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About Flora
Flora’s experience includes:
- gaining a BA Degree in Music Performance; Diploma in Management; Level 3 Certificates in Teaching, Counselling Studies, Administration, Paediatric First Aid,
Safeguarding, Childcare and Education, and Level 2 Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Coaching; Certificates: Stress Management, SEN Teaching Assistant, Violin (Grade 8 Distinction), and Singing
(Grade 7 Merit via Guildhall Schools of Music),
- Recipient of funding via Help Musicians and BAPAM (British Association for Performing Arts in Medicine) to study Counselling and/or Psychotherapy
- Level 1-4 Certificates and Training via Care Skills Academy (for Health and Social Care Support Workers): Positive Behaviour Support; Safeguarding and Protection
of Adults; CYP: Safeguarding and Protection of Children and Young People; Autism; Learning Disability; First Aid; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Moving and Handling; Fire Safety; Dysphagia;
Epilepsy Awarenes, and The Care Certificate.
- many years of community, education, libraries, music, entertainment, broadcasting, artistic, creative, wellbeing, coaching and support work
- co-designed, piloted and facilitated ‘Music Story Rhymes with Lambeth Libraries in London for over two years
- owner of the brand, ‘Song Sense’
- support clients and students via many different genres including classical, jazz, pop and rock music
Flora has piloted, facilitated and co-designed bespoke coaching programmes, workshops and courses for all age groups – that support, assist, and improve various areas
including development, administration, management, performance, coaching skills (i.e. parents, producers and sport), revenue, and healing (via music and sound).
She is also enjoys writing and recording songs and stories.
'I received both personal and musical coaching from Flora for over two years. Throughout this period, I found the advice Flora
imparted of great help, use and value and am pleased to say the coaching has assisted me in significantly improving my income, playing as well as my mental and physical wellbeing.
Throughout the coaching, I found Flora to be highly knowledgeable, reliable, intuitive, supportive
and consistently professional. I would therefore have no hesitations in recommending her services to anyone interested.'
Matt King Smith
Flora developed her spoken word and singer-songwriting skills further to being advised to use her voice by Hollywood film composer and arranger etc. Michael
Kamen.
She later recorded her demos of original songs under the guidance and support of various including former King band member Mike Roberts and inspiration of Grammy award winning producer Steve
McClaughlin.
Originally from Coventry in the West Midlands, Flora has lived, worked and/or also studied in Scotland, Spain and the US before returning to the UK. She currently
lives in London.
Flora’s Training and Personal Development
Flora has trained in/with various including:
- Patricia McMahon and various choirs including House Gospel Choir in singing and voice
work
- Former Leader of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra,John
Tunnell for one year
- Former New York City Opera and leader of the 2nd violins (Scottish
Chamber Orchestra) Jerre Gibson for one year
- Music Theatre experience via many theatres in Scotland and for one production
with New York, Off-Broadway company
- Music Performance with Warren Jacobs at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama for three
years
- Private, state and church schools
- Teaching skills with Berkeley University Professor, Anne Crowden for one year
- Counselling Studies with Tina Corcoran via LT&CTA for one
year
- Health and Safety via The MU for over 7
years
- Over four years customer service training
- Almost two years Health and Social Care training via Careskills
- Stress Management with Professor Stephen
Palmer
- Cognitive Behavioural Coaching with Channel 4 Stress Coach and
Therapist, Gladeana McMahon