June 2011 - Eden Voices Singers in West End's 'Mamma Mia'

On Monday night I attended the new cast's opening night in the West End show 'Mamma Mia'. I was very proud to watch as the first character on stage was Eden Voices singer, Dani De Waal in the lead role of 'Sophie Sheridan'. I only had a short time to gather myself before Eden Voices singer, Hannah Fairclough entered the stage in the role of 'Ali'. The girls did a great job and no one would have known that it was their first night in their year long contracts. 


Both girls trained at Tring Park School for Performing Arts (formerly Arts Educational School) where I taught them on the Musical Theatre Course. When they left Tring they both became private pupils of mine and consequently singers for Eden Voices. Dani furthered her full time training by attending Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she got a BA (Hons) in Acting while Hannah went on tour for 2 years internationally with 'Mamma Mia'!

As an added bonus Sophie's boyfriend, Sky, in the show was played by Craig Fletcher, another ex pupil of Tring Park and now RADA graduate.

I have to say I was extremely proud of them all and it is great to witness students hard work paying off!!

Dani De Waal 
Sophie Sheridan

Dani and Hannah can both be heard singing in the audio clips at 

http://www.edenvoices.com

My teaching details can be found at 

http://www.voicepractise.com

Hannah Fairclough 
Ali

Craig Fletcher - Sky (on the right)
 in rehearsal for 'The Wild Party' 
at Tring Park

May 2011 - Kid-estorybooks & CBeebies star, Sarah Jane Honeywell

Fiona Treweeke of Kid-estorybooks, based in Australia, has written a series of children's story books to be made into an app for ipad. Eden Voices sourced Sarah Jane Honeywell, best known as comedy actress in Higgledy House and TV presenter on CBeebies, Tikkabilla, to do the voiceover for the first book. The Voiceover is now complete and the app is ready to download at 

http://www.facebook.com/l/HAQAM02j-/itunes.apple.com/us/app/hide-run-growl/id455935338?ls=1&mt=8" 

 The rest of the series is on its way!

Fiona writes;

'Over the last 7 years, I've been inspired as Mum to Phoebe and Henry to write short stories for pre-school aged children.  I want to provide stories that offer effective repitition and rhyme that I know kids of this age enjoy so much.  Kids love to join in and effective rhyme makes it so easy for them to shout out the words and read along. My books also provide some subtle messages about  sharing, caring, trust and friendship. So, as the books stores sadly close down, I've decided to create my books in digital format. The beauty of the app is the ability to further engage children into the love of storytelling through interaction. Apps allow us to add value, as the delightful features of the book deliver a great learning tool.  The features of my book are designed to ensure that the stories can be loved, enjoyed and educational.

My stories are available for download to your iPad and other smart devices.  With options to 'read to me' or 'read it myself', the apps suit children from 2 -7 years.  My kids love the iPad or Dad's iPhone for those boring car journeys, restaurant trips, you know the occasions and I'm more than happy for them to enjoy a story, support their education and develop a love for reading.'  

Childrens TV Presenter - Sarah Jane Honeywell

For more information visit: http://www.kidestorybooks.com

Eden Voices would like to wish Fiona Treweeke and Sarah Jane Honeywell 

every success with the project.

April 2011 - RAC Club, Pall Mall

RAC Club, London

Eden Voices provided a night of music for an exclusive party at the prestigious RAC Club on Pall Mall, kicking off the evening as the guests arrived with a jazz set of two voices and a pianist. After dinner while deserts were served Hannah Pedley (Eden Voices own Classical Advisor and Holland Park Opera's Carmen) and Jai Ramage (Eden Voices Director and vocal coach) performed intimate renditions of Lakme's Flower Duet and Bizet's Habenera to Simon Sharp's piano accompaniment (Eden Voices Musical Supervisor) for the 40 guests. The night changed pace as a rock/pop set was enjoyed involving three singers and the band Wicked Sister's fabulous guitarist Paul Green.

http://www.wickedsister.co.uk

Happy Birthday Helen, well I suppose you are only 40 once!!

December 2010 - Lingfield Races

An Eden Voices Trio were booked to entertain guests with accapella carols at Lingfield Racecourse on 18th December. The carollers learnt 20 carols, all in three part harmony, ranging from the traditional ones such as 'Once In Royal David's City' to a jazzy version of 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town'. 

Here are Sarah-May Elliott, Hayley Reed and Sally O'Brien in rehearsal for their 

carol extravaganza!!

November 2010 - Blake Concert

Seven Eden Voices singers joined the choir backing pop opera crossover group Blake on stage at The Beck Theatre in Hayes on 18th November. The boys sang a variety of songs from varying genres and the girls helped to please the audience with songs including the classics Jerusalem and Nessun Dorma. A thoroughly enjoyable evening!

October 2010 - Entangled

Eden Voices provided a keyboard/backing singer to perform in a music industry album launch for Entangled Music. The album, also named Entangled, was presented live for the first time at the beautiful Victorian Science Theatre at Salomans in Kent on 20th October. 

Entangled was written and performed by Luke Howard and Laura Bennett. They were also joined on stage for the event by talented musicians James Sedge, Andy Vickory, Neil Cornwall and Rob Harvey. Watch this space!

June 2010 - Big Gay Wedding

Moon River was the song of choice for Gari and Jon's first dance. The ceremony and reception were set in the glorious sixteenth century tithe barn at Brome Grange Hotel in Suffolk. The barn has a minstrels' gallery where the Eden Voices singer, complete with dress and tiara chosen by the happy couple, sang her rendition of the classic song from the film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'.  Afterwards Gari and Jon were joined on the dance floor by their 120 guests for a night of dancing at the disco. A great time was had by all.

Many congratulations to Gari and Jon!

Eden Voices are now listed under Vocal Ensembles in The Big Gay Wedding Directory

http://www.thebiggayweddingdirectory.com

May 2010 - Sonnet 155

In May 2010 at the Almieda Theatre, London, Tim Arnold released his new album ‘Sonnet 155’  in a theatrical experience combining musicians and actors. two ladies from Eden Voices performed the backing vocals for the World Premier run of this launch.

Cast included: 

Tim Arnold, Richard Briers, Lisa Dillon, Paul McGann, Janet Suzman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Hattie Morahan




In early 2007 singer, songwriter Tim Arnold wrote over 30 individual letters to Shakespearean actors Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Richard Briers & Janet Suzman, asking ‘What theme in Shakespeare best described the human condition?’ Replies to his letters poured in and with the gentle help of those who have devoted their lives to working on and in Shakespeare's plays, Arnold formed the basis of what would become the album, Sonnet 155. The result is one man's personal navigation through these themes.

“Timeless sounds for our time...”
Michael Attenborough, Artistic Director, Almeida Theatre.