EMT: 2020
Julie Kvaerndrup is a London based performer, recording artist and singing teacher, working with singers and songwriters from various genres.
She has her own teaching studio Focus on Vocals in West London and currently runs several vocal courses at City Academy, London, and teaches singing technique on the musical theatre degree at LMA, London.
Julie earned a Bachelor’s in Contemporary Music Performance (Vocals) at The Institute and a Master's in Composition from Kingston University (with focus on writing for voice). Throughout her career, Julie struggled with voice problems and low confidence in her own voice. This greatly affected her love for performance, and she started writing for other artists instead of performing her own songs. This changed when she attended an Estill course, and she decided to retrain and became an Estill Master Trainer in 2020, trained by Anne-Marie Speed. Julie loves geeking out about voice and helping students finding more freedom and joy in their singing.
Julie has performed and toured with various pop/rock and jazz projects; Sopha4, Blaa Blink, Kai Cheng and her solo project Julie Helene in Denmark, US and the UK. She is currently the front figure in Detox from Grey, an Electro-Pop band. The band has released several EP’s and singles and toured in the UK and Denmark.
Julie is also a singer and keyboardist in Viriditas, a progressive rock band. She has released two albums with this project and toured throughout the UK.
Julie took a mindfulness teacher qualification in 2022 with Mindfulness Now and is currently interested in the link between mindfulness and voice.