Trainer Profile

Lorraine Mahoney - Estill Master Trainer (Estill Voice Training), CT ABRSM, ATCL, MISMLorraine is an experienced and qualified music educator for 30yrs. She has educated hundreds of students in singing and acting. Previous students have gone on to success at institutes including Arts Ed, Italia Conti, Mountview, Royal College of Music, Salisbury Playhouse and Chichester University. Currently teaching part-time at UWTSD in Cardiff for BA & MA Musical Theatre courses part of WAVDA.She has worked with a wide demographic of professional singers, including those with West End and professional operatic backgrounds. She has taught across a range of musical styles, including jazz, musical theatre, opera and pop. Additionally, she has professional speech and language therapeutic experience, sectors in which she is active in Wiltshire, providing support and advice for a local hospital’s Speech & Language department. Understanding vocal anatomy and physiologically safe singing techniques is an underpinning factor in her musical and dramatic teaching history.Lorraine has toured internationally, including Australasian performances. In 2006, she was engaged by Perth Oratorio Choir (POC) and Perth Concert Band as soprano soloist. Following the success of this initial engagement, Lorraine was re-engaged by POC as soloist for a performance of Handel’s The Messiah, with a similar invitation being issued in 2009. Lorraine has also performed professionally in Belgium, France, Germany, Gibraltar and the United Kingdom.Lorraine qualified as an Estill Master Trainer in May 2020, she is welcoming enquiries from professional performers in this sector and also undergraduates looking to embark on a professional career in performing arts. Contemporary Musical Theatre, Legit, Classical or Contemporary Commercial Music - Lorraine can offer an 'outside ear' with 1:1 coaching. Is your MD looking for a voice that will blend well in ensemble work? Do you want to work on your Speech, Belt, Opera, Twang or Mix? Get in touch today for a chat."Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time" - Thomas A Edison