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MA Student, Abi Mann-Daraz Joins South East Culture And Well-Being Alliance!

Monday 28th March 2022

We are proud of MA student, Abi Mann-Daraz. who is on the newly formed steering group for the South East Culture and Well-being Alliance!

This will aim to support the promotion of all creative arts and well-being activities in the South East region.

Abi is a Singing for Health and Well-being practitioner and recently completed a research project on a singer with a stammer and their relationship with their voice.

We would like to wish Abi a huge congratulations!

Abi Mann-Daraz

Abigail runs a busy private practice specialising in harnessing voice and musical confidence through ethical, informed singing teaching, professional voice coaching and neurodiverse sensitive pedagogy.


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