Singing Teachers Talk

Hosted by BAST Training expect interviews and conversations to inspire and inform singing teachers and singers who want to teach.

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Ep.5 Losing my voice was a turning point with Mindy Pack

Mindy Pack hails from Salt Lake City, Utah. She began singing professionally from a young age, taking up teaching as it seemed the right thing to do. Like many of us took her voice for granted until the day it wasn't there. This event was a turning point for Mindy as it took her down an unexpected path. As a teacher, she was already exploring and building on her technique and teaching skills, but now she had to figure out how to get her voice back. As a result of this new journey, Mindy has beco...

May 26, 2018•44 min

Ep.4 The lesson learnt from building three singing teaching studios with Gareth Henderson

Line Hilton talks to BAST Trainer and sound engineer Gareth Henderson. A British expat now 'living the life' in Perth, Australia, Gareth came to singing and teaching through lucky circumstance, and along the way scored his lovely wife, Louise - he says she was part of a package deal of singing lessons he had with her father! Gareth talks about the lessons he learnt from building 3 singing teaching studios, what he wished he'd known about singing teaching from the start, the surprising thing he l...

Apr 13, 2018•1 hr 4 min

Ep.3 The pros and cons of teaching one methodology with Ian Davidson

Line Hilton, talks to BAST Trainer, Ian Davidson who is based in Liverpool. They discuss his musical journey and how he became a singing teacher as a result of working for the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA). Line and Ian discuss the benefits and constraints of being a part of a specific teaching methodology. They both trained as Speech Level Singing teachers initially. Ian recently changed his teaching approach, which in turn affected the way he set up his teaching studio. He and ...

Mar 24, 2018•54 min

Ep.2 Keeping motivated as a singing teacher with Lisa Haupert

Line Hilton, talks to BAST Trainer, Lisa Haupert. They discuss her musical journey from piano to singing, becoming a singing teacher after initially studying psychology then training as a general nurse (something she and Line have in common), the differences she's noticed in singing students in the different locations she's worked in (USA & UK) and Lisa asks Line how she maintains her own motivation. Guest website: https://www.shamelesssinging.com BAST Training helps singers gain the confide...

Mar 24, 2018•1 hr 10 min

Ep.1 Getting started by getting thrown in the deep end with Kaya Herstad Carney

In our inaugural Teachers On Teaching podcast, BAST founder, Line Hilton, talks to BAST Trainer, Kaya Herstad Carney. They discuss her singing journey, becoming a teacher (by being thrown in at the deep end), how her MA helped her teaching, working with choirs, teaching vocal technique in a classroom setting and how working with people recovering from addiction taught her a humbling lesson. Kaya asks Line how she would deal with a student who was getting inaccurate advice and teaching from anoth...

Mar 24, 2018•1 hr 18 min

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