Singing Teacher

Clare Norburn is a professional singer who specialises in the performance of medieval music.  She studied music at Leeds University and singing at London College of Music and has sung with several early music groups, including The Troubadours, Airs & Graces, Third Voice, Fifth Element, The Barthelemon Circle and Vox Animae. 

Clare is an experienced singing teacher, who is passionate about encouraging beginners to sing.  Although she has had a classical singing training, her teaching method is as much influenced by her interest in medieval, folk and world music and in the Alexander Technique.  Her approach to teaching singing is holistic and grounded in the belief that singing is deeply important to the human psyche and should be encouraged and fostered in everyone.   

Clare also performs with the upbeat medieval group Mediva, who were finalists in the International Early Music Network Young Artists Competition 2001 at York Early Music Festival.  With Mediva she has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends and Radio 3’s In Tune and Late Junction.

Clare has become particularly associated with the music of the medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen.  With Vox Animae she has performed Hildegard of Bingen’s music drama Ordo Virtutum at festivals all over the UK, as well as recording the work on CD for and video for the Etcetera label, and broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, Dutch TV and Danish Radio.  Clare also collaborated with contemporary dancer Richard Harding on a project inspired by Hildegard, which combined voice, dance and installation.