Sing courses in Cardiff

LOOKING FOR: PICTURE BOOKS, MG, YA, ADULT FICTION Clare Wallace joined the Darley Anderson Agency in January 2011 and is building both the Darley Anderson Children’s Agency and the Darley Anderson Illustration Agency lists as well as taking on adult fiction for debut authors. Clare is particularly looking for funny chapter books for younger readers at the moment, as well as contemporary MG, YA fantasy, romance, and rom coms, especially with underrepresented protagonists. For picture books she has the widest taste, from daft to lyrical, rhyming to prose. As well as being busy with the children’s and illustration agencies, Clare is open to debut adult fiction submissions that could be described as book club, rom-com, romance, saga, reading group, fantasy or historical fiction. She often doesn’t know what she’s looking for until she finds it (although she is not the person for steampunk or space opera). She represents picture books, middle-grade, teenage and YA and debut adult fiction. The clients Clare represents include Perdita & Honor Cargill, Caroline Crowe, Tom Ellen, Martyn Ford, Stewart Foster, Olivia Hope, A M Howell, Polly Ho-Yen, Rachel Ip, Beth Reekles, J.P. Rose, Lindsay Galvin, Dave Rudden, Deirdre Sullivan and Efua Traoré. Whatever the age range, Clare loves a big hook, a lot of heart, and a standout voice. She loves to discover memorable new characters, bold and unique voices, strong concepts and gripping storytelling. This list gives a good indication of Clare's taste but if your submission doesn’t fit a description here, it doesn’t mean Clare doesn’t want to receive it. Clare would like you to send a covering letter, a one page synopsis and the first three chapters (Max 5000 words) of your manuscript in a single word document. For picture books, please submit a covering letter and up to three completed texts. Please send EITHER picture books OR another genre, not both in one submission. (In addition to the paid sessions, Clare is kindly offering one free session for low income/underrepresented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print).  By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting. The submission deadline is: Wednesday 18th June 2025

LOOKING FOR: PICTURE BOOKS, YOUNG FICTION, CHAPTER BOOKS, MG, YA Alice set up Alice Williams Literary in 2018 after representing children's books for over ten years at David Higham Associates. She is especially keen to consider playful, funny books for all ages, and is on the lookout for heartwarming, empowering stories, whether in a realistic, contemporary setting, or a wildly imaginative fantasy world - or somewhere in-between. Alice is offering 121 sessions for young fiction, middle grade, YA and picture book writers. For chapter books, MG and YA fiction, please submit a covering letter, synopsis and the first three chapters of your manuscript in a single word document. For picture books, please submit a covering letter and two texts, or for illustrators one dummy and examples from your portfolio or a link to your website. (In addition to the paid sessions, Alice is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print).  By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting. The submission deadline is: Thursday 19th June 2025

LOOKING FOR: MG, ADULT FICTION Jo Williamson has been in publishing for over 25 years. Having worked in Children’s books PR for Dorling Kindersley, HarperCollins and Orion, she started as an agent with Antony Harwood in 2008. She feels very privileged being with authors at the very start of their publishing journey and enjoys close working relationships with all her clients. From editorial help, general advice on the publishing world, guiding careers long-term and general cheerleading, she feels she has the perfect job. Although nothing is off limits and she loves being surprised by submissions. In middle grade children's fiction, Jo is particularly looking for books with heart, epic adventures with voice-led characters, and younger funny fiction with series potential.  In adult fiction, page-turning Commercial Women’s and Book Club fiction are right up Jo's street, including psychological suspense, thriller, cosy crime and books that don’t quite fit the mould. Above all, she wants stories that linger long after the final page has been read. Jo is not the right fit for police procedurals. Jo would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document. (In addition to the paid sessions, Jo is kindly offering one free session for low income/underrepresented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print).  By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting. The submission deadline is: Tuesday 24th June 2025

Whether you are new to managing, maintaining or monitoring the SCR or you want to refresh your knowledge, this three-hour masterclass will cover everything you need to know and to ensure is in place and will dispel some of the myths and confusion surrounding the SCR.

Rally training webinar for co-drivers looking to take the step up from single venue stage rallies or road rallying to multi-venue stage rallies.

By being both highly enjoyable and educational, our group singing lessons are ideal for adults who want to combine learning and socialising. Studying in a group format is a great way to improve your vocal skills while connecting with like-minded singing lovers. Open to beginners.

