Sally Salmon

Based in Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Sally is a private vocal tutor specialising in voice improvement and vocal safety. Working with predominately contemporary vocalists Sally works with singers to help them find their true voice, what ever their goals – whether they want to improve their range, pitch, tone, projection or achieve so much more.

Sally has studied vocal technique for over 16 years with a great interest in helping singers achieve their goals, voice protection and aid in the recovery of damaged voices and supporting of singers (under the guidance of vocal medical professionals) during and after they have completed speech therapy. Through working in many vocal environments and with a multitude of various genre singers, Sally has experience in recognising and flagging up vocal problems and helping singers to recover their voices after damage. Over the past 10 years Sally has worked with bands, performance artists and young singers in preparation for gigging, recording and touring.

Sally has worked in many musical settings including with youth groups, charities, colleges, university’s and is the vocal health and singing technique tutor at The Urban Vocal Group where she has developed the “Sing Safe” Syllabus designed to help keep young singers voices healthy. It was here and in her private teaching where she discovered a great need for the attention to vocal health and safety in contemporary singing. Sally found that new developments in vocal style gave so many more pressures and a higher expectation for the voice which ultimately results in a higher risk of vocal problems for singers and works to bring awareness of how that with the right technique anyone can develop the voice they want and build the strength to keep it for a career and not just one set! It was the need to understand more about the voice which led her to undertake further professional development courses including the Estill: Level One & Level Two (Level 1 Figures for Voice Control & Level 2 Figure Combinations for Six Voice Qualities) Estill: Belting, Estill Advanced Belting, Estill: Tongue Taming, Estill: Breathing, Support and Estill. The Accent Method, Vocal Injuries and Singers, The Rehabilitation of the Injured Singing Voice and Countless conferences and courses held by the British Voice Association and Association for teachers of singing.

Sally’s main aim is to help provide her students with the skills to enhance their careers and essentially to encourage independent learning and development as they progress in their profession. Her lessons are based around giving her students the opportunities and best chance to make it in the music industry and looks to help all of her students get out there performing and/or working in music the local area as soon as they are ready!