John Bispham

Singing - (60£/hr)

​

My main strength as a singing teacher is working with experienced students who are up and running in a choir, opera group, or other performing activities and would like to work on improving their craft, practice, and vocal freedom.   In lessons I focus on building a secure vocal technique in exercises and suitable repertoire.  In essence this means establishing a good posture, a free and efficient projection, and a consistency of tone across the full vocal, textual, and dynamic range.  This provides students a good foundation to explore and realise their creative and expressive goals in group singing, and/or dramatic performance. I provide piano accompaniment and language coaching (D. It. Fr.) in the lessons and also have experience working with young voices, in voice rehabilitation, teaching choral skills, performance coaching, and exam preparation.  I am a full member of AOTOS (www.aotos.org.uk) and welcome singing students at all levels.

​

Piano, Musicianship, Music Theory - (50£/hr)

​

I also offer lessons in piano, musicianship, and music theory at beginner/intermediate stages (grades 1-8).  In particular, I have had much success encouraging young piano students (5-16+) through these crucial years of their musical development.  Lessons are specifically designed to offer a healthy balance of technique, musicianship, performance goals, and  fun collaborative projects (e.g. piano duets :-)).  I encourage students to enter appropriate grade exams  (ABRSM or Trinity [100% pass rate]) as these can provide a useful impetus and short-term goals.  However, my focus is always on genuine technical and musical understanding (so definitely no rote learning of 3-4 pieces for a whole year!) and I’m also perfectly happy to work towards other performance goals and provide a more bespoke journey.  (I also hold an Enhanced DBS check)

​