Find your voice and become a real singer It's time to develop your singing skills and rekindle your passion for music and performance. Signing is a beautiful art that instantly makes you feel alive and brings joy to any situation. Do you want to develop a beautiful voice and sing with confidence? Whether you want to improve your performance or bring happiness to your audience, this singing course will help you become a pro singer. Learn to control, coordinate, scale, and improve your voice. Practice lengthening the breath and strengthening your throat. Learn all about the resonance, projection, and pitch of your voice. Work with various instruments and read notes like a pro. Master the tone, precision, agility, all-vowels, voice-mixing, and music dynamics. Gain control over your vocals by understanding your vocal physiology. Learn to sing like your musical heroes and strengthen your skills through multiple practice sessions. Finally, earn a valuable certificate upon completion to explore a new career in music. What will you learn from this course? How to enhance your pitch, resonance, breath, and sound How to warm up your vocal cords How to clear your voice from noise, vocal weights, and fatigue How to read notes and generate different tones How to sing along with different instruments and create harmony among sounds How to generate tones from mixing voices How to produce beautiful sounds and interjections How to control your voice to sing professionally with confidence How to produce a complete stage-ready song with the help of your voice, background music, instruments, voice-mixing, and sound effects. Who is this course for? Anyone who wants to improve their signing skills and want to play musical instruments Influencers, social media specialists, and professionals related to the music industry, event planning, and entertainment who need to sing as part of their job Teachers and care-takers who are interested in becoming music instructors This course is the best choice for those who want to learn to sing. It covers all core aspects of signing from voice control to instrument playing. It’s a top pick for beginners and professionals alike. All you need to get started is a passion for music. Signing is pure fun and a way to nourish your soul. Learn to do it properly and your life will never be the same. Your singing skills will let you stand out and shine at parties, social gatherings, as well as in your home studio. Sign up now to start your singing journey and enrich yourself with this amazing art. Join the singing course today and get the benefits: Learning from a professional instructor24/7 access from any devicePractical exercisesTests, quizzes and recapsCertificate of completionExtra materials and downloadable bonuses100% satisfaction guarantee Your Singing Instructor: Barry Oliver Singing and music coach Barry Olivier is an award-winning music artist, professional voice coach, songwriter, singer, and a talented multi-instrumentalist with over eight years of singing and music coaching experience. He has written many popular pieces and possesses a huge collection of songs, tunes, and unique music generated with the help of different instruments. In his music school , he provides training in drum-beating, instrument playing, music composition, voice control, and signing. He has trained at least 500 professionals and young stars during his workshops and training programs. His love for singing is undeniable and his students can attest to his passion for this craft. Overview of the course: Detailed video presentations 1. How to become a better singer? Understanding how to work with your voice Exercises how to find a power of your voice Basic psychology for singers for better understanding of how voice works How to be a successful singer 2. Essential singing knowledge Get complete knowledge about basic music theory Learn how to correct your posture during singing Discover different techniques of singing 3. Preparation for singing Complete overview of singing techniques Preparing training environment Contraindications to singing- medical conditions affecting your singing Select a correct microphone Master your tones and become skilled in vocalization Preparation for a live performance Training videos 1. Things connected with singing Vocal warm-up – Special methods of awakening your voice Take a breath – exercises to help you with singing Accessories and setup – Why you need to have the right microphone 2. Various singing techniques Vocal styles & sounds – Learn have to use vibrato, falsetto, belting, vocal fry Resonators in singing – How to operate your voice Vocal amplitude – discover your range Tests 1. Tests and revision of acquired knowledge Basic knowledge of singing Knowledge of specific singing techniques 2. Final Exam Final test Summary of previous knowledge and tasks Tasks 1. Practical tasks about: Setting up your practice space Breathing exercises Warm-up Articulation Resonance Find your register Course materials Creating your public image as a singer 10 Hottest trends in the music industry Cooperation with streaming platforms Self-publishing your songs- A practical guide A letter from your expert instructor: Why join Kemp Center’s singing course?Music gives meaning to life’s events. We cannot imagine a wedding, a birthday party, a get-to-gather, a commercial, or any other event without warm beats of music. It’s an integral part of everybody’s life and people love to sing, whether they are alone or surrounded by a crowd.Besides liveliness and joy, music reduces stress, enhances memory, improves cognition, opens up minds, and brings people together. It furthermore gives you more opportunities for self-expression and helps in reducing mental and physical pain. Physicians and psychologists often suggest music for curing certain diseases and improving life’s quality.You’re seeing people with headphones around their necks everywhere. This only goes to show how important music is for everyone.Along with listening, signing is equally beneficial and fulfilling. It allows you to express yourself, boosts your confidence, lets you feel good, improves your lungs, and enriches you with a sense of accomplishment.Signing can connect you with lots of new people as well as bring more subscribers to your social media accounts. It can boost your business and career by making your presence more engaging. You definitely need to learn how to sing, if not for commercial purposes, then for your mental wellbeing.There are so many platforms and courses where you can learn to sing. The best thing about this course is that it is complete and comprehensive and covers all the techniques required to become a better singer. I highly encourage you to join and start singing better today!Barry Olivier, Music instructor

Gain confidence, expand your vocal power and develop your unique rock voice that will turn heads and turn your world upside down under the guidance of excellent rock singing instructors who specialise in teaching adults. Study the greatest hits while improving your vocal skills.

