MASTERCLASS AUDITION TECHNIQUE SUNDAY 5TH APRIL 2020 1 - 4PM
THE OTHER PALACE, 12 PALACE STREET, LONDON, SW1E 5JA BOOKINGS | [email protected] MASTERCLASS WITH LEADING VOCAL COACH FIONA MCDOUGAL OFFERS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR SINGERS TO WORK ON AUDITION TECHNIQUE
On Sunday 5th April, Fiona McDougal will lead a masterclass in audition technique at The Other Palace Theatre in London’s West End. As global vocal coach for Andrew Lloyd Webber, Fiona is a regular on audition panels and knows what casting directors want. She has worked with some of the biggest names in entertainment, from Glenn Close to Taylor
Swift, Judi Dench to Jennifer Hudson, and is considered a valuable link between singers and industry representatives, consulting for record labels, agents, managers, performing arts colleges, choreographers, PRICES directors, songwriters, film studios, musicians and producers. Performing participants: £75 Non-performing participants: £50
She will share her unique inside knowledge, revealing the secrets of successful auditioning and the most common mistakes. Singers can BOOKINGS choose to perform a chosen song and receive feedback during the [email protected] workshop, or to observe and take part in the discussions. This is a rare opportunity that will help you walk into your next audition confident of Spaces are limited so please get in touch your unique strengths and style. to check availability. THE MASTERCLASS
Auditions can be overwhelming, choosing a song can seem impossible, and not being recalled can leave you feeling perplexed by what you did wrong. Fiona has sat on countless audition panels for major productions on the West End and Broadway and musical films as well as televised singing contests, and she has seen the same mistakes time and again. With her rare inside knowledge and signature focus on style and technique, Fiona will equip singers to give their best possible audition performance.
Designed to be both challenging and guiding, the masterclass is for singers who want to practice auditioning and get coaching and feedback on a particular song, and also for those wishing to take part in discussions, ask questions and learn by observing the audition process without performing.
Performers will be accompanied by the respected musical director
James Taylor, who works across film, TV and theatre, teaches at
LAMDA and regularly conducts at Cadogan Hall. FIONA’S APPROACH
Fiona’s approach combines science and experience with what her clients call “the Fiona effect” – her unique ability to give every singer, no matter what their level, the confidence and tenacity to excel. Passionate about vocal health and technique, Fiona believes that anyone can sing and tailors her coaching to each singer’s unique needs.
Fiona is at the leading edge of vocal education and can create effortless sound throughout a singer’s range using a bespoke series of vocal workouts. Once free from technical limitation, she helps the singer unlock and harness their personal style.
There is no one-size-fits-all method of vocal coaching, and there are no quick fixes – but when it comes to auditions, Fiona’s knowledge and experience can quickly help to transform a singer’s performance, leaving them confident in their choice of song, aware of the commonest pitfalls, and centred on their unique strengths and assets. O K B O Y O U R
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fiona.mcdougal.voice +44 (0) 7809 208642 clients include beginners, aspiring singers Based in London, Fiona continued to coach and performing arts students as well as singers and, in 2010, started working for top-tier professionals. Passionate about Andrew Lloyd Webber and his production vocal health and technique, Fiona believes company, the Really Useful Group. She that anyone can sing and tailors each worked on her first major international lesson to the client’s needs. She works production in 2012, as the vocal coach on remotely via Skype and in person from her Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar, studio at the London Palladium. and has since worked on dozens of major shows across television, film and theatre Fiona grew up on a farm outside around the world. Edinburgh where she immersed herself in
music from a young age, initially training Fiona is always at the leading edge of in dance. In 2006, she left Scotland to vocal education. She travels globally to FIONA study Music at the Paul McCartney conferences that are advancing the field Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, of vocal science and is supported by MCDOUGAL where her vocal coach inspired her to a network of exceptional ENT doctors, study voice education alongside her speech and language therapists, and degree. When she graduated with a first physiotherapists. She is considered a
Fiona has worked with some of the biggest class honours degree in 2010, she already valuable link between singers and industry names in the entertainment industry, from had three years of coaching experience. representatives and consults for record Glenn Close to Taylor Swift, Judi Dench to She was the lead singer in a pop duo labels, agents, managers, performing Jennifer Hudson – but her busy studio also called Untouched (along with songwriting arts colleges, choreographers, directors, embraces people who sing for pleasure partner David Wilson), which later signed songwriters, film studios, musicians and and want to improve their voice. Her with Island Records and toured the UK. producers. JAMES TAYLOR
James has a wide range of credits across film, TV and
theatre, including Disney’s 2019 retelling of Aladdin, Danny
Boyle’s romcom Yesterday, and the 2019 film of Cats. Most
recently James was the on-set music supervisor for Netflix’s
upcoming feature film, Jingle Jangle.
Alongside roles as music supervisor and music consultant,
James teaches at several London institutions such as Urdang
and LAMDA, and regularly conducts at Cadogan Hall. Elevating voices across stage and screen