About Me/Hear Me Sing

Garforth Singing Schools

Singing and Piano Lessons, Garforth, Leeds

Dr Anne-Marie Czajkowski

PhD, MMus, BA(Hons),ARCM(PG), MISM, AOTOS, NATS

I studied voice at the Royal College of Music (95-97) in London as a postgraduate where I received my performance diploma and studied teaching of voice (ARCM(PG)). When I came top in the ‘Art of Teaching’ class, I was given my first teaching post by the Professor training the course and I have teaching voice since 1997, and doing singing jobs for fun and profit.

Lessons held in:

Garforth, Leeds LS25 2NF

I gained my BA degree in Music fromReading University (89-92) where I subsequently taught voice for 8 years (98-06). I gained my MMus in Applied Psychology of Music (specialism music education and vocal pedagogy) from the University of Leeds in 2013 and subsequently completed my PhD in the same specialisms in 2019.

I am a member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM), the National Association of Singing Teachers (NATS), and the Association of Teachers of Singing (AOTOS). I am also singing teacher trainer providing CPD for school music teachers, have coached, trained and mentored singing teachers, and I am a lecturerfor the Vocal Health Education. I am also a VHE registered first aider.

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hear me sing

CLASSICAL

Wagner's 'Liebestod' fromTristan und Isolde

(with Ben James conducting the LUUMS Symphony Orchestra, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church,Berlin Tour 2013)

I currently teach at Garforth Academy, Leeds Conservatoire, VHE and privately at home.

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For information about my PhD study onthe effects of Mindfulness on Musicians and to find links for my peer-reviewed published articles, please visit my sister website (Mindfulness for Singers).

'Let the Bright Seraphim' by Handel

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'Im Fruhling' from Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs

(with Philip Ellis conducting West Forest Synfonia)

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'Lonely, forsaken and abandoned'from

Puccini'sManon Lescaut

Quiet Section

Finale

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JAZZ

MINI PERFORMANCE CV

Spring

(with Annie Nelson Quintet)

Isolde's 'Liebestod' from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with LUUMS Symphony Orchestra, Berlin tour 2013. Video:Performance from Kaiser Wilhelm Memoria Church, Berlin, 4 June 2013.

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I thought about you

(with Annie Nelson Quintet)

Turandot in Puccini’s Turandot for Park Opera in February/March 2007

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Marenka in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride for Bearwood Opera in 2006

Lovin' that man of mine

Strauss’ Four Last Songs conducted by Philip Ellis with the West Forest Synfonia in February

Chorus

Jazz Improvisation ending

Mendelssohn’s Elijah conducted by Paul Rhys with the orchestra and choir of Reading University 2004

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Countess in Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro at ENO, 2004 with Paul Daniels recorded for Channel 4.

MUSIC THEATRE

'Memory' from Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Michaela in Bizet’s Carmen for Bearwood Opera

Lisa in Tchaikovsky’sQueen of Spades for Park Opera, 2003 with Andrew Yeats from ENO as Hermann

Central Section

Chorus

Tatyana’s Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ and Mahler’s ‘Fourth Symphony’ atSt Paul’s Church, Wokinghamconducted by Levon Parikianon

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Beethoven’s ‘Choral Symphony’ for West Forest Synfonia and Reading Haydn Choir with Philip Ellis, 2002

Amelia in 'The Masked Ball' by Verdi for Park Opera 2001

Manon in 'Manon Lescaut' by Puccini for Park Opera 2001

Debut lead role as Tatyana in Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky for Park Opera, 2000

Soloist for Welsh National Opera at the Worshipful Company of Upholders Annual dinner in the City, 1999

"I have over 20 years experience teaching people of all ages and all types. As an everlasting student of vocal pedagogy and life, I love to teach and bring people joy, pleasure and success in music."