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Q&A with SQA and Teaching Teenagers

Sunday 16 February 2025
10.30am–4pm

With:

MANDY MILLER – deputy principal assessor for higher music at SQA, choir founder, teacher of choral conducting and workshop practitioner with over 40 years’ teaching experience

Edinburgh Society of Musicians

Scotland Area Day – Q&A with SQA and Teaching Teenagers

In The Audition Room 

Sunday 23 February 2025
1pm–5pm

With:
PAUL WINGFIELD – Head of Vocal and Operatic Studies at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

 

LOUISE CRANE – Specialist External Assessor at

Trinity Laban, the Royal Northern College of Music and theRoyal Academy of Music and life coach specialising in performance anxiety.

Central Area Day – In The Audition Room: Auditioning for Conservatoire Training (Birmingham)

Singing for All: Inclusion and Diversity for Authentic Performance

Sunday 2 March 2025
9.30am–5.00pm

With:
KATIE TEAGE – educator, choir conductor and soprano for the London Vocal Project

KIM SAMUELS – founder and director of Renewal Choir CIC, and director of UWE Bristol Gospel Choir and the Bristol Windrush Reggae Choir

Bristol Beacon Music Centre

South West Area Day – Singing for All: Inclusion and Diversity for Authentic Performance (Bristol)

From Song to Speech and Speech to Song: A collaborative Vocal Journey Elevating the Classical Performer

Sunday 4 May 2025
9.30am–5.00pm

With:
BARBARA HOUSEMAN – has over 45 years’ experience working in theatre

PROFESSOR RAYMOND CONNELL – Professor of Singing at Royal Academy of Music

South East Area Day – From Song to Speech and Speech to Song

AOTOS Area Representatives

You can find out more about your Area Representative here on our Who We Are page, or contact them directly:

We hope you will enjoy the programme of Area Events that has been planned for our 50th Anniversary year in 2025. Please feel free to get in touch with [email protected] if you have any questions or feedback.

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2025 Area Days

Scotland Area Day – Q&A with SQA and Teaching Teenagers

16 February 2025

Central Area Day – In The Audition Room: Auditioning for Conservatoire Training (Birmingham)

23 February 2025

South West Area Day – Singing for All: Inclusion and Diversity for Authentic Performance (Bristol)

2 March 2025

South East Area Day – From Song to Speech and Speech to Song

4 May 2025