Haley Stevens
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voiceworkschoirs@hotmail.com
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Hi DEAR NEW CHOIR MEMBER!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Our new term starts on 7th January 2025
COME AND JOIN US FOR A FREE DISCOVERY SESSION PLUS £10 OFF YOUR FIRST 6 WEEKS!
. . . Hello! It's SO lovely to see you!
Are you keen to sing with a vibrant, friendly choir? Do you have little or no previous experience, or, lots of experience, and can't wait to discover a more confident, fearless singing voice? Are you keen to be encouraged and coached by a classically trained singer who is exuberant, a hugely experienced ensemble and solo singer, singing coach and choir leader? Then, look no further!
We welcome singers who are excited to sing anything from Abba to Zanetti, we can guarantee you a good time! If you're keen to be vocally challenged and happy to dive in at the deep end then, we're the choir for you!
Your first session will involve getting stuck in with pieces you may or may not know! You are most welcome to join us at any point during the term, for a FREE taster session, which will be a typically rewarding and fun session. You'll also receive instruction in vocal technique as part of the session! We are no ordinary choir!
Voiceworks Natural Voice Choir Principals
- Voiceworks singers are encouraged to learn songs by ear and to spend time with the songs between weekly sessions - do your best!
- Sheet music and words are provided for ALL songs - it's up to you which you use...
- We do perform our songs but you are not obligated to perform!
- You get out what you put in!
Haley is an enthusiastic and talented teacher. She can get a group of beginners singing together in harmony in an amazingly short space of time. I have always left her classes feeling completely happy, exhilarated and wanting more. All inhibitions drop away and just the joy of singing remains!".
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"Haley's teaching is not only practical, inspiring and confidence-building, but adapts well to different styles of music. At the end of an all-day workshop for Lewes Saturday Folk Club, singers were clamouring for more and we'll certainly book her again. It was touching to hear people who believed they couldn't sing starting to find a voice and use it for music they love."
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WHAT WILL I ENJOY AS A VOICEWORKS MEMBER?
* PROFESSIONAL vocal tuition with bags of encouragement and FUN thrown in, for FREE!
* The company of like minded, friendly people, all up for a good sing!
* No pressure to sing by yourself, but to sing with passion, with your best voice, and with others who are there for the same reason as YOU!
* Practice resources - All you need for practice, at home, is in the MEMBERS AREA (all members are given a password when they join)
* All music rehearsed in a Voiceworks choir session, is live! I run the session at the piano, or with my voice. No backing tracks!
* Accompanied, and A Capella (just voice) singing : -)
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"Haley ran a team building 'away-day' for me and my colleagues, which everyone agreed was a great success, and above all, tremendous fun. It was remarkable to see so many people conquering their initial fears, and by the end of the day clamoring for more singing days”!
CHRIS WINTER, Redpost Consulting, London
"During the Voiceworks session an overall sense of Joy emerges, the spirit is raised and a sense of inner peace pervades the soul. Haley is an outstanding teacher who quickly sweeps the group into another place. With a beautiful voice and warm personality she enables a special group energy to develop. This girl knows her stuff! It's a great experience!"
JOSIE, Teacher, London
"Coming to Voiceworks has meant that I am singing 'properly' for the first time in my life
(at least I think so!) It feels really good" JOHN , Historian London
HAVE A LISTEN TO A FEW OF OUR FAVOURITE PIECES FROM PREVIOUS SUMMER CONCERTS...
Only You - Written by Vince Clark of Depeche Mode/Yazoo
Will Ye Go Lassie - A traditional Scottish folk song
And so It Goes - Billy Joel - Arranged by Bob Chilcott of King Singers fame.
My good friend, and member of London Voiceworks, Mary, and I, sing Botany Bay.
My arrangement.....
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Impromptu Performance for The Springboks!
A small number of my choir and myself paid a surprise visit (with permission) to the Springboks on Tuesday 15th September while they were having dinner at the Two Bulls Steakhouse at The Tally Ho in Old Town, Eastbourne. We sang the South African anthem for them and were warmly and enthusiastically received. Although we don't yet have the footage from the evening we do have a recording of the whole Company singing the beautiful anthem on 29th August 2015 at our summer concert. We also performed this, by memory, for the Eastbourne Festival of Music and Arts in February 2015 and achieved Distinction.
The visual quality of the video is not great but the audio is!
To read the article in the Herald about the evening, click on the button, below.......
Gabriel's Oboe - Arrangement by Paulo Rowlands Singing Day Concert, August 2016
A HUGE BRAVO! TO EVERYONE WHO SANG IN THE EASTBOURNE MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL ON 13TH FEB, 2015 FOR ACHIEVING DISTINCTION AND WINNING THE JAYMAR CUP, again! - VERY PROUD! ☺
The judge said she 'much admired your disciplined breathing' and 'you sang with excitement drive and conviction!'
When everyone has learnt their parts we put it together, as a choir. The sessions are fully instructive. You will be encouraged throughout to be mindful of posture, breathing and projection so that you are getting a full workout for your voice and body and feel that you are experiencing the best of your singing voice.
Our choir experience is hugely confidence building. You may feel self-conscious at first whilst getting used to your voice and allowing your body to support you, but this will disappear in time and your experience of singing, with the support of your body, will be one of ease and comfort. I begin each workshop with a thorough warm up of body, breath and voice. You will find yourself singing with ease and not 'shouting to be heard'!
This is Mary (London Voiceworks 2015) and I singing a little sea shanty.
