SBLAS- Shining Bright Like a star, would like to make a rather special announcement.
They have been busy working away at looking for the perfect person to be a Patron for their school, and after a very quick decision, they would like to announce that Mark De Lisser, will be supporting their school as Patron. Mark will be doing special workshops, working with the students to better their, singing, performance and much more.
Maria made this decision on the basis on her ideas of singing and acting. fresh, new, with a very modern twist, with high quality technique work, and since getting to know Mark, Maria understood very quickly that Mark works with the same ideas, and focus. Maria wants the best for her students, and the best in the singing part of the school. So it goes without saying that the decision to have Mark working as Patron with SBLAS is tremendous news.
Mark has worked with singers from all genres and coaches not only on vocal technique and delivery but also stagecraft and performance which is part of the vocal performance process. This area also includes the emotional side of performance which can be a problematic area for many singers, but an area that needs to be explored for singers to reach their potential.
Mark adopts a creative teaching style with his students, allowing them to explore their own voice as a means of learning. Mark’s belief is greater self awareness is the key to real vocal growth and development. This method has proven to be very successful throughout the last 10 years where well over 500 coaching clients undergone the process.
Some of the established artists that Mark has worked with include:
Jessie J
Jamie Woon
Benedict Cork
ACM Gospel Choir
Michael Kiwanuka
Alexa Goddard
Taet
Clare Dove
and many more.
TV shows include:
The Voice UK (BBC1)
Working as a voice coach on the show. From open auditions to TV.
All The Queens Horses (ITV)
The Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
Sing Date (SKY)
Working as a voice coach.
Last Choir Standing (BBC1)
Leading the ACM Gospel Choir to the Semi Final’s of the show including live shows
Zingzillas (CBeebies), 2010 Arranging, coaching and recording vocals for the Christmas episode of the show. The choir sang Silent Night in German.
Check it out here
BBC Radio 2’s Beverley’s Gospel Nights. Arranging choir vocals, conducting and playing piano for Beverly Knight on her radio show.
BBC Radios 2’s Aled Jones Good Morning Sunday programme Conducting singers for a live broadcast.
Ultimate Movie Tunes (ITV)
Arranging and coaching vocals for the ACM Gospel Choir’s performance with Micheal Ball
Studying Vocal Music at the Colchester Institute Mark would regularly put together singing groups and take part in singing competitions and regularly sang with a Soul, Jazz/Funk band, he also formed a gospel choir in his spare time. After leaving Colchester he auditioned for a place on the MA in Voice Studies at the Central School of Speech and Drama. After a year of intense study Mark graduated in 2001.
Mark then took up various positions at educational institutions across the UK. Westminster University, The BRIT School and The Academy of Contemporary Music and ran multiple masterclasses for Kingston University and
The British Voice Association. In 2003, Mark formed the Singology Gospel Choir,
a community choir based in London which has since grown in number across London.
In 2005 Mark started the ACM Gospel Choir who went on to the semi finals of BBC1’s Last Choir Standing in 2008.
