I began singing as soon as I saw the light at the end of the birth canal, in fact probably as soon as my vocal chords had formed as an embryo! Since then my voice has been instrumental in performing from pop and rock n roll to Melodrama and Operetta, recording answering service messages, amd teaching English and Music in an amusing and engaging way to all ages from little babies to Blue chip Directors.
Singing performances in Italy and UK from 1992 to present with
Singing:
Floral Opera London,
Little Venice Festival, London,(live recording 2007)
Complesso Internazionale Cameristico, Milan (live recording 1997)
(www.complessointernazionalecameristico.it)
Recorded messages:
Recording studio Milan (phone messages) 1998-2001
Teaching: 1994-present- Recently SEA Vision (Pavia, Italy), Exprivia (Milan Italy), Carlo Sessa (Milan, Italy) and many more.
9 O'levels, Britain : Eng lang and lit, French, Music, Art, Maths, Geog, Hist, Biology.
LAMDA certificates to grade VI ballet and the speaking of Verse and Prose.
LAMDA Bronze medal for Acting.
Amateur dramatic performances in my home town "Loft Theatre= to age 17
Amateur operetta (singing and acting) performances at school and in young adulthood.
Professional live experience on stage in Opera, classical and oratorio concerts, and recordings of live performances.
University degree in Modern Arabic Studies, Leeds University UK graduated 1989
Private singing tuition in London and Milan to perfect Bel canto technique 1992-2002
Being interviewed by the media course; Shepherds Bush London, 1993.
Writing and making a filmeddocumentary about a London Women's Centre 1993.
I don't have a studio, but access to studios in Milan where I have recorded with sound engineers.
I have a very spiritual side to my singing, and excel in uplifting the listener's mood. Many are moved to tears, experience goose bumps and thrills. When I sing, it's as if I'm singing with the Angels, especially for Christmas and religious pieces. I can convey a great deal of Love and warmth vocally.
I've a very quick sense of humour, a quirky way of mixing up languages and playing with meanings of words,
I compose poems and songs, previously for guitar, more recently for piano/organ,
I regularly translate English musical texts into Italian which I then perform.
I have a good marketing sense for inventing slogans, rhymes, or key phrases.
I invent songs to teach English to little children.
I use different voices to convey the meanings of English words to students to avoid doing a direct translation.