Singing Lineage

There are several strands to my teaching lineage. The most important teachers in my career have been the following:

One: Classical English Singing (Traditional Song)
As a youngster I was awarded a scholarship to train privately with Fabian Smith, retired head of singing at the Guildhall, who himself had worked with Sir Thomas Beecham. Through him I learned about English singing tradition.Most recently I have been studying with the renowned mezzo-soprano and exponant of English song Ameral Gunson.

Two: Husler approach to singing (Opera)
Both my teachers Elizabeth Brice (who studied with Joy Mammen (Royal Academy) and at the National Opera Studio) and Paula Anglin (San Francisco Opera) with whom I trained for several years, had themselves studied with Prof.Peter Harrison who worked with Yvonne Rodd-Marling, close associate of Frederick Husler. Peter Harrison currently teaches in Portugal, Paula Anglin in London and Vienna.

Three: Bel Canto Training and German tradition (Opera/Classical Song)
Paula Anglin trained with Vida Harford who not only taught belcanto technique but added to it from the German school of opera singing, learned during her time in Dresden. Neil Semer (London, New York and throughout Germany) taught me the Lamperti method and also the importance of posture. I have studied the history of belcanto, florid singing and musical style as this can be applied to Jazz just as much as to Classical music.

Four: Musical Awareness (Sound singing and listening)
This goes to the heart of sound and song as self expression. For details please contact me.

An increased awareness of sound has enabled me to discern vocal problems and to find ways of helping people back to vocal health as well as fixing more common problems like wobble and metalic sound.

These techniques combined enable me to teach most repertoire and to help people learn to sing pretty much anything they want. They are also revealed in their very simplest form in my new book "Sing Your Heart Out".

I often sing in the Irish Old Style and am happy to help singers of traditional music from many different cultures.

For more information please contact me direct.

Deborah Hudson (BA Hons LTCL) is an accomplished singer teacher and writer. She studied acting and drama (Guildhall School and The Peoples' National Theatre,France), movement with Delia Lindon and Piano, Oboe and Voice. She sings in English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

Deborah was trained using Husler technique and she then went on to study Bel Canto singing and historical performance style with working musicians and teachers at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,Trinity College London and internationally.
She has sung in recital, opera, operetta and oratorio as well as session singing.

She has also studied the healing potential of singing and has been taught Tibetan meditative processes using breathing and listening techniques. She practises a form of Tibetan Kum Nye and has explored a variety of physical therapies in order to understand the body and thus become a better singer and teacher.

Based in London Deborah teaches singing to all age groups working alongside students until they are confident.

Following her French degree Deborah studied for a PhD during which time she began reviewing books for the Times Literary Supplement. She went on to work as a freelance journalist writing for the Economist Magazine, the Guardian, Homes and Gardens, Apollo and Orientations Magazines. She edited a book of poetry for Carcanet Press and has translated French songs and operetta for recital programmes. She has also written several musical farces.