Vocal coaching, teacher training & vocal rehabilitation
Hi, I’m an elite vocal coach and have a great client base from beginner to top professional. I am also a voice researcher and am associated with Pembroke College, Oxford as a retained Lecturer. I provide support and rehabilitation for damaged voices. I also love to mentor singing coaches and run courses for teachers on movement, gesture and embodiment. I coach university students of all levels and write books about singing.
Background
Nicola is a singer, performer and Arts Council-funded professional. She has multiple trainings encompassing vocal, medical, anatomical, dance 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 specialisms in anatomy, ENT and Voice Clinic and has two degrees: a PGCE and a further MA in Education. She has won a number of scholarships and major awards, has an array of cross-disciplinary qualifications and several languages. She has written about singing for a wide range of media and has been mentored by top vocal experts, anatomists and musicologists.
Experienced author
Nicola has written several books about singing and co-authored a book about the anatomy of the larynx (see here). As a researcher she has invented specialist tools for training the singing voice (see here). For more info visit: www.embodima.co.uk
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 shows of poetry, music and song in collaboration with international musicians have received wide acclaim.
Students’ successes
Many of Nicola’s students have gone on to win scholarships to music colleges and drama schools. They have won international competitions, received Academy Award nominations, Olivier awards, Oscar nominations and have performed in the West End, at the Royal Variety Show. They have taken lead roles in films such as Little Women, Midsomer, the Impossible, Spider Man and Billy Elliot the Musical where Nicola was the voice coach for a decade of Billies. Six of her students performed in a private audience for the late Queen.