Vocal coaching, technical training for singers & vocal rehabilitation
Nicola Harrison is an elite vocal coach, author and performer. She is retained Lecturer in Singing & Interpretation at Pembroke College, Oxford where she teaches students at all levels. She has private clients who are training as singers and actors from beginner to professional. She also works with damaged voices and rehabilitation following injury.
Nicola is a vocal technique coach. In addition to her studio work she mentors and trains teachers of singing and runs courses on movement, gesture and embodiment for singers.
Sessions with Nicola
Lessons are available in South East London, Central London, Oxford and online where she coaches an international community of singers and teachers.
Nicola has trained both as a singer and as a professional vocal coach, and undertaken numerous trainings herself, encompassing vocal, medical, anatomical and performance disciplines. She has written 4 books about singing and vocal anatomy, been a music journalist and won multiple scholarships and awards. She has two degrees, an MA from University of Oxford. She also has a PGCE and MA in Education. Nicola is an Arts Council funded performer.
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Highly qualified
She has completed extensive training in a number of performance-related disciplines with world-class pedagogues including posture, movement, Alexander technique, performance, percussion and dance. She has won a number of scholarships and major awards, has an array of cross-disciplinary qualifications, several languages, with two degrees an M.A. in education, specialisms in anatomy, ENT and Voice Clinic. She has written about singing for a wide range of media and is an Arts Council- funded performer.
Experienced author
Nicola has written several books about singing and co-authored a book about the anatomy of the larynx. See writing page for more details. She has invented protocols and tools for training the singing voice. These are attracting a cohort of singing teachers who wish to continue their professional development.
For more info visit: www.embodima.co.uk
A member of many organisations related to voice, literature, language and culture, Nicola has been involved in extensive research into motor training and is at the forefront of new developments in vocal teaching in this field. She has presented her research at national and international conferences with a focused interest on anatomy, motor training and imagination.Specialising in interpretation of words and music, her publications and shows of poetry, music and song in collaboration with internationally acclaimed musicians have received critical acclaim and included extensive tours of the country.