Louisa Barry - Voice

22/09/2026

03/09/2026

At the end of July I presented at the Singer and the Self Voice Pro Holiday in Slovenia, organised with so much heart by the incredible Becky Gilhespie of Singer & the Self Retreats.

Colleagues from around the world, so many beautiful souls. Fellow presenters shared work on contemporary singing through an acoustic lens with Becky Gilhespie, business as your art with Rachel Lynes, cycle-informed vocal coaching with Lindsay Dalton, Resisted Inhalations with Michael Dahl Rasmussen, voice, stress and the nervous system with , pressure regulation and airflow with Barbara C Tanze, pricing and positioning with gemma sugrue, student wellbeing with Cat Ogden Singing, performance anxiety with .toy_vocalcoach, storytelling and free singing with hodgsondrama, and hypermobility with Alien Partljič. More wisdom from Alexa Terry, Laura Boon, Vocalzone, Chris Richardson Emily - Vocal Coach & Vocalist and more.

My talk was Voices of Heritage: Exploring the Power of Native Language in Singing. Drawing on conversations with singers and coaches from different backgrounds, it explored how our first language shapes our instrument before we sing a note; tongue position, breath pattern, larynx height; and how singing in a heritage language can offer an emotional shortcut, though not guaranteed. We talked about identity, whose voice gets permission to sound as it naturally does, and how much of “correct” technique is just one culture’s preference dressed up as universal truth. My hope for the room: treat a student’s native language as a diagnostic, not a deficiency: codify what works, then transfer it. Every accent, every heritage language a singer carries in isn’t something to smooth away. It’s information. 🎙️
Thank you so much to all the colleagues who shared their stories with me!

Beyond the talks we learnt, laughed, cried, swam, sauna’d, wandered Ljubljana, and took a cable car and chairlift to Velika Planina. Many brought family, the perfect blend of work and play.

So grateful for this community. 🇸🇮✨

18/08/2026

My brain is officially “sizzling” 🧠✨
Last weekend I had one of the most profound learning experiences of my life, training with incredible humans and colleagues who showed up and shared their most vulnerable parts — all held in the safe space created by Andrew Byrne Andrew Byrne | The Singing Athlete .
We were the first cohort to get certified outside the US, and what a privilege to have Andrew bring this work to London. We’ve been waiting since the book came out, and it did not disappoint.
An entire world has opened up for me — the neuroscience, the body, and singing, woven together into what Andrew calls “the science of hope.” A way back to our humanity. A way to balance our nervous system and body so we can perform at our best, all the way into old age.
I’m so grateful, and honestly still processing it all — but already itching to start implementing the assessments and drills with my own singers.
I have a feeling this is going to transform far more than just my teaching. 🙏
Thank you, Andrew. Can’t wait for all that’s still to come.

13/07/2026

11/07/2026

Last week I said goodbye to my wonderful colleagues and students at Francis Holland Sloane Square, where I’d been teaching on and off since 2014, and at St Dunstan’s College, where I’ve spent the last 3 years.

But it’s the students I’ll miss most. They are full of hope and dreams — they’ve inspired me, made me laugh, made me cry, sometimes all in the same lesson. This generation has it tougher than people give them credit for, yet they’re so strong and endlessly curious. Teaching them has been a privilege.
Thank you so much Francis Holland Sloane Square and St Dunstan's Music Department for being amazing!

Here’s to opening the door to my future self, and all that it brings. 🚪✨

07/05/2026

Last Saturday I had the absolute pleasure of attending the Come and Sing workshop for singers and choral conductors with the incredible Tori Longdon and Jonas Rasmussen all the way from Denmark 🇩🇰✨

What a gorgeous day of coming together and doing what we love most; using our voices to make music together. Around 300 of us filled St John’s Waterloo during the day, with a smaller group gathering again in the evening, and the atmosphere throughout was truly something special.

It felt inspirational, uplifting, and honestly a little bit magical connecting with so many friends and colleagues, learning alongside some of the friendliest heroes you could hope to meet.

So grateful to have been part of it all and very excited to see what the future brings ✨🎶

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Thank you and for a glorious day of song!
It was definitely a “bang” and not at all a “floof” 😉

30/04/2026

What a year it’s been with this incredible group ❤️From laughs to a few tears, smooth moments to the tougher ones — you kept showing up, pushing through, and growing every step of the way. Your first year journeys have been anything but small, and you’ve all come so far. You should be so proud of yourselves, because I certainly am.

You’ve taught me just as much as I hope I’ve given you — such a talented, resilient, and inspiring bunch. I can’t wait to see where the next two years (and beyond) take you.

Huge congratulations on such a brilliant sharing — the teamwork, the energy, the commitment… just amazing.

Special shoutout to Dan, my partner in crime in “singing” — your energy is unmatched! And to Tom and Alison, thank you for such a warm welcome to the department last autumn.

You are all amazing. Keep going ✨

P.S. Love this photo!

26/04/2026

Just incredible!!!! To all the 🏃 runners massive congratulations! What an inspiration you all are!
To all the amazing singers you have been the best crowd to be cheering with! Thank you for all your hard work! You just kept singing till the very end! project.foodsecurity thank you so much for having us!!! We loved it!