What does it take to be ready to step into multiple roles in the musical theatre industry Today, Alexa is joined by West End performer and vocal coach Corinne Priest to talk about her time in Titanique, where she covered Céline Dion, Rose and Molly Brown alongside her role as a backing vocalist. Corinne shares how she prepared to embody Céline’s unmistakable vocal style, the realities of switching between multiple tracks, and why making a role fit your own voice is so important. They also explore the growing vocal demands of musical theatre, life as a swing, and what it takes to build the versatility and vocal sustainability needed for eight shows a week.
WHAT’S IN THIS PODCAST?
1:33 Corrine’s favourite song in a contract so far
2:18 Corrine’s journey into the Musical Theatre industry
4:15 Representation: drama school and agencies
7:45 Titanique
23:24 Impersonation as a training tool
24:30 Vocal coaching Vs performing
26:25 Corrine’s top tip for current musical theatre demands
29:45 Corrine’s contract wish list
About the presenter HERE
RELEVANT MENTIONS & LINKS
London School of Musical Theatre (LSMT)
Singing Teachers Talk – Ep.221 How Knowing Musical Theatre History Makes You a Better Performer with Molly Marie Walsh
Singing Teachers Talk – Ep.279 On Vocal Crashes, Career Lessons and Sustainable Singing with Chris Killik
ABOUT THE GUEST
Corrine is a professional Musical Theatre Performer and Vocal Coach, originally from Somerset.
Training: London School of Musical Theatre
2025 Vocal Balance Accredited Teacher
Corrine is a guest tutor at Urdang Academy and full time Singing Teacher at Emil Dale Academy, and also teaches private 1:1s.
Credits include: BGV2, cover Celine Dion, Rose and Molly Brown in Titanique the Musical (Criterion Theatre, Lido2Paris), Beauty in Beauty and the Beast (Playhouse Theatre), Swing, cover Sister Mary Robert, cover Sister Mary Patrick in Sister Act (UK Tour), Workshop of Disruption (Park Theatre), Fairy Queen / Resident Director in Claus The Musical (The Lowry), Ensemble in Les Misérables (Sondheim Theatre), Dance Captain in Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (Sondheim Theatre), Elizabeth Benning in Young Frankenstein (English Theatre Frankfurt), Swing, cover Fantine, cover Gavroche, assistant Dance Captain, assistant Children’s Director, in Les Misérables (UK & International Tour), Lucy in Can’t Stop It (The Other Palace), Lucy in Ushers: The Front of House Musical (Edinburgh Fringe & Arts Theatre), Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (Blackpool Opera House), Soloist in Stephen Sondheim 85th Birthday Gala (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), cast in God: The Stephen Sondheim Parody (London Theatre), Amy Thomas in Girlfriends (Union Theatre), Lead Vocalist onboard Holland America Line, and Viv Nicholson in Spend Spend Spend (Bridewell Theatre).
Corrine won The Stephen Sondheim Student Performer of the Year award and more recently won a What’s Onstage Angel award in 2021. Corrine also recorded the critically acclaimed one-woman song-cycle Heart of Winter, available on iTunes and Spotify.
Instagram: @corrinepriest @coachingwithcorrine
