepreneur, and inventor of the SOVT Singing Straw. Oren joins Alexa this week on Singing Teachers Talk to tell us what SOVT is,… Read More »Ep.47 Finding The Best Air Pressures and Straw Configurations For Your Voice with Oren Boder

The beginning of the year is always the time we make promises to ourselves and by February, we’ve all forgotten about them. Gemma Sugrue is a vocal coach and certified Tiny Habits coach and joins Bronwyn on Singing Teachers Talk… Read More »Ep.46 How to Develop Lasting and Positive Habits with Gemma Sugrue

Breathing is something we all do subconsciously all day every day, so can we be doing it wrong? Barbara Tanze coaches amateur and professional athletes to optimise their respiratory biomechanics and physiology, both online and at her private practice in… Read More »Ep.45 Discovering Optimal Breathing with Barbara Tanze

Creator of Teach Voice and one half of The Naked Vocalist, Chris Johnson discusses vocal registers and keeping your dynamic range long term. He also explains abduction and adduction and explores the TA/CT dominance debate. KEY TAKEAWAYS Chris recognised the… Read More »Ep.44 Exploring vocal registers with Chris Johnson

This week Singing Teachers Talk takes a deep dive into the songwriting process with artist, songwriter and vocal coach Allie Moss. The New Orleans-based songwriter reveals how the creative process works for her and shares some top writing tips. Allie’s… Read More »Ep.43 Vulnerability, individuality and technology: The songwriting journey with Allie Moss

The New Year is always a good time to sit down and review goals from last year and set new ones. This week on Singing Teachers Talk, Line Hilton explores goal setting using the SMART system. Listen in for some… Read More »Ep.42 Effective goal setting for you & your students with Line Hilton

2021 is nearly over so it’s time for Alexa Terry and Line Hilton to look back on the last year of the Singing Teacher Talk podcast and BAST Training as a whole. Listen in as Alexa and Line recap what… Read More »Ep.41 2021 round up with Line Hilton

What is the relationship between being a dancer and being a singer? The training for both is so segregated, but should it be? Host Alexa Terry is joined on this week’s episode of the Singing Teachers Talk by osteopath and… Read More »Ep.40 Integrated Skills: Teaching Singing to Dancers with Jennie Morton

What signs should singing teachers be looking out for that signify something isn’t right physically? What are the red flags that someone has a physical problem affecting their voice? Singing teacher and osteopath, Chloe Spencer joins host Alexa Terry on… Read More »Ep.39 Osteopathy for Singers (and Joint Farts) with Chloe Spencer