Colin has been a singer for over 20 years - starting as many did in school and church, taking a choral scholarship at University, and joining Ex Cathedra chamber choir, as well as conducting the University of Birmingham Chamber Choir. He studied from 1994 - 2010 with Howard Milner. He sang his first operatic role (Emperor Altoum) in Nottingham Festival Opera's Turandot in 2000. Since 2009 he has b
een teaching singers of all ages and abilities. He worked at soundLINCS on the Sing Up Area Leader programme from 2009 - 2011, gaining a huge experience in young voices, singing in education, and the stresses put on teachers' voices in the classroom. Outside of classical and theatre singing, Colin has a great love of jazz, and encourages all students to improvise and learn about basic harmony and music theory.
