Kim Chandler is a renowned CCM vocal coach & session singer based in Spain. Considered one of the “go to” industry coaches, she has a busy online studio in Marbella where she coaches a worldwide clientele of elite singers including high-profile touring artists, several of whom have won Brit Awards, been Grammy-nominated and headlined main stages at Glastonbury, Leeds/Reading and Download Festivals to audiences of over 100,000 and televised.
Aside from the Curriculum Poster discussed in this presentation, Kim also created the popular “Funky ‘n Fun” vocal training series and her written work appears in resources such as “Teaching Singing in the 21st Century” (Springer), “The Ultimate Guide to Singing” (TC Helicon) and “Training Contemporary Commercial Singers” (Compton).
Kim is a regular presenter at voice conferences, training days, masterclasses & workshops and held leadership positions in the British Voice Association, including being President and a Director. She was also as a Principal/Senior lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire & London College of Music respectively and Head of Vocals at Vocaltech (now BIMM London).
As a performer, Kim has over three decades of high-end performing experience in live performance and studio singing. Aside from her voice being heard on films, albums, cruise shows and thousands of jingles worldwide, she has done backing vocals for The Bee Gees, Natalie Cole, Michael McDonald, Bjork, Michael Bolton & Susan Boyle and opened for The Jacksons & Sister Sledge. Kim has also performed at many of London’s most iconic locations such as Abbey Road Studios, Royal Albert Hall, Downing Street, Wembley Arena & Stadium, the O2 Arena and Buckingham Palace.
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Kim Chandler’s ‘Beyond The Major Scale’ Workshop Was Fun And Informative!
Voice Study Centre
Thursday 15th October 2020On Tuesday, we hosted Kim Chandler’s highly anticipated workshop ‘Beyond The Major Scale: Engaging the ear and voice in vocal exercises’.
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Monday 20th October 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)
Pop Pedagogy
Kim Chandler
Some successful pop stars are celebrating career lengths of over sixty years, having been around since the 1950s when pop music emerged and diversified from jazz, so pop singing has been in existence sufficiently long now that, for teaching purposes, we can observe and analyse what type of approach serves it best.
Past Short Courses
Monday 17th February 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)
Pop Pedagogy
Kim Chandler
RESCHEDULED event from 27th January. As the ‘newest’ of the singing styles to be taught in music institutions and private studios, the pedagogy for teaching popular singing is still in its early stages relative to other styles of singing, particularly classical singing. However, pop pedagogy has been developing steadily since the year 2000 when the author was part of the team that developed and delivered one of the very first degrees in Popular Music in the UK.
Thursday 25th July 2024
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)
“The Chandler Curriculum for Training Pop Singers” – a deeper dive
Kim Chandler
Adhering to the curriculum, key areas explored in this session will include posture, breathing & support, tone & registration, diction, rhythm, vibrato, pitch, harmony, range, agility, musicianship, interpretation, performance, amplification & technology and vocal health as they apply specifically to the CCM singer.
Thursday 28th October 2021
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)
Beyond 4/4 Time
Kim Chandler
From analysing and singing through pop song excerpts across the eras, this interactive workshop will introduce music based on a range of other time signatures including odd meters, compound meters, cross rhythms etc.