Any singing/voice teachers out there?

[lucysnowe]

Hi all

I would like to train to be a singing teacher... I have a pretty good voice, know all the basics re breathing etc, have been in lots of choirs, can sightread piano well enough to accompany someone, have Grade 8 singing and Grade 6 theory (a long time ago...!) but I know lots more qualifications etc are expected these days.

Can you give me some advice as to what I would need to do?

TIA :)

Honestly? As a parent, I'd expect you to be a qualified music teacher. That's not me answering with my 'freelance board' hat on, iyswim, it's more than possible others will pop up with practical advice/another pov but if I was paying you to teach singing to my child then I would expect either full qualifications or significant professional experience.

Sorry, not sure that's hugely helpful...

Hi Wilson

Thankyou :-) when you say qualified, do you mean a degree? There is a diploma I can do but not white the same.

This is helpful, appreciate it!

How about the ABRSM courses? They do various ones from introductory courses, online stuff, to full CTABRSM plus course that leads to a teaching diploma.

Hi Clobbered

Those are the ones I was looking at, thankyou. :) Have you done one?

I did CT course a while ago and it was very good, would definitely recommend it. I did the DipABRSM about 6 months later and it wasn't too much of a stretch (and I got an exemption from the written part for having done the CT) - I think you can do both together now. It was great for networking and getting ideas from other teachers and my tutor was fab too. Go for it!

Thank you Clobbered for the encouragement :-) I'll look into it!