⭐ 10-week online course of baby signing for babies 6m+ and their parents/carers. Baby signing can benefit ANY family with a baby or toddler. Encourage and support your baby's early communication.

LOOKING FOR: ADULT FICTION Louise Buckley has worked in publishing for well over a decade. She was inspired to enter the publishing industry after completing an MA in Creative Writing and then spent a hugely enjoyable year working as a bookseller for Waterstones, wishing that she could have a hand in publishing books. After a year working at Dorling Kindersley, she then spent almost five years working in the commercial fiction division at Pan Macmillan, where she published a mix of commercial bestsellers and award-winning authors. Most recently, she was an Associate Literary Agent at Zeno Agency Ltd. As an agent she represented a roster of commercial and literary fiction, including Anne Griffin’s When All is Said, which spent five weeks at number one in Ireland and sold into 17 territories. She is delighted to be working with Hannah at Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency. Louise is looking for:- Literary and upmarket fiction that focusses on the underdog, the repressed, the suppressed. Louise is especially interested in novels that represent working-class people or children going through difficult circumstances (think Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal or Boys Don’t Cry by FÍona Scarlett). Irish literary and book club fiction. Think Claire Keegan, Louise Kennedy or Anne Griffin. In commercial fiction she loves novels set during the Second World War, such as The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christi Lefteri or The Midwife of Auschwitz by Anna Stuart. Louise recently read and loved The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson and would love to see anything in the same ‘older person going on a journey’ category, a more recent The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Louise had a lot of fun publishing a ‘pet fiction’ novel as an editor (Molly and the Cat Café) and would love to find an author who can write an Alfie the Doorstep Cat/Dog. She has a soft spot for novels featuring time-travel or parallel universes, a ‘what if’ that plays around with conventions. At the literary end this would be books like Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes or This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. At the more commercial end Louise loved Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister, Dark Matter by Blake Crouch and Oona Out of Order by Martina Montimore. She also enjoys novels set in the real world but featuring a hefty dose of magic or the supernatural. They can be commercial or literary, present-day or historical. Think Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch, Threadneedle by Cari Thomas, A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness or The Gifts by Liz Hyder. And also cosy fantasy in the vein of Legends and Lattes or The House in the Cerulean Sea. Cosy or humorous crime. Recently, Louise absolutely loved Over My Dead Body by Maz Evans. When she was an editor Louise published the hit Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll and would love to represent incisive, intelligent suspense written by authors such as Jessica Knoll and Gillian Flynn, or something a little more subversive and blackly comic like My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. More generally, Louise would also love to see novels with a disabled protagonist or someone (like herself) who is living with an invisible disability. As an ex-primary school teacher, she also warmly welcomes submissions from teachers, especially if the submission falls into one of the other categories she has listed. Following-on from this, she enjoys reading stories that follow a ‘beating the system’ narrative. Horror. Louise is currently really enjoying the horror resurgence and would love some more horror for her list. She is looking for all types of horror from the more literary, suspenseful horror along the lines of Andrew Michael Hurley to the more commercial like Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix. Louise is also a big fan of horror mash-ups, especially body transformation horror such as Nightbitch, and horror mixed with, say, vampires, in the vein of Hungerstone or The Lamb. She would also love to see some dark academia. Think If We Were Villains or In My Dreams I Hold a Knife, and is a huge fan of gothic horror, so would love to see something that’s a modern-day Shirley Jackson or Rebecca. Louise is NOT looking for: -romance -romantasy -epic, traditional fantasy -space opera -straightforward women’s fiction -children’s fiction of any kind -non-fiction Louise would like you to submit a covering letter, 1 page synopsis and the first three chapters or 5,000 words of your manuscript in a single word document, whichever is shorter. (In addition to the paid sessions, Louise is kindly offering one free session for low income/under-represented writers. Please email agent121@iaminprint.co.uk to apply, outlining your case for this option which is offered at the discretion of I Am In Print).  By booking you understand you need to conduct an internet connection test with I Am In Print prior to the event. You also agree to email your material in one document to reach I Am In Print by the stated submission deadline and note that I Am In Print take no responsibility for the advice received during your agent meeting. The submission deadline is: Wednesday 25th June 2025