Ashleigh Dowler

Ashleigh Dowler is a professional voice teacher and vocalist working in Manchester in the northwest of England. He trained at Ellio-Clarke Theatre School in Liverpool for two years at the age of 16 and then went on to study a HE Certificate in Creative Musicianship at The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in London.

Since then, he has had a career as a professional vocalist which has covered session work, performances at music festivals, function bands, long-term contracts at sea, and national and international theatrical tours and productions. He has performed at Manchester Pride, Cambridge Jazz Festival and Factory International, and creates musical experiences to encourage listeners to introspect on themes of connection and the human condition.

Ashleigh began his coaching journey fairly young, becoming the assistant musical director and vocal coach at a local YMCA Theatre Group in his home town of Southport while still in his teens. This is where he developed a real passion for helping people grow and develop their skills. A true believer that ‘everyone has a beautiful voice’, he greatly connected with the Estill Voice Model and is certified to EMT-C level, currently completing his final observations to gain his Estill Master Trainer badge.

He is experienced teaching a vast range of clients in both singing and spoken voice; from professional singers to passionate hobbyists, along with actors/performers wanting to explore their vocal toolbox and workshop leaders or other people using their voices regularly for work wishing to get to the end of a long day without losing their voices. Ashleigh really believes that vocal coaching should be accessible to all who wish to explore it and an open, flexible approach in the studio combined with up to-date information and knowledge is paramount to this.

He became interested in the Voice Study Centre after making the decision to pursue a Master's degree and further develop his practice, and is incredibly excited to see where this next chapter of professional development will take him.