Sing Stronger For Longer Courses
The voice doesn’t have to decline with age. Whether you’re a singer wanting to protect and strengthen your voice, a singing teacher looking to support older students, or a conductor leading a choir through the challenges of ageing voices, these courses will give you the tools, knowledge, and confidence to work effectively with mature voices.
All courses are based on the Moseley-Morgan Method — an evidence-based approach to vocal prehabilitation, habilitation, and rehabilitation developed specifically for singers over 50. Courses are available online and in person.
For Singers
How to Get Started
- Contact me for a free chat about your voice concerns
- Book a 1-1 voice assessment (online or in person)
- Enquire about workshops and courses (online and in-person options available)
Foundation Course: Vocal Prehabilitation
Duration: One-day course Format: Online or in person
Gain an understanding of how the voice works and how it may be affected by age-related change. This course will teach you how to pre-condition your voice to prepare it for age-related changes, to sing with maximum efficiency and minimal effort, and to maintain vocal functionality for years to come.
The best time to protect your voice is before you notice any decline. This course is designed for singers who want to strengthen their instrument proactively, building resilience, flexibility, and coordination so that age-related changes have far less impact when they do occur.
Intermediate & Advanced Courses: Vocal Habilitation
Format: Online or in person
Vocal habilitation is the deliberate process of developing, optimising, and fortifying your voice. The intention is to achieve the highest possible levels of efficiency, sustainability, and vocal health. These courses are concerned with enhancing technique, improving vocal function, preventing injury, and building a stronger, more resilient voice that lasts.
Habilitation is about making good technique second nature, so that healthy vocal habits are deeply established and consistently applied across everything you sing.
Vocal Rehabilitation Course
Status: Coming Soon
This course will support singers who are recovering from illness, vocal fatigue, or a prolonged break from singing. It will include:
- Vocal care and maintenance
- What to do when you’re unwell
- Recognising typical age-related changes: – Loss of range – Poor vocal stamina – Loss of power – Increased muscle tension – Poor breath control
- How to address these changes — and learning when they’re normal age-related shifts versus when they indicate a problem requiring medical investigation
- Other factors that contribute to sustaining a healthy voice
Register your interest to be notified when this course launches.
For Conductors
How to Get Started
- Contact me for a free chat about how you’d like to help the singers in your choir
- Learn about the mechanics of the voice and how they’ll support your work with choirs through the online course dedicated to conductors
- Book a bespoke workshop with your choir – tailored to address the specific needs of your singers in consultation with you
Bespoke Choir Workshops
Duration: 90 minutes, half-day, or full-day Format: In person Topics include:
- Intonation
- Vibrato
- Agility
- Breath control
These workshops are always designed in consultation with you, addressing the specific vocal challenges your choir is facing. Whether you’re working on tuning issues, stamina, or refining the overall sound of the ensemble, each session is built around your choir’s needs.
Contact me to discuss your choir’s requirements.
Conductor’s Course: Understanding the Ageing Voice
Format: Online or in person
Developing an understanding of how the voice operates is essential, particularly when considering the changes that can occur as a result of ageing.
By learning about the mechanics of the voice and the specific challenges that older singers may encounter, you’ll be better prepared to guide your choir through the musical demands placed upon them. This preparation ensures that each member can sing with maximum efficiency, minimising unnecessary effort and helping to preserve vocal health.
Additionally, understanding the intricacies of the voice allows you to refine and shape the choir’s overall sound, honing both tonal and timbral qualities to achieve your desired musical outcome.
For Singing Teachers
How to Get Started
- Contact me for a free chat if you have specific concerns about teaching older singers
- Book a 1-1 mentoring session to discuss specific teaching issues (online or in person)
- Explore the range of newly devised accredited courses designed to give you the tools you need to train mature voices
On completion of all three courses, you will be awarded the title Associate Teacher of the Moseley-Morgan Method for Mature Voices.
Foundation Course: Vocal Prehabilitation
Duration: One-day course Format: Online or in person Accredited: Yes
This course offers the same content as the singer’s foundation course, with additional in-depth material on vocal anatomy, age-related physiological changes, and their specific impact on the voice.
You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of how the voice works, how it’s affected by age-related change, and how to teach students to pre-condition their voices to maintain vocal functionality. You’ll learn how to guide singers to sing with maximum efficiency and minimal effort, preparing them to protect their voice before decline occurs.
Intermediate & Advanced Courses: Vocal Habilitation
Format: Online or in person Accredited: Yes
These courses build on the foundation course with comprehensive training on developing, optimising, and fortifying the mature voice. You’ll learn how to enhance technique, improve vocal function, prevent injury, and build stronger, more resilient voices in your students.
The focus is on embedding healthy technique so deeply that it becomes unconscious – ensuring that singers apply optimal vocal habits across all repertoire and performance contexts.
Vocal Rehabilitation of the Mature Voice
Status: Coming Soon Accredited: Yes
This course will provide teaching strategies for supporting singers who are recovering from illness, vocal strain, or extended breaks from singing. It will cover voice repair protocols, recognising when medical intervention is needed, and how to restore optimal vocal function safely and effectively.
Register your interest to be notified when this course launches.
Ready to get started?
Whether you’re looking to protect your voice, support your students, or guide your choir through age-related vocal changes, get in touch to find out which course is right for you.