Intermediate Vocals 6-Week Evening Course

ICMP’s Intermediate Vocals course is ideal if you already have some singing experience or have recently completed our Introduction to Vocals course. Across six weeks, you’ll develop your singing talents and expand your vocal knowledge on your journey towards becoming a unique, versatile and confident performer.  

You’ll explore the voice in both a technical and practical context, gaining a more thorough understanding of how vocal anatomy can enrich your singing ability. You’ll discover simple techniques to keep your voice healthy, and learn to embellish songs with different vocal stylings as you improve your confidence and enhance your stage presence. 

This part-time evening course is taught in person at ICMP’s Kilburn campus. You’ll sing each week – on your own, as part of an ensemble and, at the end of the course, accompanied by a live session band. After each performance, you’ll receive personalised professional feedback from your ICMP vocal tutor and peers. 

Learning outcomes 

During our Intermediate Vocals course, you’ll learn to think of your voice as an instrument, as you explore the tools you need to keep it finely tuned. 

After six weeks, you’ll be a more confident performer with a thorough understanding of how to: 

• Enhance your relationship with your voice through a knowledge of vocal anatomy  
• Develop bespoke vocal warmups  
• Perform basic harmony and blending in an ensemble  
• Embellish your songs using creative stylistic techniques 
• Incorporate storytelling into your performance  
• Perform with a confident stage presence  

COURSE FEATURES

Care for your voice Learn to look after your voice with practical exercises to help you warm up and cool down.

Improve your vocal qualities Get an impressive knowledge of colour, register and style as you strengthen these unique elements of your voice.

Perform as an ensemble Explore how to create and blend your vocal timbre and harmonies, with in-class group performance exercises.

Jam as a band Improve your performance confidence by singing a track of your choice from a selected list with a live session band.

 'Thanks again for giving me confidence. I’m glad I did the course- it were so good and professional."

OPTIMISE YOUR VOICE IN SIX WEEKS 

Increase your knowledge of the voice in this highly practical six-week course. Get hands on exploring more advanced vocal concepts as you delve into the techniques and styles used by today’s professional singers. 

Each week, you’ll experiment creatively in small groups with your fellow vocalists and regularly perform your favourite songs as a solo singer. By the end of the course, you’ll be impressed with your powerful new voice and excited to show others exactly what it’s made of. 

The Intermediate part-time Vocals course will see you extend your knowledge of the human voice as an instrument in both a theoretical and practical context. You’ll explore a range of styles, techniques and genres by singing in small groups with other vocalists and performing as a lead solo singer, you will learn tactics to help overcome performance anxiety and you will work on your stage presence. At the end of the six-week course period, you’ll be well on your way to becoming a unique, creative, versatile and confident performer.

YOUR TUTOR: Anna Lena Delger

BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance tutor Anna-Lena (Anni) Delger is a choral conductor, singer and music educator based in London.

She holds a degree in music education from the Music University Detmold (Germany), inspired by her years of experience with choirs, vocal ensembles and singing students.

Anna-Lena has extensive experience directing, mentoring and conducting choirs of different age groups and genre-focuses, focussing on a-cappella ensembles. As part of the German jazz and pop choir ‘Pop-Up’, she won two first prizes at the ‘German Choir Competition’, as well as at ‘The International Chamber Choir Competition in 2014, Pop-Up was singing as the background choir for The Rolling Stones.