Kaya Herstad-Carney - ChoirPlace

Personal Information

First Name Kaya
Last Name Herstad-Carney
Gender Female

Location

Country United Kingdom
State Sussex/Merseyside/Cheshire
City Guildford/Liverpool/Chester

Musical Information

Musical Activities Singer, Conductor, Arranger, Composer, Voice Teacher, Administration, Marketing, Music fan
Voice Mezzo-soprano
Member of Choirs ACM Electron

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Website www.balanceyourvoice.com
About Me Kaya is an experienced vocal tutor specialising in singing, songwriting, vocal work, motivation, coordination, networking, arranging and artist development. She lectures at the University of Chester and previously at LIPA and University of Liverpool.

Kaya is one of the most sought after vocal coaches in the North West. Over the last 10 years she has firmly established herself one of the region’s most recognised singing instructors in not just Liverpool, but the surrounding areas also, delivering lessons to both established and up-and-coming artists. Kaya specialises in vocal development, performance development and songwriting, both as a vocal coach and mentor and is also authorized in teacher training through the ViP network. Kaya can improve your voice for both professional and personal goals, aide with your performance and stage technique and can offer audition training for university or college.
Kaya is a fully authorized “Vocology in Practice™” instructor and was previously qualified to Level 2 as a “Speech Level Singing” Instructor. Kaya has taught voice in a Higher Education level setting for over 10 years; at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts for 7 years until she started at the “University of Chester” where she is still teaching. Kaya aided in shaping the LIPA foundation certificate and also still heading up the summer youth music program, “Get Real Academy”.
She also coordinated and headed up the preliminary judging panel of the “Make it, Break it Awards”; a songwriting contest for young musicians from 14 to 19 years old in collaboration with various partners such as Yamaha, EMI, HMV, British Music Experience, XFM Radio and the PRS. The main judging panel included industry luminaries such as Chris Martin, Harvey Goldsmith, Steve Levine, Guy Moot (Head of A&R EMI), Melanie Armstrong (Rock & Pop Manager HMV) and Mark Radcliffe (BBC) and Mike Walsh (Head of Music XFM).
As a director of the critically acclaimed “Threshold” festival, she has also worked on numerous other festivals, concerts and networking events including “Sound City”, “Liverpool Music Week” and “Øyafestivalen”, and runs the artist development and promotion arm of Balance through “Aurora Borealis Music”.
Originally from Norway, Kaya has made Liverpool her home since 1999. Kaya is a singer, songwriter, passionate lecturer, harmony fanatic and vocal geek with an interest in quirky instruments has become an established artist with a track record of performances from the “Royal Variety Show”, to the “BBC Songwriting Showcase”, from “Sound City” to touring the UK and abroad, as a solo artist, and with her band “Science of the Lamps”. “Science of the Lamps” is well established in the Liverpool scene and continue to receive fantastic reviews. Kaya’s music has enabled her to support Brett Andersson (Suede), Noah and the Whale, The Wombats, Lamb, The Farm, Marina & The Diamonds to mention but a few, in the UK and abroad. Kaya’s own solo music has led to her being BBC Merseyside “Artist of the Month” for July and also “Spotlight Artist” for Liverpool Acoustic in October 2008. When writing for others she’s seen her songs played on MTV and National Radio and TV and as part of three plays and two films, with more in the pipeline today.
Kaya’s numerous qualifications include: Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), an MA in Performing Arts (Education) from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) and Liverpool Hope University, a BA (Hons) in Performing Arts (Music) and a Diploma in Popular Music & Sound Technology from LIPA, and completing an intensive 24 months training program to become a Level 2 “Speech Level Singing” Instructor as well as previous education in her native Norway including an HE diploma in Theatre and Music. Recently, Kaya was selected to become a handful of instructors to be authorized to teach the principles behind the newly developed “Vocology in Practice™” organisation.
Kaya is a member of the award-winning choir “Sense of Sound” and regularly takes part in a cappella performances such as the “Joni Mitchell Tribute Show” as part of the Liverpool A Cappella festival. Kaya has performed at the “Royal Variety Show”, singing with well known artists, Seal and Jon Bon Jovi, and backed Ringo Starr at the Liverpool Capital of Culture opening. She has also been a part of BBC nativity and completed session work in studios with various artists.
As musical director, she has worked with a vast array of bands, community choirs and professional groups, including collaborating with BAFTA winning composer Bill Connor on a piece for the Sing Out Project during Liverpool Capital of Culture celebrations, performances at the Royal Philharmonic Hall and at various festivals.
Kaya specialises in singing, songwriting, vocal work, motivation, coordination, networking, arranging and artist development.