Trainer Profile

Aimée is a recently qualified EMCI with a rich and wide-ranging background in voice, folk music, theatre, and community arts. She grew up in the Orkney Islands in the north of Scotland, surrounded by traditional music, and has been singing and performing folk songs throughout her life. After studying for a BA in Community Theatre at Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in London, she worked for several years as an actor-musician before joining the Celtic folk band Anam. With Anam, Aimée recorded several CDs, toured internationally, and performed at major folk festivals after the band was signed to the JVC label. Following her touring years, Aimée co-led the Big Orkney Song Project—collecting, performing, and teaching traditional songs from Orkney and worked as musical director for the National Theatre of Scotland. She later collaborated with The Old Vic Community Company on Rise, a production that blended folk song, choir leadership, and community theatre. Aimée also worked extensively as a Folk Educator for the English Folk Dance and Song Society, delivering song workshops, devising and leading projects on traditional folk song and heritage, and working with community groups of all ages. She led a 25-strong Folk Choir performing songs from the UK folk tradition and beyond, and she taught emerging traditional folk singers on the BA in Folk and Traditional Music at Newcastle University. Alongside her folk work, Aimée developed a strong specialism in vocal training. She served as the voice coach at London South Bank University, where LSBU became an Estill Educational Affiliate in 2021. As the lead EMT, she worked under the mentorship of Tom Burke to deliver Level 1 and 2 Estill Voice Training courses from September 2021, guiding 24 students through their EFP training. Her voice work at LSBU was varied and dynamic, spanning voice for actors, singing across genres, music creation for productions, and supporting students with their voice work for final-year devised performance work. Aimée’s Estill journey began after two fellow choir leaders—in the same week—encouraged her to “get on an Estill course!”. She completed her first course with Anne-Marie Speed in London and continued her training with Tom Burke, gaining her EFP and then EMT before progressing to become a fully qualified EMCI. She has used Estill Voice Training extensively throughout her teaching career and values the clarity, adaptability, and creative flexibility it brings to all aspects of vocal work.