I teach singing.

My teaching is guided by the particular questions & goals of each individual student and by the understanding that teaching & learning are collaborative process.  

I am committed to student wellbeing and to the maintenance of a safe, supportive and steadfastly respectful teaching & learning environment. 

My teaching is guided by and celebrates human diversity and seeks better to understand the true (and often hidden and suppressed) diversity of our repertoires of music & text.

Inspired by the history of the singerly craft and by an awareness of lineage, I walk in the footsteps of my own teachers and their teachers before them. 

As a teacher & singer, and in all my activities, I am guided by a fundamental awe & gratitude in the presence of human beings. My awe & gratitude are directed by the principles of the Alexander Technique and its gentle questions like ‘what would happen if I were to allow myself to free…’.

I believe that the study & practice of singing can be life-affirming and that singing can help us to understand deeply & clearly what it is that we wish to say. 

I believe that the study & practice of singing can help us, also, to listen more deeply & clearly. 

In my teaching, as in all my music-making, I work in a community of practice, and I work to engage my students in community. 

If you would like to speak with me about singing, please do connect with me through any of the links below.

 
 
 

A family tree of Daniel’s own teachers.