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Today Alexa is joined by Robert ‘Bob’ Marks, a voice teacher, coach, conductor, arranger, author and director. His extensive career has seen him act as a musical director for over 200 productions and his clients have included Ariana Grande, Ricky… Read More »Ep.88 What Can be Learned From Teaching 100,000 lessons

BAST has reached its 11th birthday and to celebrate this milestone Line Hilton, founder of BAST, joins Alexa today on Singing Teachers Talk. Line is here to explain how BAST came about and the pros and cons of singing teacher… Read More »Ep.86 Pros and Cons of Singing Teacher Qualifications with Line Hilton

Vocal Massage and Laryngeal Manual Therapist Kate Valentine is today’s guest. Kate, who runs her own treatment space called Valentine Voice Care, discusses how to spot the signs your student may have vocal health issues and how to prevent vocal… Read More »Ep.85 Vocal Health Red Flags Explained With Kate Valentine

Today Alexa is joined by the founders of The Voice Collective, a voice studio that delivers coaching specialising in body-voice connection, musical theatre, pop, rock, rough vocal effects and cross-genre. Cassi Mikat and William Pazdziora are on Singing Teachers Talk… Read More »Ep.84 The Benefits of Cross-Genre Training With The Voice Collective

In today’s episode, BAST founder Line Hilton returns to discuss the best vocal exercises for sick voices. Listen in to discover the differences between a sick voice and a well one. Line also explores the challenges of working with a… Read More »Ep.83 The Best Vocal Exercises for Sick Voices with Line Hilton

Today’s guest is a musician, songwriter, singing coach, and business consultant to voice teachers known as ‘The Voicepreneur’ which is also the title of her very own podcast. Allie Tyler joins Alexa all the way from Colorado to give you… Read More »Ep.82 How to Grow Your Teaching Business With Allie Tyler AKA ’The Voicepreneur’

This week’s guest is a vocal coach, singer-songwriter, vocal producer, arranger and artist developer who has worked with the likes of Justin Timberlake, the Dave Matthews Band, Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, Lizzo, Kelly Clarkson, and Kelly Rowland. Listen to Robert ‘RAab’… Read More »Ep.81 Teaching Famous Voices with Robert ‘RAab’ Stevenson

David Juncos is a clinical psychologist, author and performance coach who specialises in music performance anxiety. His treatment approach includes the use of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and he has presented his research on this subject on an international… Read More »Ep.80 Understanding Music Performance Anxiety with David Juncos

Alexa’s guest today is Mark Peacock, the founder and managing director of Price Maker, a company that helps businesses improve their pricing. If you are considering raising your prices, or have a new service to offer and want to know… Read More »Ep.79 How to Price Your Business in a Cost of Living Crisis With Mark Peacock

Expert coach, sound healer, vocalist, author of Coaching for Performance Excellence, and host of The Soulfull Sound podcast, Simone Niles joins Alexa on Singing Teachers Talk. Simone’s work includes empowering soul-driven creatives and entrepreneurs to generate meaning in their work… Read More »Ep.78 How to Find Meaning & Authenticity in Work & Life with Simone Niles

This week Alexa is joined by an author, educator, presenter, and vocal coach who specialises in teaching the child singer. She is the founder of Born 2 Sing Kids and mentors other voice teachers in working with this particular demographic.… Read More »Ep.77 How to Teach Singing to Children With Dana Lentini

This week’s guest has made it her mission to open up the conversation on mental health in the performing arts. Raffaella Covino has spent the past ten years working on the West End and internationally as a Dance Captain and… Read More »Ep.76 Mental Health Training For Performing Arts Workers With Raffaella Covino

Dr Jenevora Williams, the first singing teacher to be awarded a PhD in voice science in the UK, is our guest this week. She discusses vocal rehabilitation for singers and role of singing teachers in the process. KEY TAKEAWAYS Vocal… Read More »Ep.75 Vocal Rehabilitation For Singers With Dr Jenevora Williams

This week Alexa is joined by a physical therapist, whose approach to manual therapy has evolved to consider bio-psychosocial influences, as well as incorporating shared decision-making between clinician and patient, Walt Fritz. Walt is on Singing Teachers’ Talk today to… Read More »Ep.74 Understanding Manual Therapy with Walt Fritz

BAST founder Line Hilton joins Alexa this week to continue on from a discussion they had in Episode 62 – How to Choose the Best Vocal Exercises. This week the focus is on the larynx and finding the best vocal… Read More »Ep.73 The Best Vocal Exercises For Laryngeal Stability With Line Hilton

Two guests for you today on the show, firstly it’s Kaya Herstad-Carney who is a BAST trainer and educational director for vocology in practice. Our second guest is Claire Cannon, lead vocalist for Flip and Fill and vocal coach specialising… Read More »Ep.72 Become a Vocology in Practice Authorised Teacher With Kaya Herstad-Carney & Claire Cannon

Joining us today is the founder of the Singing for Health Network who has worked in music for wellbeing and music education for over 20 years. She is the director of the charity Music for Good and holds a masters… Read More »Ep.71 Singing For Trauma With Emily Foulkes

This week’s guest is Kim Chandler, a renowned contemporary vocal coach and session singer who teaches professional singers from her studio in Marbella. Her career as a performer has seen her provide vocals for TV and film and she often… Read More »Ep.70 Coaching Contemporary Commercial Music With Kim Chandler

Something a bit different this week as Alexa is joined by two guests. Cat Ogden is a singer and vocal coach who specialises in singing for mental health and well-being, and she is alongside the founder of Sing Now, Sarah… Read More »Ep.69 Understanding Pregnancy For The Singer And The Self-Employed With Sarah Joyce & Cat Ogden