Sophie Davis

Most throat lozenges contain an ingredient that could be actively working against your voice.

Here’s what I use instead… and why it matters for singers specifically.

Standing still might be the most expensive habit in your singing career.

Some notes on what I noticed when I started incorporating a bit of movement

Nobody prepares you for what a singing career actually looks like day to day.

Not the performing part, the everything else part…the teaching, the admin, the self-promotion, the loneliness, the cost of keeping your voice in shape.

Save this if you’re building a career in music

Poetry in art song is not part of the background, it is the foundation and foreground of the piece itself.

Every poem depicts unique images, you just have to interpret them in your own way.

Swipe for some poems (set to music of course), the pictures they paint and what you as a singer actually need to see.

The song cycle is one of the most sustained emotional commitments in the vocal repertoire.

Not a collection of songs: a single argument, made across twenty- thirty minutes, with no shortcuts and nowhere to hide.

This carousel covers what a cycle actually is, the poets behind the music, and what Lieder asks of a singer that most other repertoire doesn’t.

Plus three cycles to start with if you haven’t yet.

The Classical Singer’s A–Z · G

Most vocal training asks for more. This tradition asks for less, and it’s one of the most rewarding corners of the repertoire to explore.

Swipe through for the composers, the poets, and a listening list to get you started. Some familiar, some less so. All worth your time.

Held together by music and good company!
Always a pleasure to perform with the smiliest person I know

Thank you for the opportunity 🎶

TRACES OF LOVE

Debussy · Elgar · Schubert · Bridge
Brahms · Schumann · Vaughan Williams

Britten · Weill · Bolcom · Dring

The Dysart, Richmond
April 2026