Claire Harvey East L.R.S.M. L.L.C.M. L.W.C.M.D. M.I.F.L. City & Guilds Further Ed Cert.
Claire offers singing lessons for all ages, all levels, including beginners.
Included within Claires sessions is 15-20 minutes of effective vocal exercises, developing vocal technique. The singer will be taught how to gain a good foundation technique, by learning good breath control and capacity, how to connect the voice with the body, tone work, flexibility, extend vocal range, resonance, articulation and more. The singer will then look at songs, in terms of style and expression. Claire covers pop, cabaret singing, soul, classical, opera and musical theatre and has 3500 + backing tracks with the ability to tailor the songs to the individual e.g. change the key,slow down or speed up the track.
Claire also offers exams in classical singing/theory, popular music vocals,musical theatre,piano and keyboard up to Grade 8 with the ABRSM, London College of Musical Theatre and LAMDA Musical Theatre. She regularly holds concerts for her students to gain performng experience, with the opportunity to sing with a full PA, lighting. Microphone technique is also covered within the lesson if required.
Do you answer yes to any of these questions?
• Need confidence when you sing?
When you know what you CAN do, you have more confidence to stand up and do it
• Tight voice - your voice doesn't feel free?
Discover EXACTLY where you block your sound, and release the real voice in you
• Can’t find resonance?
Discover the spaces inside your vocal mechanism that really resonate and learn to work them
• Worried that you have no formal training and don't know where to start?
Learn the key skills that you can put into practice right away
• Feel that your voice is a mystery?
Your voice is a physical instrument learn how to us it
• Vocally unfit? Do you lack vocal stamina?
Know the key exercises to improve your vocal fitness - when your energy is balanced, your voice doesn't get tired.
• Bad or uneven technique?
Ignorance may be bliss, but it could be dangerous! Find out what you DON'T know, and add to what you DO know
• Looking for freedom in performance?
With a balanced and flexible voice you're not worrying about technique and you can sing the way you want
All sessions are recorded on a Roland CD 2 recorder, which burns straight to CD for the singer to take away with them for practice, and regular handouts of vocal technique given out.
If you would like to learn to read music within you vocal lesson Claire uses up to date technology with a specialised music programme, making learning to read music fun and easy.
Claire ALWAYS tailors the sessions to the individual singer.
