Get to know Georgina

Why Coaching

I'm very excited about my coaching endeavour and I hope you are enjoying my site as you browse through.
I came to life coaching through what I consider a natural course of development.
More than 20 years' experience as a vocalist and voice teacher provided me with many student's quests to find out more about their voices. Singing is inevitably a sort of introspective journey, as well as a learning process for both the student, and the "voice coach". And I am still learning so much! Each student is a world and a new adventure.
When you talk about the voice you talk about its sound and qualities, about the mind as it produces verbal thought, about expression, about one's feelings, and about communication. 
I realized that the same challenges could be interesting for many more people who, although they might not want to be singers, may have an interest in the coaching prospect centred around their voice. Anyone who feels that their voice doesn't respond to their needs, or simply wants someone to help them prepare their voice for a certain purpose, as well as an infinite number of reasons that unite the voice and coaching, please feel free to contact me and discuss a coaching arrangement.

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I studied coaching and in 2010 obtained my credential as a certified professional coach (CPC) and later became an accredited member (ACC) of the International Coaching Federation, presently 20,000 coaches strong.
Around the same time I enrolled in a post-graduate course in Vocal Rehabilitation at the URL at Blanquerna in Barcelona which gave me more perspective on speech therapy and the function of a Singing Speech Therapist, a relatively new concept of a profession that goes hand in hand with speech therapy.


Singing

As for my experience as a singer, I had the privilege of learning from, and playing music with some great musicians in Barcelona, who gave an important impulse to jazz in the city during the late eighties and nineties, and have been fundamental in creating the Spanish music scene of today. Many of them were involved with the Taller de Musics, and El Musical de Bellaterra. I later became part of the faculty as a voice teacher at both of these institutions.
Of the various collaborations and projects I have taken part in, my CD, "Come Rain or Shine" (Fresh Sound New Talent) is one of the most important to me. It was recorded in 1996, with Eladio Reinón, Jordi Rossy, Ben Waltzer, Chris Cheek, and David Mengual.
"Don´t Git Sassy", a production by Bellaterra Música, and the direction of Eladio Reinón, was also a very exciting project, a challenge to sing with a big band which included many great players.

Background

Born in Chicago, I was educated in the U.S. and Spain. After receiving my BA in French Language and Literature at Boston University I moved to Barcelona and made it my home. My first step was to get involved in film and I dreamed of it becoming my life career, until I received a prize for Best Original Music in the San Sebastian Film Festival for a short film I had made about my mother´s artwork. I realized that my true interest was in music, so I changed direction and started singing. As a child I had always been a good listener, while learning how to play the piano, or speaking Spanish, or appreciating the nuances of different accents, such as the many variants of English the world over. I was also the official translator for other members of my family. So singing was that perfect mixture of a musical expression and the vocal one as well. I could use the same ear for vocal tone as I had for the perception of accent. And it was a great way to express myself.
Finally, after this journey, I have come to coaching, where I am able to incorporate the art of listening to hear my clients as best as possible, and to support them in the most effective way possible. That is my mission.