VOICE & COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST (MMus, BA)
A Vocal Coach, Communication Skills Trainer and Career Advisor with a glowing passion for the human voice and 25+ years of experience, Maria offers premium tuition to private clients, cross-sector organisations and academic institutions in the UK and Europe.
As a VOCAL COACH, clients range from US/UK-based Grammy Award and Mercury-prize winners, Brits/Glastonbury headliners, up and coming singer/songwriters, major and independent record labels and artist management, to Opera singers, West End, Radio & TV actors and performers as well as classical and gospel choirs and ensembles. Maria also leads Classical Art Song, Opera and Musical Theatre master-classes and work shops, and is a visiting Tutor for Goldsmiths University's MA and BA Music Performance programmes.
She works alongside London voice clinics, rehabilitating singers from vocal injuries and promoting long-term vocal health. She is a member of the British Voice Association and AOTOS (Association of Teachers of Singing) and BVA (British Voice association). For choirs and vocal enembles
As an in-house CAREER & COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS COACH, Maria draws from her work with actors and performers and provides individual and group tuition for Global Executives, Entrepreneurs and MBA students with a focus on authentic, clear and impactful communication. Topics include on interview techniques, presentation- leadership skills and pitching skills as well as accent reduction. She co-facilitates virtual and on site Assessment Centre simulations for I Love2be, Business Education & Consulting and Switch Global E-learning Coaching platform, visiting top European business schools. As Senior Interview Coach & Career Advisor to The James Innes Group - CV and resume consultancy - she also contributed to James Innes' best-selling 'The Interview Question & Answer Book' .
Recent & current collaborators and clients include:
- Apple Inc.
- Business Education & Consulting
- Deloitte
- Giant Artists Management
- Globetown Records
- Goldsmiths University London
- Gsk
- HM Treasury Department
- HSBC
- House of Us Artist Management
- IE/Madrid
- ILovetoBe
- IMD Business School
- INSEAD Business School
- Orange Business
- RADA
- Royal College of Surgeons
- SDA Bocconi, Milan
- Sky News
- The English Baroque Choir
- The CV Centre/James Innes Group
- Tiger Projects
- Ulrika Eleonora The Swedish Church
- Vlerick Business School, Brussels & Ghent