Case Studies

Case Studies

Olivia has worked with an extensive range of students - each with different levels of experience and varying tuition requirements.  One size does NOT fit all!
Please browse the list below to see a sample selection of some of her recent student case studies:

Case Study 1:

Opera Singer

A university music student came for a consultation lesson having been singing alto in her local choir and frustrated that her voice got tired quickly and her throat was always sore after singing. 

Olivia immediately identified that the student was actually a soprano with a rich and powerful 3 octave range voice but she had never been taught how to breathe, support or project her voice through a relaxed and natural vocal technique. 

Olivia built a programme of basic and advanced vocal technique, intense breathing and support training combined with introduction to acting, musical interpretation, foreign language skills and confidence building. 

This student is now building a highly successful career as a professional opera singer and taking on lead roles in Mozart, Puccini and Verdi with some of the UK's leading opera companies.

Case Study 2:

Musical Theatre

A professional trained actress came for a consultation lesson looking for advice and help on how to sing because she had never been taught at drama school and needed to sing in a forthcoming production with 9 shows per week. 

Olivia discovered that this actress had an outstanding natural and powerful singing voice but lacked any confidence or understanding when it came to singing or music. 

By working together on building a solid vocal technique, re-training her breathing to be richer and deeper, combining dramatic interpretation with musical interpretation and increasing both her confidence and vocal stamina this student has now developed into an outstanding musical theatre actress with an impressive yet relaxed "belting" voice.

She is now taking on lead roles in a wide variety of both straight acting and musical theatre productions throughout the UK.

Case Study 3:

Pop Star

A successful record-label signed singer/songwriter came for a consultation lesson wanting help to build his vocal stamina for a forthcoming international album tour. 

Olivia realised that although he was a natural born musician, he lacked any training or knowledge of how to sing and hid his singing deficiencies behind his outstanding guitar playing so that his voice was more of a background accompaniment. 

By focusing on his confidence, basic technique and musical identity as a lead singer (without the crutch of his guitar!) he has discovered an extra octave to his voice and found that his songwriting can be more varied and challenging because he is no longer restricted by any vocal limitations. 

He is currently working on and recording a new album that embraces his newly discovered vocal and musical abilities with a European and international tour to follow this album release later this year.

Case Study 4:

Vocal Fatigue

A head teacher at a local school had been referred to Olivia with serious vocal problems by a Speech Therapist and an ENT consultant - their vocal chords were not opening and closing properly causing vocal fatigue, a raspy speaking quality and constant soreness of the throat. 

Olivia quickly identified that this student was forcing their speaking voice into an uncomfortably higher pitch when speaking to the younger students at their school and not supporting or projecting their voice when speaking loudly to larger groups of students, teachers or parents. 

Within a few weeks, Olivia had introduced basic voice production techniques, trained the student to breathe correctly, improved their posture and taught them how to project their voice in a relaxed, effective and comfortable way. 

At a 6 month hospital check-up, the endescopy (a camera looking at vocal chords) revealed that the vocal chords were functioning correctly, opening and closing cleanly and the student was no longer suffering with any vocal problems.
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