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The E1 Chronicles: Rachael Delano

Thursday 7th August 2025

Welcome to our interview series featuring MA Voice Pedagogy students from Cohort E1, our first cohort with the University of Essex.

In this series, we’ll take you inside the experiences of our students—exploring how the course has shaped their practice, what drove them to pursue the MA, and how they’ve navigated their studies so far. Join us as we uncover their unique perspectives and passions.

 

Rachael Delano

Meet Rachael Delano, a classically trained singer from Canada now immersed in contemporary vocal pedagogy. In this conversation, she shares her MA journey so far and her research into untrained professional CCM singers. Rachael expands on her early findings and reflects on the surprising lack of existing research in this area, something that has sparked her interest in exploring it further.


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