About Me

I am an ambitious, confident and passionate individual with a dream to pursue a career in the performance industry. I am motivated, energetic and enthusiastic. I welcome new challenges and I have the determination to succeed. I love being on stage and performing in front of audiences and I always put all my time, effort and energy into entertaining the audience.

Training Undertaken - I studied a Level 3 Vocal Artist Diploma course at Manchester Music Base, th e course was aimed at vocalists seeking a career in music and the musical theatre industry teaching vaulable skills from the performance area and also the techinical side to a high professional level, we focused on the following modules; Live Music performance, Music Improvisation , Studio and Recording Music, Auditioning for Music , Music business, Music marketing and promotion and Organising a Live Music event.

I also studied software programmes such as Reason, Cubase and Logic learning how set up the studio and record my own vocals , I then recorded a number of original songs here is a link to my first recording, which was played several times on Unity Radio Station 92.8fm in 2012 Cassie Lee – City Streets https://soundcloud.com/cassielee/cassie-city-streets-prod-alex

I am now studying Performance FdA at The University Campus Oldham, when I started the course it was completely out of my comfort zone, but the challenges and expriences I have gained have benifited me greatly as a performer, we have focused on modules such as; Advanced theatre making, Cultural industries,Training Sessions and Advansed Professional projects. I have been physically training in Yoga, Indian martial art Kalarippayattu during training I have practised the following moves/sequence ; The Horse/Serpent, The Elephant , The Cat, The Lion and The Varnakum. I have also been training in The Brazilian martial arts/dance Capoeira learning a variety of techniques such as kicks/spins/sweeps such as; Armada , Ne gativa – escape and Queixada.

In the last year while I have been studying at UCO I have gained valuable techniques to keep present on stage and to keep the audience enthralled. Whilst studying we have organized live shows from devised to scripted performances and toured them through schools.

I started Commercial Street dance classes at Sunshine Studios and Stu dio 25 in November 2012 I gradually moved from beginner to intermediate which gave me the confidence to try other types of dance training such as House and Contemporary.


Workshops -
Gerry Flanagan - Gerry Flanagan is a practitioner and artistic director of theatre company ‘Shifting Sands’ known for it s physical theatre and comedic clowning , Gerry came to University Campus Oldham to do a workshop with us exploring clowning techniques and how to engage with the audienc e.
John Britton- John Britton is an international performer, artistic director and teacher who runs workshops all over the
world. John came to the University Campus Oldham for the day and ran a workshop based on stage presence, working alone as well as, as an ensemble, freeing the mind and solo improvisation.
Aliki Dourmazer- Aliki Dourmazer is from Greece she studied an MA in Arts at Huddersfield University in ‘Ensemble Physical Theatre’. She has been researching the relationship between voice and movement for three years (Aliki, 2014) and came into the university Oldham campus to do a workshop with us on expressing that .
Karoliina Sandstrom - Karolinna Sandstrom come into the University Campus Oldham was based on anthropology the study of humans and how we can push ourselves beyond our mental and physical limits by the use of our mind.
Sweet Female Attitude- Leanne Brown the lead singer of sweet female attitude she was my vocal teacher for three years. Leanne did workshops on vocal techniques and harmonies which helped improve our future group performance as a class by helping us find different harmonies within the group .
Maverick Sabre- Maverick Sabre is an Irish-English singer/songwriter and rapper known for his eerie vocals he was awarded ‘’Best DanceFloor Filler’’ at the 2011 NME Awards for the record “Jungle” with Professor Green . Maverick Sabre came into our rehearsal space at Manchester Music Base and did a vocal class using his original track “I Need” the students and I sang the backing vocals for the track.
Here is a link to Maverick Sabres website - http://www.mavericksabre.com/

Performance History -
The Manchester Academy; May 2008 ,Band on the Wall; March 2009 , Pandemonium Festival; June 2009 , Trafford College; May 2011 ,The Blackout Tour – University Campus Oldham Decemeber 2013 The Grange and The Manchester Grammer. The Oldham Colisuem Theatre- The Musical Dreamers 2015.

Work Shadowing -
I studied and performed with Vocal Artist Misha B (X- Factor) signed to \'Relentless\' .
I started my Professional Project on Teaching at the Oldham College shaddowing the tutor and professional vocalist Laura Purdey.

Work History -
I am currently working as a professional vocalist with Shout Promotions Entertainment Ltd. Each week I perform at venues around the UK performing a live set of songs from the 60\'s to the present commerical pop market.

Future Plans & Aspirations
PGCE Teaching degree- I aim to go into teaching after my completing my performance degree.
Musical Theatre 4-month intense course, Associated Studios London - Professional development course focuses on developing and refining the performers’ existing vocal, acting and dance skills.
The UDC: An International High Quality Dance Education - The UDC is one of the largest dance camps in the world with over 44 different countries coming together to put on over 600 intense workshops over 6 weeks.

Acting

Experience

Accents

Employment History & Experience

The Oldham Coliseum - Dreamers

Music

Experience

Vocal Skills

Employment History & Experience

Shout Entertainment Promotions Mangement.

Dancing

Experience

Dance Skills

Entertainment

Extras Work, Partipant, Contestant

Languages Spoken

Experience & Qualifications

General Experience

Fda Performamce degree 2.1 BA honours degree drama.