Heather Baker

Style: World; Pop; Jazz; Folk; Gospel; Rock; Musical Theatre

Title: Teacher of Singing

Bio:

Heather has studied voice and the teaching of voice continuously since 2001, working with some of the world's greatest vocal experts to perfect her knowledge and teaching abilities. In 2012 she became the first and only British teacher certified as Level 5 in SLS (the highest possible level.) In 2013 Heather left the SLS organisation to work with a selection of high level teachers across the world to set up a new and improved teacher training organisation- The Institute for Vocal Advancement (www.vocaladvancement.com) through which she travels worldwide delivering teacher training.

Heather has a Masters Degree with Distinction in Vocal Pedagogy from The University of Wales and has presented her research at several academic conferences focussing on music education and voice or singing education.

Heather began teaching in 2001 and has built up an impressive clientele list since then. Her private clients include gigging musicians, west-end and broadway performers, songwriters, television personalities, signed artists, MOBO Award and Mercury Award nominees, Malta Music Award winners and a vast selection of amateur singers. She has been consulted for nation wide music industry books and local news articles; she has taught at performing arts institutes as far away as Malta, Germany, Israel, China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. She lectured regularly at The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) for 2 years on the music course. Heather has also taught at the legendary Seth Riggs Summer vocal Programme in LA, the SLS international teacher’s conferences in Salt Lake City and LA, and The Institute for Vocal Advancement’s teachers conferences in California, Edinburgh, Vienna, Munich and online. In 2019 Heather delivered a TEDx talk all about the Joy of Singing and she truly believes that if it makes you happy you should do it regardless of your level of talent! Heather also runs Cheshire Pop Choirs (www.cheshirepopchoirs.co.uk) which focusses on getting everybody singing for the pure pleasure of it!

Voice Type: Mezzo-soprano

Music Styles Taught: World; Pop; Jazz; Folk; Gospel; Rock; Musical Theatre

Availability: I am currently accepting private students

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