The Voice Studio

General information

The Voice Studio was born out of 35 years of professional working experience. Maggi can hardly remember a week when she did not stand on a stage. Now she passes her knowledge and experience on to the many students who have gone through her hands in the last 16 years.

Maggi was initially employed by Middlesbrough college as a lecturer in vocal for both the Music Department and Performing Arts. She also taught Voice for Stage Coach Hartlepool and Darlington branches. At this time she began teaching one to one, mostly professional singers, vocal technique and sorting out damaged voices. New young acts would book in to prepare for their professional career being taught singing, performance, audience management, communication skills and much more. She also acted as a consultant to many acts needing advice how to work the business and sustain a career as well as deal with the many pitfalls along the way.

Maggi now has a buoyant business with practices in two areas. She has a Studio at Washington Arts Centre, Fatfield. She now teaches all age groups from the age of 7 upwards. Maggi’s oldest student is 77. Every single student gets the same opportunity. Young and old alike without exception become better singers and many have gone on to be professional singers themselves. Many young people who have started out with no singing ability at all fall into this category, and others have enjoyed their moment through the many student shows set up to develop the skills needed for stage and to propel them into working harder to achieve their dream or their goal. Many of the students prepare for auditions and achieve scholarships to Performing Arts Schools throughout the country, or university/college places to pursue their careers on stage.

Vocal technique includes being taught correct breathing, range, tone, resonance, pitch etc. Everything is taught in detail with full concentration on how the appropriate muscles work. Every muscle from the lower muscles to how the tongue muscles should be working. Bad technique is corrected as a matter of course. All it takes is patience, focus and determination.