SING YOUR HEART OUT

• Masters of Teaching (Music)  
•  Bachelor of Music Majoring in Voice.  

Natasha Cupitt is one of the most highly regarded voice coaches on the North Shore. She is also a performer, adjudicator, and an accomplished choral conductor.  Natasha was one of the five Australian jury members selected to judge the highly acclaimed international competition, Eurovision. In 2015 she also judged Eurovision Kids.  Natasha has trained extensively with various coaches from the Conservatorium Of Music as well as speech pathologists who have given her a thorough understanding of the mechanics of the voice. 

Natasha is a voice coach and has trained soloists who have performed for The Voice, The Voice Kids, and many featured artists from The School’s Spectacular.  As a performer, Natasha has sung everything from the lead role in a Menotti Opera to a jazz performance at the Melbourne State of Origin. In 2017 Natasha performed solo at The Sydney Opera House for the Singing at The House Festival.  She performs regularly at corporate events with her soul band, Superstitious, and with the Ella Red Jazz Trio. 

 As a conductor, Natasha has worked extensively with The Arts Unit, conducting at many large festivals including at the Sydney Opera House where she has conducted many choirs of over 700 voices. She is also the conductor of the 60 voice Hummingsong choir, Iluka Women’s A Cappella.  This year, Natasha conducted the mass choir at Schools Spectacular.

In previous years Natasha took different choirs such as being the guest choral conductor for the 

Riverina Choral festival and working with the Department of Education’s State School Singers. Natasha was choral director at Ku-Ring-Gai Creative Arts High School where she took the Nova Vocal program which involved taking master classes for over fifty talented singers. 

From 2005-2011 Natasha was the founder and musical director of The Brightsparks Singing and Drama school. This involved creating the singing curriculum for classes all over Sydney and teaching the singing teachers how to teach and work with primary aged children. Natasha is a coach for the Arts Unit’s exclusive Solo Vocal Camp working with highly talented performers who were auditioned from all over NSW.

• Bachelor Of Music majoring in contemporary vocal performance and composition from the Australian Institute of Music. 

Erin is an inspiring and highly skilled contemporary singer and songwriter. As a singer, Erin is the lead singer of the band, The Risky Biscuits, who have performed at renowned venues such as The Factory Theatre, The Lair and the Metro Theatre. Other venues that she has performed at include Henry's Rooftop, The Annandale Hotel, and The Enmore Theatre, Manly Corso as well as at various private functions. Erin also represents as a promotional performer for The Australian Institute of Music for expos, school presentations and functions. While in high school, Erin won many competitions and eisteddfods including the Kool School's Best Female Vocalist.  Erin is a pro in the recording studio having recorded her own songs as well as being requested by other song writers to come in and 'lay down some tracks'. Some of the signed producers that Erin has worked with include Bajillionare, Thrills, Hvwks, and Wildlyf.

As a songwriter,  Erin won the Kool Schools song writing competition three years consecutively from 2013-2015.  She was also a finalist in the Emergenza songwriting competition where she performed her compositions at the Encore Theatre. Erin is currently working as a top line writer and vocal performer for producers nationally. Her most successful song to date has reached over 1 million plays in total over social networks such as Spotify, Soundcloud, iTunes and You Tube. 

Erin was a student of Natasha Cupitt’s for five years and achieved a band 6 for her music performance in the HSC. She is an accomplished guitarist and is happy to help anyone who wishes to put their voice and guitar skills together. Erin is warm, friendly, and passionate about teaching children and teenagers and loves watching their skills develop and improve.