Deborah Hudson Voice Teaching Biography
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Deborah Hudson (BA Hons LTCL) is an accomplished singer and teacher.
Based in London Deborah teaches singing to all ages over 16, working alongside students until they are confident. She has a special interest in voice/singing-problem fixing and helping students to create their most authentic sound. Many students then go on to take singing diplomas or in to performing.
Deborah teaches other singing teachers and other professionals who work with the body. She is constantly renewing and adding techniques to her repertoire so that her teaching is always fresh and up-to-date. She continues her own singing training. There is always something more to learn and to pass on.
Deborah has organised and hosted workshops at the Wellcome Trust, particularly about the tongue.
For details of her classical voice training lineage please click here.
Deborah has her own style of teaching which, although very much results based, is humourous, student centred and non judgemental. She encourages students to develop physical awareness of their vocal apparatus. If it feels bad then something is wrong and needs fixing. Singing should be comfortable and satisfying. Her way of teaching has proved very successful and results are swift.
Students do need to practice.
Performance Experience
Her own performance experience is wide, having sung in recital, opera, operetta and oratorio as well as session singing (rock). This includes improvised songs in concert and internationally for meditation workshops both unaccompanied and with drums. Deborah speaks fluent French and sings in English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish. She has conducted choirs and small ensembles, always emphasising the individuality of performers’ voices as they join together to make music.
Therapeutic singing teaching
Deborah is also widely recommended for her therapeutic singing teaching. A trained Mindfulness and Havening Coach, she uses mindfulness and Havening techniques in her teaching to help those suffering performance anxiety. Therapeutic singing helps students recovering from depression, anxiety etc and also physically debilitating illnesses. These include those with lung conditions. For more information about Therapeutic Singing for Health please click here.
Professional Music Memberships
Relevant memberships include the Incorporated Society of Musicians, the British Voice Association and Freemuse, an organisation to promote freedom of expression for all musicians.
Singing for Beginners Book
Deborah’s well reviewed little book on how how to sing for real beginners, Sing Your Heart Out, Published by Schotts and illustrated by the late and lovely cartoonist Tony Husband, is available in music stores and online. Click here to read more and for additional links.
Writing: Reviews, Articles and Shows
She has reviewed study days and books for the British Voice Association. In the past, she reviewed books for the Times Literary Supplement and has contributed articles to The Economist Magazine, The Guardian, Homes and Gardens, Apollo and Orientations Magazines. She edited a book of poetry by K J Stratford for Carcanet Press and has translated French songs and operetta for recital programmes. She has also written several musical farces and songs including the musical farce “Underneath the Oysters” performed at the Troubadour Club in London.
Wider Professional Development Includes
Havening
Fully Accredited Practitioner
Alexander Technique
2 years training at the Alexander Centre in London
Qi Gong
Continuing
Mindfulness Courses
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (Three courses)
Mindful Awareness Coaching
Interpersonal Mindfulness
Mindful Self Compassion
British Voice Association Seminars include
Quiet Courage (those who have lost their voices), The Art and Science of Vocal Identity, Laryngeal Irritation
Voice and the Brain, The Breath, Mind Body Voice Relationships
Recovering Voices, The Voice in Distress, Assessment Diagnosis and Remediation in the Studio
Royal College of Music and Sidney de Haan Research Centre (Conference)
Recent Advances in the Science of Singing, Wellbeing and Health
Human Givens College Seminars
Context-Blindness
Anxiety and the brain
Encountering the Angry
Anatomy Trains Seminars
Breathing and the Breath, Fascia and Pain Science