SingSing
Karen Lane has sung around the world including concerts in: Monte Carlo, Nice, Cannes, Palermo, Bucharest, Berlin, Singapore, Bali, Malaysia, Cape Town, Byron Bay, Le Touquet, Paris, Sydney and London.
in venues including:
The O2, Saachti Gallery, Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho, Regents Park and Cafe De Paris, Monaco, 606 Club.
She is repeatedly booked by discerning high end clients including:
Bloomberg, SKY TV, Daimler Chrysler, British Airways, Toyota, TASTE of London, Microsoft to name a few. When is comes to learning contemporary singing styles, Karen has the professional experience and theoretical knowledge to help you achieve your goals while maintaining safe voice production techniques.
It is unusual to find a vocal coach with such a range of anatomical knowledge and understanding of the “Science behind how the voice works”. Karen’s qualifications and experience as a Speech Language Therapist gives her a unique perspective from which to teach singing, and this, combined with her professional experience as a singer, gives her a clear insight into the difficulties singers face with regard to protecting, maintaining and refining their instrument.
To inspire and make singing practice more fun, Karen Lane and Michael Reynolds together developed a set of vocal exercise CDs called SINGSING – using cool backing tracks including funky and world music grooves, jazz swing feels, and latin beats. The complete voice training CDs are available to buy from this site or you can purchase selected tracks through amazon or Tunes.
Education and Background
KAREN LANE has worked as a professional singer for 17 years in contemporary styles ranging from Soul and Pop through to Blues and Jazz. Prior to embarking on her singing career she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Speech and Language Therapy in Perth, Western Australia. She moved to Sydney in 1991 and, whilst working as a Speech – Voice Therapist and private singing teacher, sang in various jazz bands and soul outfits.
Since moving to London, Karen has focused on singing jazz and has established a considerable following, with the release of four successful albums. Whilst “live” singing has always remained a priority, for 5 years she worked in the music department of the City Literary Institute for adult learning in Covent Garden, teaching “Find Your Voice” and jazz singing. During 2006 and 2007 she acted as a Voice Technique Consultant to the ACM – Guildford (Academy of Contemporary Music) lecturing in vocal technique to degree level students.
She has continued to develop her teaching business, and now works primarily as a private vocal coach for contemporary singers and as a voice consultant for other professionals including teachers, bankers and lawyers.
PRIVATE LESSONS
- Contact Karen karenlane.jazz@gmail.com for further enquiries about one to one singing lessons or groups.
GROUPS
- Soul/Gospel Women’s Choir – Monday evenings
- Teen Group Choir workshops – Holidays
