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an hour for others

An Hour For Others is about taking action from the inside out; working with people within our community to make them realise THEY have the power to make a difference to how we all live our lives. Successful communities thrive on successful lives and by working in unity, with compassion, respect, kindness and love, we can transform the world around us. With the help of our founders Kev and Gill, our teams of volunteers, local businesses’ and grants, we’ve developed a programme of initiatives and activities that will be the catalyst for this change. These will cater for people of all ages and across all backgrounds and will include lessons to help people look after their own well-being, training courses to upskill and projects that will support people through times of need. Imagine living in a community where there’s less crime, less poverty, less sickness. Where people are happy, healthy, fulfilled and where there’s more equality. Let’s work together to make this our reality. You can start by watching our video.

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kate geraghty music

vocal skills

polly douglas

Polly Douglas Music | Singing Lessons | Singing Tuition | Ormskirk

ian davidson vocal coach

I guess I’m just a “singing nerd” at the end of the day! I love singing, I love listening to other people sing and I love it when people start to truly express themselves through their singing voices with power, presence and confidence. I’ve been singing all my life. I started out singing in a very good, local High Anglican church choir at the age of 7 that exposed me to harmony and counterpoint, Requiems and Latin - all whilst wearing robes and a frilly ruff! I managed to obtain my Bishops’ Chorister Award just before my voice broke, before moving to the Alto and then finally the Tenor sections of the choir. At this stage my ear was drifting away from classical choral singing and more towards Soul, RnB and Gospel (thanks Whoopi Goldberg and Sister Act!) As a Gospel Singer, I sang with the Liverpool Love & Joy Gospel Choir for many years, touring all over the country from small town halls to football stadia - I had truly fallen in love with this very expressive and emotive art form, and eventually set up Sanctified Gospel Choir who went on to win a Gospel Entertainment & Music (GEM) Award in 2005. I managed to gain a place to study music at the prestigious Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) which was set up by former-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, and graduated with honours in 2003. During my time studying at LIPA, I had the opportunity to sing and perform with a vast array of talented artists and performers and fell into providing backing vocals for a number of different main-stream artists of the time. Having discovered over time that I really enjoyed singing backing vocals, was happier with my back to an audience directing as opposed to standing in the spotlight, it was no surprise to me that I ended up gravitating towards teaching singing as a side hustle. And that’s what it was, a side hustle, I had no clue what I was doing and that’s when I fortunately discovered the Speech Level Singing methodology or SLS. Ian Davidson Directing Liverpool Community Choir 2 Ian Davidson and Sanctified Gospel Choir Ian Davidson Headshot Ian Davidson Directing Liverpool Community Choir 1 Ian Davidson Teaching at Vocology in Practice Conference Ian Davidson Training Teachers in Warsaw, Poland Ian Davidson Training Teachers in Cork, Ireland Ian Davidson at the Europe Vocal Camp 2017 Training in the Speech Level Singing (SLS) teaching methodology, studying under world renowned teachers such as Seth Riggs, Dave Stroud, Wendy Parr, John Henny, Dean Kaelin, Greg Enriquez, Jeffrey Skouson and Kathy Kennedy, coincided with my being invited to Lecture in Gospel and A Cappella at my former university, LIPA. Upon completion of my initial SLS training, I was then also invited to Lecture in Vocals at LIPA and taught there for 12 years in total, teaching one-to-one and group singing classes to the students on the Music, Acting and Dance degree and foundation level courses. After achieving Level 3 status within the SLS organisation, I wanted to broaden out my knowledge of vocal pedagogy, vocal harmonics and acoustics, and along with a number of other teachers from around the world came together under the guidance of Dave Stroud to form what is now known as Vocology in Practice or ViP. Shortly after helping to found ViP, where I served as Education Director for a year, I obtained my MA in Music from the University of Salford, where I focussed my studies on the Psychology of Performance and the condition, "Adophobia" (literally the Fear of Singing), on which I wrote extensively for my thesis. I work hard to keep myself informed on the latest pedagogical research and developments within in the world of vocal health and how to teach to ensure that I can provide the very best for my clients. I’ve also recently started training in Laryngeal Massage so that I can bring this highly beneficial manual therapy to the my clients. Highlights of my career to date include being a Lecturer in Singing at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) and helping to establish and teach on the singing program on the BA(hons) in Musical Theatre at the Institute of the Arts Barcelona. I have also been fortunate to train voices at Rare Studios in Liverpool. I arranged and directed the backing choir on the 2012 UK Christmas No.1 song "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" on behalf of the Justice Collective, for which I was awarded a Gold Disc. Aside from my teaching studio, I am the choral director for the Liverpool Community Choir, training the lead voices for the Birkenhead Operatic Society and have recently started training voices for the Pro Vocal Artist artist development program. Over the last ten years or so, my career has taken me down the path of teacher training and I am fortunate to train teachers for two organisations; BAST (Be A Singing Teacher), where I am one of only 5 teacher trainers in the world, and MVT (Modern Vocal Training), the latter of which I serve as an Educational Director. I absolutely love training new teachers; I find it to be really invigorating, plus it keeps me accountable and makes sure that I’m keeping abreast of the latest developments in my field.

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training plus merseyside ltd (tpm)

To positively influence the growth of Liverpool City Region’s early years and professional business services (PBS) sectors by providing the highest quality apprenticeship training, skills development and support.

pro vox - professional vocal training

We want our students to learn everything they need to know about their voice, including up to date research methods being used today by industry professionals. Learn the skills to control and build your vocal ability through regular training. Gain performance experience and qualifications to help assist your future. Students of any age and ability can learn how to master the art of singing. At Pro Vox we want to assist your abilities and help you to develop your future prospects History Pro Vox was founded in September 2013 by Carrie Simone Birmingham, our director, to provide a professional level of vocal training for students of all ages and abilities within CCM genres (Contemporary Commercial Music). Carrie was soon recognised for her new business and was nomimated for 'Best New Comer' and 'Young Entrepreneur' Women in Business Awards 2015 in Liverpool. Since then, Carrie has built a strong team of like-minded singing teachers and specialists around her to successfully provide the wide-array of Pro Vox singing students with the best training and opportunities possible. Pro Vox is known for students high levels of attainment in LCM Exams sessions, fantastic annual student performance showcases, recording and audition opportunities and more. Carrie has an incredible depth of knowledge from her on-going academic studies in voice science (working towards a Doctorate) and an impressive drive to educate both her teaching staff and students with up to date vocal training practices appropriate to each of them. This continues to be the basis that Pro Vox thrives from beyond the 9-years it has accrued to date, where all involved teach healthy singing and have a passion to assist our singers in anyway we possibly can.