Kate Cubley

Kate Cubley is a PhD researcher at De Montfort University and an Associate Lecturer at Voice Study Centre.

Kate is the founder of Tala Performance, launched in 2023. Tala provide voice and breath coaching to individuals, groups and corporate to help clients achieve great performances both on and off the stage. Services include 1:1 voice and breath coaching, monthly masterclasses, bespoke workshops and regular events both online and in person. Research, education and play are key elements of Kate’s work. Her research interests include vocal health, allergies, flow-state, nutrition and breathing education.

Kate Cubley (BA (Hons), MA) is an advanced level Voice Coach, Singing Teacher, singer and researcher working predominantly from her private studio in Cheshire. Kate has a particular interest in encouraging singing for fun, whilst incorporating her specialist knowledge in voice pedagogy, vocal health, body alignment, phonetics, emotion and performance skills. 

Continually committed to teacher training and personal development through practical education, Kate completed the Voice Study Centre and UWTSD MA in Professional Practice and Voice Pedagogy in 2019 with Distinction. Her body alignment research was shortlisted as a finalist for the Van Lawrence Prize in 2016 and her poster gained 1^st Place at Teaching Singing in Higher Education – Core Competencies. 

Kate has a BA (Hons) from the University of Sheffield in English Language and Linguistics and is a qualified Level 7 coach and mentor. She is a certified CoreSinging® Teacher, has attended Estill teacher Training Courses, a selection of Vocal Process Singing Teacher Retreats.

She is an active member of the British Voice Association, AOTOS, The Musicians Union and The European Voice Teachers Association.