Deborah Garvey B Music, MAVS CSSD, NLP Prac

"Deborah has a lovely positive encouraging style of leading."

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Deborah Garvey is an experienced voice and singing coach with a music degree and an MA in Voice Studies from the Central School of Speech and Drama where she is a visiting lecturer. She also teaches voiceat Urdang Academy and singing at London School of Musical Theatre and offers coaching in voice, singing, accent reduction and presentation skills to individuals.

In the non-vocational sector, she has delivered communication skills courses to organisations such as Shell UK, Royal Geographic Society, Seven Dials Consulting and LAH Property Marketing.

Since 1994 Deborah has presented tailor-made vocal health programmes to professional voice users. Clients include: The Association of Teachers and Lecturers; Croydon GP Vocational Training; London School of Musical Theatre; Fitness Professionals; Metropolitan Group and Cannons Sports Clubs UK. She is currently presenting a programme to schoolteachers to raise awareness of how verbal communication impacts on student learning.

Deborah is passionate about the sheer potential of the human voice and her sessions are designed to guide individuals towards increased vocal choices and confidence.

Qualifications

MA Voice Studies, Central School of Speech and Drama, London

LTCL in Music Education, Trinity College of Music

BA Music , Goldsmith's College, London

NLP Practitioner Training, ITS Training

Some testimonials from former students

"Debbie’s friendly personality put everyone at their ease and the feedback was very positive. Participants found the workshop informative and beneficial."
Joanna Varrall (Health and Fitness Development Manager for the Metropolitan Group)

"Debbie has helped me to become more easily understood in my work in a call centre. Customers were finding it hard to get what I was saying but Debbie helped me to slow down and clear my speech without me needing to fundamentally change my accent."
James Spalding

"A wonderful, uplifting group experience, therapeutic effect of singing, value
and power of voice."

"Fantastic, enthusiastic teacher. We can all sing!"
Delegates from Croydon GP Vocational Training workshop

"Deborah makes you feel very at ease. Her workshop was very well structured."

"Deborah has a lovely positive encouraging style of leading."
Participants on Vocal Skills workshop

"Great atmosphere. I loved your approach."
Adam Strong (performer)

"Deborah has been my singing teacher since 2007. She has a calm person- centred approach, working on improving and extending the voice, exploring issues with breathing, placement and stance. My voice has consistently improved under her tuition. Her methods give me confidence as a performer. I was able to consult her recently during a long run of a play, (when I partially lost my voice), on ways to conserve and protect my voice while still using it where necessary in performance."
Fiona Whitelaw (actor)