Janine Willard - Worthing, West Sussex

Janine is a classically trained soprano of 13 years, being involved in performances in churches, cathedrals, and concert halls around the country as part of choirs and as a soloist in major works such as Vivaldi and Poulenc's Glorias, Handel's Messiah, Bach's Magnificat, St John and St Matthew Passion, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, and many others. She has performed at weddings, funerals and other business functions, many genres of music from pop to soft jazz/soul, to classical, to musical theatre, but her areas of strength lie in the Classical/Choral and Musical Theatre. She has featured on the two latest recordings of prolific choral composer Martin How, and has recorded work for BBC Radio 3. Her training includes having worked with John Wardle, and later on, Susan Legg and Martin Elliott whilst studying for a BA (Hons) in Music at the University of Chichester. Here she is an organ scholar and has founded and now directs the Chapel Choir, as well as singing and touring with the Chamber Choir. Janine began directing choirs at 18, as the Deputy Director of Music at St Andrew's West Tarring, where she spent a time working with the current BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year, Jacquelyn Hill, before moving on to another church where she aids the director in the direction and training of the choir.

Janine has been teaching privately also since she was 18, and did a year with a performing arts company, Limelight, based in Steyning, working on teaching the children many styles of music, from light pop, to classic rock to musical theatre. She has put many students through exams, and has never had a student pass with less than 94%. This is a standard she aims to maintain at all times, but still helping students to enjoy Music!

She is happy to work with you towards exams; if you just want to improve your confidence, have a bit of fun, or work towards an audition or something more specific, then she is equally happy to work with you.

 

During lessons, which can be from 30 minutes up to 90 minutes, Janine will work on many areas within singing. She includes music theory in all her lessons as an increased understanding of the theory behind music can really contribute to an increased understanding of the music you are learning. She will look at practical techniques such as correct posture and breathing, diaphragmatic control, projection, amongst many others! She will seek to expand any students repertoire and general knowledge about the area of music that interests the the most. But most of all, she aims to make each lesson fun and rewarding for every student she teaches.

 

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 Session Fee: £25.00 per hour at her home studio