Alison Mary Sutton

 

Alison trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, gaining honours in both Graduate and Recital Diplomas, as well as winning several prizes and major awards. As a concert singer, she has performed at most of the major London concert halls and, as part of a voice/harp duo, has fulfilled numerous recital engagements at music clubs and festivals throughout the UK. She has sung many operatic roles, working with Kent Opera, Pavilion Opera, London Opera Players, London Opera Factory and Opera de Lyon, with whom she toured in Europe and the USA. She has also sung with the renowned Monteverdi Choir.

 

Having had a long career as a singing teacher, embracing many different vocal genres, Alison has also worked as an adjudicator, choral workshop tutor, including with the BBC Symphony Chorus, and as an external examiner for GSM&D and for the ABRSM as a Diploma examiner. Adjudicating engagements include the prestigious Leith Hill Musical Festival and Sligo International Choral Festival. Alison ran her own residential solo singing course for several years in the Cotswolds in the UK, which was subsequently revived as part of the International Summer School of Music at Shrewsbury. She has also tutored at Hereford International Summer School and Benslow Music Trust. She was the External Specialist Assessor on the final recitals panel at Birmingham Conservatoire for several years, returning to conduct a vocal workshop, and has been on the jury for the AESS National Junior English Song Competition.

 

Alison continues to be very committed to her work in vocal rehabilitation and has been the singing rehabilitation coach in the Voice Clinic at Cheltenham General Hospital for many years. Her first book, 'The Heart of the Breath', was published in May 2023 and her second, 'Aspects of the Vocal Package', in November 2025.