Below is Only Remembered, from the London Choir''s April Concert 2013
This performance of Da Pacem Domine, sung by the London Voiceworks Choir, was part of their April 2013 Showcase Concert.
"Wherever You Will Go" Spring Showcase Concert, London Voiceworks Choir - April 2013
A bit about Haley
As a young singer I spent much of my time singing in choirs, at school, at church, forming little choirs with friends in the sixth-form at my school and was always making up harmonies whilst everyone else sang the tune. I have always felt a deep love for harmony and ensemble singing. It is one of the most rewarding forms of the vocal art; both leading and crafting the sound and singing and creating it. I currently sing in and direct early music vocal QUARTET, Vox Sumus.
At Goldsmith's College, back in 1994, I was a member of the excellent Goldsmith's Chamber Choir run by the amazing Ken Burton (judge on the BBCs The Choir ). When the time came for Ken to whiz off round the world with his choir, I stepped up and asked to continue the choir, with the music faculty's blessing and Ken's approval. This is precisely where my love of choir leading came from. Their first concert under my directorship was a record breaking 15 mins long, but contained the premier (unbeknownst to me) of a piece of music by one Christopher Gunning (film and tv music composer; Poirot, Remains of the Day) who informed me after the concert (he was there!) that not only did he love our rendition, we had premiered (!) his choral piece and he'd decided it was too short!
My choral career then moved on to singing in The Royal College of Music Chamber Choir under the directorship of esteemed choral director Paul Spicer at the Royal College of Music, London whilst training as a concert artiste. Two of our most memorable 'gigs' were singing for HRH Prince Charles' 50th Birthday Party at Buckingham Palace and The Musee D'Orsay, Paris in 1999. I was also fortunate to experience the choral directorship of the superb Bob Chilcott (The King Singers) and world renowned conductor David Willcox.
On graduating, whilst also working as a jobbing singer, I was asked to take the role of singing teacher in various schools in South east London where I immediately went about forming junior and senior choirs, teaching the students about voice production and how to learn harmonies by just listening. Again, a very satisfying experience and a very happy bunch of teenagers!
A busy period of choral directorship and coaching followed, including that of the Blackheath Youth Chamber Choir 2002 - 2004. This then lead to an obvious leaning towards starting up my own project.
And so, back in 2004, I started a brand new singing group. It had to encapsulate everything I loved about group singing: writing rich harmonies, voices harmonising, the flow and exhilarating feeling of those voices coming forth and just loving having a good old sing. And I wanted a forum in which to teach about the singing voice.
On 22nd April 2004 at The Goose Green Centre in East Dulwich, the first Voiceworks Workshop Choir was born. There were 6 singers .
Today, as well as my busy private teaching practice and recital performances, I teach over 100 Voiceworks singers with choirs in Eastbourne and Lewes.
"Voiceworks is both calming and energising. It is my weekly oasis and great fun.....
Haley is an inspiring teacher with enthusiasm in spades"
LIZ, Doctor, London
As a young singer I spent much of my time singing in choirs, at school, at church, forming little choirs with friends in the sixth-form at my school and was always making up harmonies whilst everyone else sang the tune. I have always felt a deep love for harmony and ensemble singing. It is one of the most rewarding forms of the vocal art; both leading and crafting the sound and singing and creating it. I currently sing in and direct early music vocal QUARTET, Vox Sumus.
At Goldsmith's College, back in 1994, I was a member of the excellent Goldsmith's Chamber Choir run by the amazing Ken Burton (judge on the BBCs The Choir ). When the time came for Ken to whiz off round the world with his choir, I stepped up and asked to continue the choir, with the music faculty's blessing and Ken's approval. This is precisely where my love of choir leading came from. Their first concert under my directorship was a record breaking 15 mins long, but contained the premier (unbeknownst to me) of a piece of music by one Christopher Gunning (film and tv music composer; Poirot, Remains of the Day) who informed me after the concert (he was there!) that not only did he love our rendition, we had premiered (!) his choral piece and he'd decided it was too short!
My choral career then moved on to singing in The Royal College of Music Chamber Choir under the directorship of esteemed choral director Paul Spicer at the Royal College of Music, London whilst training as a concert artiste. Two of our most memorable 'gigs' were singing for HRH Prince Charles' 50th Birthday Party at Buckingham Palace and The Musee D'Orsay, Paris in 1999. I was also fortunate to experience the choral directorship of the superb Bob Chilcott (The King Singers) and world renowned conductor David Willcox.
On graduating, whilst also working as a jobbing singer, I was asked to take the role of singing teacher in various schools in South east London where I immediately went about forming junior and senior choirs, teaching the students about voice production and how to learn harmonies by just listening. Again, a very satisfying experience and a very happy bunch of teenagers!
A busy period of choral directorship and coaching followed, including that of the Blackheath Youth Chamber Choir 2002 - 2004. This then lead to an obvious leaning towards starting up my own project.
And so, back in 2004, I started a brand new singing group. It had to encapsulate everything I loved about group singing: writing rich harmonies, voices harmonising, the flow and exhilarating feeling of those voices coming forth and just loving having a good old sing. And I wanted a forum in which to teach about the singing voice.
On 22nd April 2004 at The Goose Green Centre in East Dulwich, the first Voiceworks Workshop Choir was born. There were 6 singers .
Today, as well as my busy private teaching practice and recital performances, I teach over 100 Voiceworks singers with choirs in Eastbourne and Lewes.
"Voiceworks is both calming and energising. It is my weekly oasis and great fun.....
Haley is an inspiring teacher with enthusiasm in spades"
LIZ, Doctor, London
