Director and Team

Directors

Debbie Winter

Debbie Winter

Director

Debbie Winter (LLB Hons, MA) lectured in Law and sang professionally on the jazz scene before deciding to change careers and become a vocal coach. She noticed a...

Peter Thompson

Peter Thompson

Director of Operations

Peter joins us from an international Magic Circle law firm, where he worked as a technical lead in their Technology Operations division. Graduating from Reading...

Office Staff

Tracy Theobald

Tracy Theobald

Assistant Director, Head of Student Care and Admissions

Tracy has a Business Administration qualification and has many years’ experience working within Administrative environments in Leadership and Management roles...

Shanie Fairclough

Shanie Fairclough

Administrative Assistant

Shanie has obtained a BTEC level 3 extended diploma in Health & Social Care – Transferable skills, where she gained knowledge in key areas: duty of care, diversity, and inclusion, safeguarding, communication, and personal wellbeing.

Alice Cherry

Alice Cherry

Senior Marketing Officer

Alice has graduated the university of Bournemouth with a degree in events management, and has a background working in marketing and events across a broad range of associations.

Core Academic Staff

Sophie Scott

Sophie Scott

Senior Lecturer

Sophie Scott (MA English, PG Dip vocal pedagogy, PG Dip acting, ALAM) is a vocal, performance and presentation skills coach and a Sustained Dialogue Moderator...

Pippa Anderson

Pippa Anderson

Lecturer

Pippa Anderson holds an Mlitt (Master of Letters) in Music, and is also a senior lecturer and vocal health consultant for the musical theatre programme at Leeds Conservatoire and Clinical Vocal Rehabilitation Specialist at Freeman Hospital.

 

Dr Michael Bonshor

Dr Michael Bonshor

Senior Lecturer

Michael is Professor of Voice, Wellbeing and Performance Psychology at Leeds Conservatoire and Course Director of the MA in Music Psychology in Education, Performance and Wellbeing at the University of Sheffield.

Mel Toy

Mel Toy

Lecturer

Mel is a singer, songwriter, and vocal coach specialising in contemporary commercial music. As a vocal coach, in addition to her private practice...

Claire Thomas

Claire Thomas

Lecturer

Claire is a singer, singing teacher and voice researcher. She currently lectures in singing on the Musical Theatre programmes at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and runs a private singing studio just outside Edinburgh.

Louisa Morgan

Louisa Morgan

Lecturer

Louisa is a researcher, singing teacher and audition coach based in Teignmouth, Devon. She lectures with the VSC and teaches technical singing to MA and MFA Musical Theatre students at the Guildford School of Acting.