The Academy of Vocal Arts is a specialist school that focuses primarily on the Voice.
Many of our Students have gone on to professional work in the Music Industry and Musical Theatre business.
Our background is working with all disciplines of stagecraft at any age. We believe It is never too early or too late to learn how to sing.
For those who wish to pursue a career in musical theatre, we believe that the voice gets left behind.
If you want a career in Musical Theatre and your focus is dance, you'll still need to be able to sing at every audition. We want to focus helping students find their natural voices, building confidence through working together and applying this to every day life.
Even if you don't want a career in the arts, nurturing talent and enjoying singing with others is what we love to help inspire.
Katy and Nathan will lead all classes together having taught together for many years since they met on a theatre job in 2011.
First and foremost they believe in having fun and creating a comfortable class environment to get the best out of the singers. They are very approachable if people feel they have any vocal problems to address.
Katy and Nathan hold many workshops for professional singers for working with vocal problems or wanting to address different vocal issues such as the vocal break also known as the passaggio.
The school is delighted to offer guest teachers from the west end, uk and worldwide tours. Please visit our teacher’s page for more information.
Katy and Nathan met whilst working on a Singing Job. They came together after studying the voice as well as performing working with students in and out of the industry.
They set up a vocal retreat for singers who wanted to break bad habits in shows and those who wanted to pursue careers in Musical Theatre and the music business.
After several years of working with students, they decided to set up the academy bringing tuition to all individuals from all backgrounds of performing.
Katy & Nathan offer weekly private one to one private tuition. These sessions can happen at the school or outside school hours.
Nathan is an actor, writer and theatre creator. He has experience in stage and screen from live theatre to TV and Film.
Credits include Dorian Gray in "Dorian Gray", Mr Tumnus in "The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe", Cecil Graham, "Lady Windermere’s Fan, Voice impressions "Double Take" (BBC), writing credits:- Teddy Time Stories (UK Tour) "The Singing Teacher" (Stage play and TV), "Cut and Blow" (TV Pilot).
Throughout his life Nathan has had to overcome his own vocal difficulties. After continued speech therapy and training with some of the worlds leading vocal and voice coaches, he has now amalgamated his experience, to bring individual training to each student.
With an eclectic student base from Pop, Singer Songwriters and Musical Theatre artists and those who do it for fun. Nathan has helped each of his students reach their optimum, with their continued hard work.
Nathan also coaches and has taught at leading UK drama schools including Guildford School Of Acting and Mountview Theatre Academy.
He has worked with corporate companies on delivery as well as team building including Great Guns Marketing and Alimera Sciences.
Nathan is very passionate about what he does, it is important that his students want to sing, whether for fun or professionally, as shown on the student alumni page.
Katy Treharne is a soprano from Wales who trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Her Theatre Credits are; Yum-Yum, in The Mikado with the Welsh Musical Theatre Orchestra, ‘Lily’ in the professional première of Ivor Novello’s Valley of Song in London.
She has also played 'Mary, Mother of Jesus' in the première of the musical Love Beyond and was the 'Alternate Christine' in The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty's Theatre).
Katy 'Nina' in the UK première of Dear World (Charing Cross Theatre) directed by Dame Gillian Lynne starring opposite Tony award winner, Betty Buckley. Katy toured Sweden and Norway with Peter Jöback on his I Love Musicals tour and features on his new album, released by Sony in September 2013.
She can also be heard on Only Men Aloud’s album In Festive Mood and the charity album Love on 42nd Street alongside Lea Salonga, Samantha Barks, Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess and other West End and Broadway stars.
Katy has an extensive concert career singing with many great artists including, Peter Karrie, John Owen-Jones, Earl Carpenter, Peter Jöback, the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Orchestra of Wales, Beaufort Male Voice Choir, Abertillery Orpheus Choir and many more.
Katy has recorded with many different choirs and groups, including BBC Chorus of Wales, Maida Vale Singers and mainly Metro Voices having appeared on the soundtrack for many films, including, Tim Burton's film Dark Shadows, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
Think of Me released on the Dischromedia label is Katy’s début solo album, and is available from iTunes and at the concert tonight.
Katy has also recorded on other albums, "Speechless" a musical theatre album to raise money for the charity Tearfund. the original professional cast recording of, Valley of Song, and also appears on a Christmas Album for Samaritans Purse, The Greatest Gift of All.
Katy is also co-founder for West End has Faith, who believe in Empowering, nurturing and connecting the Christian community in musical theatre.