ABOUT HANNAH
“In my time working with Hannah the improvement in my voice has been vast. It’s stronger, has more clarity, and I’m hitting notes I never imagined I was capable of. It is literally like magic!”
Rachel Seirian
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (West End)
Trained in musical theatre at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music, Hannah is an experienced freelance teacher and performer with over a decades teaching experience. Hannah’s lessons are detailed, down to earth and adapted to every individuals needs. Hannah teaches online and in Bristol, London and North Somerset. She is highly skilled in working with students of all ages and abilities and can fix vocal issues quickly and reliably through a thorough understanding of the voice.
In her regular teaching practice she specialises in working with professional performers both in Musical Theatre and beyond, alongside those applying for vocational training, skilled singers looking to improve technique or build on their rep, young performers looking to take their singing more seriously, and even total beginners.
As a vocal coach Hannah works to help prepare clients for performances, working contracts, auditions, self tapes and voice reels, and has students working professionally in theatres across the West End, the UK, internationally and on tour, alongside television and film. From leads in Les Miserables to those Super Swings in Six, Hannah’s students can be seen everywhere! Students of Hannah’s have recently been seen in Les Miserables (West End), Mamma Mia (West End, RCCL & UK Tour), Moulin Rouge (West End), Hamilton (West End & UK Tour), Cabaret: At The Kit Kat Klub (West End), Prince of Egypt (West End), Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (West End & LA), Six (West End & Norwegian), Hairspray (West End & RCCL), Heathers (West End & UK Tour), The Royal Variety Show, Shrek (UK Tour), A Chorus Line (Leicester Curve), Bat Out Of Hell (UK Tour), Mrs. Doubtfire (West End), Tina: The Musical (West End), Grease (West End, RCCL & UK Tour), Sister Act (West End), Matilda (West End & RSC), Starlight Express (West End & Bochum), Britain’s Got Talent, Just For One Day (West End), Wicked (Universal Pictures), Evita (Leicester Curve), Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World (West End), Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever! (West End & UK Tour), Aladdin (UK Tour), The Band’s Visit (West End), School Of Rock (Australia/Asia), Beautiful (UK Tour), Rent (Leicester Curve), Chicago (West End), Miss Saigon (Sheffield Crucible), Stranger Things: The First Shadow (West End), Who Do Ya Love (UK Premier), Coming To England (UK Tour), Mamma Mia: The Party (London), The Mousetrap (West End), The Tiger Who Came To Tea (West End) & A Little Life (West End) alongside numerous contracts with The Royal Shakespeare Company, The National Theatre, English Theatre Frankfurt, NYMT, Disney, BBC, Netflix, Edinburgh Fringe and all major cruise liners - to name just a few!
Hannah is also particularly experienced and successful in coaching students who are applying for further vocational training in musical theatre & drama, and has, over the course of her career, had students receive over 850 offers at some of the worlds top training institutions including GSA, Mountview, Arts Ed, Bird, Laine, Performers, Urdang, Central School of Speech and Drama, The Royal Academy of Music, Royal Welsh, Royal Scottish, London School of Musical Theatre, RADA, LAMDA, LIPA, Institute of The Arts Barcelona, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, The New York Film Academy, London College of Music and Italia Conti. Hannah guides students through the entire process including choosing and honing repertoire, UCAS/CUCAS, audition etiquette, funding options, personal statements, monologue selection, interview practice and even the dreaded “what do I wear?”
As a performer, Hannah has a wealth of experience both in London and in the South West as a musical theatre performer and session vocalist and has sung with some of the biggest names in musical theatre, including John Owen Jones, Jenna Russell & Hadley Fraser, alongside working with many musicians and orchestras, including the BBC Concert Orchestra. Hannah has also featured as a soloist on Radio 2's Friday Night Is Music Night, and more recent performances include The Hired Man at Cadogan Hall.
Hannah has over ten years experience in preparing students for their singing, acting & music board exams, most notably LCM, Trinity & LAMDA - boasting a 100% pass rate with students over all grades, ranging from entry level through to diploma exams, with the large majority receiving a distinction. She also teaches a cohort of young performers and child actors and maintains relationships with a number of local and national talent agencies.
She is also experienced in working with adult singers of all ages who want to sing for fun, and children looking to take their initial steps in to voice training. She is enthusiastic, well equipped and skilled at getting beginners or less confident singers gaining real pride in their sound, and honing the technique and musicality of even the most advanced musicians.
Hannah also regularly runs workshops in a variety of subjects including Advanced Belt, Vocal Technique, Voice Acting, Acting Through Song, Performers Wellbeing and Audition Technique.
Hannah’s lessons are relaxed and positive and allow students to tackle their vocal insecurities and weak spots in an encouraging environment, building confidence alongside technical ability - improving technique through varied repertoire and an understanding of vocal structures and mechanisms.
Lessons are fun, focused and interesting and integrate voice science, acting through song, technical exercises, musicianship and repertoire work. Hannah knows singing can be a very personal and nerve wracking thing, so whilst lessons are technical and designed to show fast improvement - humour and a relaxed environment remain at their core.
Lessons come in all shapes and sizes, including 1-2-1 singing tuition, group workshops, audition coaching, acting through song seminars, repertoire consultation and speech preparation. Speech preparation guidance includes weddings, public speaking and corporate functions. Lessons can be adapted to suit your needs, whatever your level, and whatever your experience. Hannah has a full, clean, enhanced DBS check and undertakes regular child protection training and courses in safeguarding, mental health and wellbeing. Lessons can be taught in person, or online to best suit your needs.
Hannah is also a registered Vocal Health First Aid Practitioner. A Vocal Health First Aid Practitioner is certified for their understanding of vocal health and the factors that can affect vocal wellbeing. They have the practical skills to spot the signs of a range of vocal dysfunction, and the knowledge to help someone towards recovery by guiding them in practical self-management, or by passing them on to further support, whether that is specialist vocal rehabilitation coaching or clinical treatment.
Vocal health has always been at the heart of Hannah’s work, and she continues to advocate for positive change in an industry that can, so often, push singers towards exhaustion, fatigue and vocal burnout. Hannah also continues to research trauma, and what effect traumatic experiences with singing in training or unhealthy professional contracts and auditions can have, long term, on the voice and the performer as a whole.
“Thanks to Hannah I can now sing repertoire I haven’t even dreamt about in years!”
Kristin Lidström - Actress
Frozen II, Mary Poppins Returns, Cosette - Les Miserables (Swedish Cast)