CHOIR
I run two regular choirs in Totnes; Dartsong Chorus and JamJar Choir.
Dartsong Chorus meets at Totnes Methodist Church on Totnes High Street every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. We are auditioning for the Spring Term in early January, please send me an email if you'd like to come along.
Dartsong Chorus is united by a commitment to creating beautiful, powerful music. This new choir with deep roots evolved from the renowned Glorious Chorus. The JamJar Choir is a fun, vibrant and welcoming community choir, who meet every two weeks at The Angel on South Street in Totnes from 6.30 to 8 pm. We are a drop in choir, and there are no auditions, just come as you are. Please book your place below.
We sing harmony songs from all over the world; pop, gospel, world music and modern choir compositions all learned by ear. I’ll be weaving in vocal and choral technique and CVI (Collaborative Vocal Improvisation).Dates this term
14th April
28th April
12th May
26th May
9th June
23rd June
7th July
21st July
Email me to find out more about joining, or join the WhassApp group 
Book JamJar
JamJar is a drop in choir, all are welcome.
I was brought up around the wonderful world of Community Choirs. Somewhere between the voice camps, community singing days, and performances, I fell in love. Many of us who long for a sense of belonging, connection, and a way of relating with others that is harmonious and non-hierarchical, have found this in choirs and singing communities, and I feel very blessed to have been given the skills to hold these spaces.I believe that learning and singing harmony songs both gives us a taste of our potential for shared beauty, and creates a container for embodied resonance, giving us an experience of non-hierarchical creative collaboration. In my teaching I weave in the fascinating world of vocal anatomy and useful tools to free the singing voice.I’ve joined and supported on a number of choir-leading courses with the Natural Voice Network, and trained in vocal technique with AOTOS (The Association of Teachers of Singing). I studied Bulgarian Singing with Dessislava Stefanova as part of my Ethnomusicology degree from SOAS, as well as learning Classical Indian Singing over a number of trips to India. In that strange way that time works, I’ve somehow been leading voice sessions and choirs for coming up to 15 years, and I love it. Qualifications
BA Ethnomusicology from SOAS, accredited CPD Teacher Development with AOTOS (Association of Teachers of Singing), 2 teacher trainings with the NVN (Natural Voice Network), Facilitation Training with the Open University, year long CVI (Collaborative Vocal Improvisation) at the highest level (3/4).
