Solo singing and shared experience
Many aspiring adult classical solo singers tend to spend a lot of time working on their voice, their singing alone. Practice happens at home, repertoire is learned in isolation, and vocal technique is something you begin to piece together over time, often without quite knowing quite how you're doing ...
That is a completely natural way to begin.
But it does raise a question, sooner or later, and it is one I recognise very well from my own singing and from working with singers over many years: how do you know if what you are doing is actually helping?
The answer rarely comes from doing more of the same on your own. It comes from experience, and more specifically, from shared experience.
I see this every time singers come together, whether over a full weekend workshop or in a smaller setting, or even online. Something shifts, not because anything dramatic has been added, but because the context has changed. As a solo singer, you are no longer relying only on your own internal sense o...
Voice-works series:Â 8 German Greats
**Singer application is now closed, but why not join us as an observer? We would love to welcome you!
Join me in Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire (UK) on 16–17 May 2026 for two wonderful days studying nearly a century of German song. We’ll work with music by Franz Schubert, Fanny Hensel, Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf and Richard Strauss.Â
Voice-works series:Â 8 German Greats
Join me in Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire (UK) on 11–12 July 2026 for a Voice-works Study Weekend exploring Eight Vocal Greats. Across two focused and enjoyable days, we’ll trace a vocal lineage from Purcell to Britten, with each singer curating up to six pieces from this rich musical field. There's an Early Bird payment plan, spreading the cost across three instalments, is available until the end of April. h 2026.
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