Paperkite studios serves as an ‘umbrella’ for the many talents of its founder, Amanda Colliver.

As well as individual singing tuition, Paperkite Studios offers workshops and masterclasses.

A performer in her own right, Amanda is a renowned Opera singer, contemporary songwriter, vocal arranger and author.

Amanda began her career as a songwriter and recording artist in commercials and film.

She graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts Opera Studio in 1982 and began a 20 year Operatic career performing as a soloist with all the major Opera companies and Symphony Orchestras in Australia.

Amanda began teaching singing 25 years ago and has prepared theatre stars such as Hugh Jackman for Beauty and the Beast and Sunset Boulevard as well as film stars such as Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor for Moulin Rouge.

She has worked as Vocal Advisor to Musical Directors, Pop artists, actors, dancers, Speech Pathologists and Yoga teachers.

In 2001 Amanda left the operatic stage to release her own original album and relocated to Singapore in 2004 to work as the full time Vocal teacher for the Musical Theatre course at Lasalle College of the Arts.

Since being in Singapore Amanda has traveled to Russia to sing with the Symphony Orchestras of St Petersburg and Novosibirsk, been Vocal Coach on Miss Saigon in Korea, Cabaret, Forbidden City, Little Shop of Horrors, a Cabaret production for Singapore Airlines, The History of Singapore, Beauty World and Jaques Brel for Sing Theatre.

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

Singing as a Symptom

Singing is a little like operating in the dark as you can't see the singing mechanism: it has to be done by feel instead. Words are inadequate and can confuse the singer so my aim is to try to help you understand the vocal sensations associated with registers, range and genres.

Screaming, crying, yelling, grunting, groaning, moaning, whingeing, whining, whispering, sobbing, sighing, laughing, suppressed sound, abandoned sound.
Your survival depends on your ability to create sound. My point? The ingredients are already there.”

“To learn we must be open
To be open we must be unafraid
To be unafraid we must have knowledge
As knowledge opens the door to all things….”

This fact is generally overlooked and under-explored when one begins to study the art of singing.
There is a general misconception that if a student is showing a limited range or limited register use or vocal color, then that’s the way it is and not much can be done about it.

The truth of it is that we possess an imperfect instrument full of pitfalls and sensitivities. The challenge is how to disguise them and this is what I call technique. Simplistically singing is applying air pressure to shapes which creates any number of constricted or released results.
 

Private Singing Lessons

Vocal Workshops

Masterclasses   

Voice Overs

Session Singing

Corporate Events

All Formal Functions

Songwriting

Vocal Arranging

Piano and Voice Demos