David Laugharne
David Laugharne is a music director based in the UK. He studied music at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff and after graduating embarked on a career performing worldwide. He has conducted ‘Avenue Q’, ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ in London’s West End and ‘Miss Saigon’, ‘The King and I’ and ‘Annie’ on UK tours.
More about David…
David Laugharne is a music director based in the UK. He studied music at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff and after graduating embarked on a career performing worldwide.
He has conducted ‘Avenue Q’, ‘Legally Blonde’ and ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ in London’s West End and ‘Miss Saigon’, ‘The King and I’ and ‘Annie’ on UK tours. He has played in the orchestra pits of musicals including, ‘Les Miserables’, ‘Wicked’, ‘The King & I’, ‘Jersey Boys’, ‘Sunset Boulevard’, ‘Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’, ‘Lion King’ and many others.
In 2012 he conducted Hayley Westenra’s 2012 UK album tour ‘Paradiso’ with The National Symphony Orchestra.
David is also regularly seen as bandleader for Channel 4 Wales’ long running light entertainment TV show Noson Lawen.
With a passion for the future of arts education, in addition to running a private practice mentoring and inspiring young adults, David is a regular guest music director and educator in higher education institutions at home and abroad. He is also an instrumental examiner for RSL (Rockschool) Awards.
In 2015 David spent time in Australia as guest music director for ‘A Chorus Line’ at Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane and more recently has returned from Malaysia where in 2016-18 he was the music consultant for the building and opening stages of the new Movie Animation Park Studios theme park.
David currently teaches on musical theatre courses at The Royal Welsh College Of Music and Drama and University of Wales Trinity St. David, has recently been music director for ‘The Last Five Years’ at the Wales Millennium Centre and conducted ‘Christmas On Broadway’ with the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama concert orchestra.
What our clients say…
“You always want to feel as if you are duetting with your accompanist and working with David feels just like that. He is a master at making you feel totally secure which allows you to focus on the performance. I wouldn’t use anyone else.
- Adam Robert Lewis
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Tim Richards
Having trained classically and singing professionally before moving into Musical Theatre, Tim has a true understanding of what the modern singer needs to help them perform to their maximum potential. Tim spent over 10 years as a performer before becoming a vocal coach. That experience is essential to link application to vocal training. Tim now is in high demand as a vocal coach in the UK and Internationally working in both the Classical and Musical Theatre world.
Ian Nicholas
Ian is an International Vocal Coach working in Wales, London and across Europe. He lectures in Singing at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff and was formerly a Vocal Tutor at the Faculty of Musical Theatre at Mountview, London. He has been a visiting or guest lecturer at Arts Ed, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki and The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Ian holds an Honours Degree in Music from Goldsmiths College, University of London.