Two guests for you today on the show, firstly it’s Kaya Herstad-Carney who is a BAST trainer and educational director for vocology in practice. Our second guest is Claire Cannon, lead vocalist for Flip and Fill and vocal coach specialising in advanced vocal techniques. The pair joined Alexa this week on Singing Teachers Talk to chat about becoming a vocology in practice authorised teacher. 

 

KEY MOMENTS

‘It’s about having the network of experts to take questions to’ 

‘If you want to progress and gain more skills and knowledge, you have to be in the room’

‘It’s important to be part of a network which is really passionate’

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• Jono McNeil
• Wolfgang Saus
• Dr Felix Graham
• Lisa Haupert 
• Ian Davidson
• Justin Stoney
• (Amber Mogg Cathey) Nashville Vocal Studio
• Gemma Sugrue
• Teach Voice with Chris Johnson
• Voice Study Centre
• Heidi Moss
• Line Hilton
• Johan Sundberg 
• Get Vocal Now 
• Kerrie Obert
• Songbird Studio
• Kaya’s ViP Email Contact: [email protected]

ABOUT THE GUESTS

Kaya Herstad-Carney

Kaya is a creative with a wide skill set, ranging from powerful performances of her original music, vocal coaching & singing teacher training, artist development & co-writing, artistic direction for Threshold Festival and gig promotion, band & choir direction/arranging, mentoring and community workshops, in addition to her lecturing career across the popular music subjects including voice, songwriting, band skill and music industry studies. Originally from Norway, she made the UK her home in 1999. She is an established artist with a track record of performances at The Royal Variety Show, to the BBC Songwriting Showcase, touring UK and Europe. 

Kaya has a varied portfolio career and is a passionate singer, songwriter, performer and a harmony/vocal fanatic, vocal arranger and producer, festival director, mentor, musical/choir director, vocal geek and senior lecturer with a wide range of experiences and interests on and off the stage. She has a particular love for vocal habilitation and artist development in the Contemporary Commercial field of music including popular music, musical theatre and extreme vocals. 

She is the Director of Education for the global vocal organisation Vocology in Practice (ViP), managing the education programme, and is a singing teacher trainer for BAST. Before taking on the course

BAST Training helps singers gain the confidence, knowledge, skills & understanding required to be a successful singing teacher.

"The course was everything I hoped it would be and so much more. It's an investment with so much return. I would recommend this course to any teacher wanting to up-skill, refresh or start up." Kelly Taylor, NZ ...more

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