Brought up in the church, I was surrounded by Gospel music and passionate, inspiring singing. I had no choice but to sing - it was all around me. My first solo performance was when I was four years old. I sang "Jesus Loves me this I know" at church whilst lifting my skirt up to the microphone as I sang! It was my parents proudest moment!
All joking aside, I have been singing for as long as I can remember. I began by singing duets with my younger sister. At the age of 15, my friends and I formed a Female Close Harmony A Cappella group called Sweet Harmony. As female close harmony songs were hard to find, I arranged most of our music. We travelled around London singing at various churches and even bars anf universties. Our pure tones and blend and close harmonies seem to attract alot of attention. (Oh yes, we also sang on buses and trains!)
At the age of 16 I became a member of the London Adventist Chorale which at the time was directed by Dereck Hoyte and Ken Burton. The LAC is a classical gospel choir whose repertoire covers negro spirituals, Jazz gospel, A Cappella gospel and Classical gospel. The choir enjoys singing very complicated and delicious harmonies, sometimes going up to 13 parts! During my 4 years with the London Adventist Chorale as a 1st Alto, I did many live concerts, radio and TV performances and sang when we won the Sainsbury's Choir of the year in 1996.
I have been involved in different studio recordings and albums, as part of the London Adventist Chorale, as a backing vocalist and as a soloist for a Christian musical called Redemption Song. I am also currently working on my own album (very, very slowly!)
From there I have sung in many different groups and Praise Teams singing mostly Contemporary Gospel music.
I currently run a Community Gospel Choir called Pure Gospel Community Choir. The choir covers all styles of gospel and religious music from contemporary gospel to classical gospel to A Cappella gospel to negro spirituals. My aim is to expose the choir to all the styles of music that I love singing all in one place.
I also continue to sing solo, in groups and run Gospel Choir Workshops.
As you may have been able to tell, I am very friendly and easy going with an absolute passion for vocal harmonies. Although I love to have fun, I do take my music very seriously. As a workshop leader I am fun and exciting and precise. You will find that you will have lots of fun and do lots of work all at the same time.
My motto:
Have Fun - Work Hard!!
