Cambridge based Julia Caddick is a passionate communicator with a thriving singing teaching and presentation coaching practice, in person and online. She has been teaching, coaching, training, or workshop-leading for 36 years, she is surprised to realise. As well as working with singers, Julia trains business professionals in how to speak clearly in public, and deliver a presentation with impact and engagement. She gives one to one presentation coaching sessions, and leads presentation skills training courses, workshops and Masterclasses. When work is done, Julia can usually be found singing for pleasure, practising yoga and meditation, or hiking with friends.
Singing Teaching
As a singing teacher, I love helping each of my students to discover their own unique voice. I enjoy enabling my students to develop a good, reliable and healthy singing technique, that will last for life . I specialise in classical and musical theatre singing, but I will work in other genres that promote healthy voice use.
Students of all ages are welcome from 14 upwards. If you are a performer, or wanting to get into the profession, I can help you with audition preparation and one-off ‘top up’ lessons, as well as on-going lessons to help you develop your technique and style. I offer one-to-one singing lessons in person or online.
I am a fully qualified teacher with 35 years teaching experience, 22 of those as a specialist singing teacher. For an idea of where my singing lessons can lead, scroll down to Former singing students’ successes to see what some of my students are up to these days.
As a teacher, I have helped students on their way to careers in opera, professional choral singing, and musical theatre. I have been instrumental in getting students onto Conservatoire and Vocational College courses in Singing Performance and Musical Theatre. I have helped many students gain choral scholarships at Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, York and King’s College, London, and one former student was an X Factor finalist! Many more enjoy their singing for pleasure.
Do visit my Testimonials page to see what adult students and parents of school age pupils have to say about the work I do.
Julia is one of those mythical singing teachers you hear about, where in your lesson you discover a voice inside you that you never knew you had. She then gives you the nuts and bolts to try and recreate that by yourself in a consistent way. That's in addition to being a lovely person and very encouraging, so lessons are always very enjoyable.
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Exam success rates
Pass rate for ABRSM singing exams
Distinction level in ABRSM exams
Pass rate for Trinity College singing exams
Distinction level in Trinity College singing exams
Pass rate for LCM Musical Theatre exams
Former Students' Successes
- 2019: Harry Morrison in cast of ‘Come From Away‘ at the Phoenix Theatre, London (Laurence Olivier Award winner for Best New Musical 2019)
- 2019: Hugo Hymas, sang the role of ‘Jupiter’ in the Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra‘s production of ‘Semele’, at Alexandra Palace, London, and La Scala, Milan
- 2018: Robyn Sinclair understudy for ‘Mood Music’ at the Old Vic
- 2018: former student of Julia’s singing regularly with Stile Antico
- since 2018: Hugo Hymas singing with the Monteverdi Choir
- 2017: Lizzi Franklin appearing in ‘Carousel’ at English National Opera
- 2017: Rhys Whitfield (baritone) Laurence Olivier Award winner for Best Musical Revival with ‘Jesus Christ, Superstar’
- 2016: Rhys Whitfield (baritone) appeared in the West End production of ‘Close to You’ in the Criterion Theatre
- 2016: Alex Elford (soprano) offered a place to study Musical Theatre at Chichester
- 2016: Ben Shilperoort (baritone) offered a place to study post graduate Singing Performance at the Royal College of Music
- 2015: Ben Thapa (tenor) – most recently Don Jose in ‘Carmen’ (Opera up Close); Opera Gala with Lesley Garrett; Tenor soloist in Mozart’s C minor Mass with the London Mozart Players, St John’s Smith Square. 2016: Performing as part of G4 2016 UK tour
- 2015: Harry Morrison (actor/tenor) – played John Hinckley in ‘Assassins’ – Sondheim, Menier Chocolate Factory
- 2014: Harry Morrison (actor/tenor) – played Nicely Nicely Johnson in ‘Guys & Dolls’, Chichester Festival Theatre
- 2014: Robyn Sinclair (mezzo-soprano) offered a place to study on the Acting and Musical Theatre courses at Central School of Speech and Drama
- 2013: Lizzi Franklin (dancer/actor/soprano) played Tantomile in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Cats’ UK tour
- 2013: Juliette Koch (soprano) offered a place to study singing at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance
- 2012: Susannah Bedford (mezzo-soprano) awarded a Scholarship to study singing at the Royal Scottish Conservatoire
- 2012: Rhys Whitfield (actor/baritone) awarded Bursary to Guildford School of Acting to study musical theatre
- 2008: Leanne Jones (actor/soprano) awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Tracy Turnblad in ‘Hairspray’