Dane Chalfin is the UK’s Number 1 vocal coach and voice & performance specialist. He is a published academic and pioneering expert in the science of voice.

WEST END/NATIONAL TOURS, REGIONAL & INTERNATIONAL THEATRE

Dane has coached principal performers in:

Frozen (West End & Int’l Tour), Wicked (West End, UK & Int’l Tours), Newsies (West End), Waitress (West End & UK Tour), Hamilton (West End), Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (West End, UK Tour & Los Angeles), Mandela (West End), &Juliet (Manchester, West End & Broadway), Six (West End, UK Tour & Int’l), Jesus Christ Superstar (UK Tour), The Producers (Manchester), Cabaret (West End), Book of Mormon (West End & UK Tour), Dreamgirls (UK Tour), The Drifters Girl (West End), Mamma Mia (West End, UK & Int’l Tour), Matilda (West End), Sunny Afternoon (West End), Shout (UK Tour), Wuthering Heights (National Theatre & US Tour), Little Women (London & Film), Tell Me On a Sunday (UK Tour), Motown (West End), Rock of Ages (West End), Moulin Rouge (West End, Melbourne & Sydney), The Wind in the Willows (West End & Film), Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour), Lift (London), The Lion (London), Les Miserables (West End & UK Tour), Phantom of the Opera (West End), Tina the Musical (West End & Sydney), Heathers (West End & UK Tour), Mary Poppins (West End), Fiddler on the Roof (West End), Get Up Stand Up (West End), Kinky Boots (West End & Off-Broadway), The Addams Family (UK Tour), The Cher Show (UK Tour), Chess in Concert (London), Hex (National Theatre), Legally Blonde (Regents Park), 42 Balloons (London), Dirty Dancing (West End), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (UK Tour)

TV/FILM

Matilda (Netflix), The Woman King (Entertainment One/TriStar), Rupaul’s Drag Race UK Series 2 &4 (World of Wonder), The Voice UK (ITV), The One Show (BBC), The Eurovision Song Contest, Wind in the Willows (Riverbank Pictures), Little Women the Musical (Aria Entertainment & Broadway HD)

MUSIC INDUSTRY

Becky Hill, Ella Eyre, Hurts, Everything Everything, JP Cooper, Incognito, Sigala, Delphic, The Whip, Embrace, Matt Willis (Busted), Laurel, Tigress, Twisted Wheel, Jonny Brown, Karima Francis, Baiana, Fizzy Blood, Beth Orton, Roachford, John Parr, Courtney Love, WuLyf, Salt Ashes, Izo Fitzroy, Cskts, Lola Young, Barb Jungr

Dane has also been an advisor for TC-Helicon products including live vocal processing modules, pedals, monitors and microphones.

PUBLICATIONS

TC Helicon’s Ultimate Guide to Singing (2016), Bloomsbury’s The Singer-Songwriter Handbook (2017), Training Contemporary Commercial Singers (Compton 2020), the 2nd edition of Compton Publishing’s seminal The Voice Clinic Handbook (2018), and Troubadour’s Sound Advice: The Ultimate Guide to a Healthy and Successful Career in Music (2021)

Dane has also contributed to magazines and newspapers including The Stage, Men’s Fitness, Zest, The Telegraph, DJ Booth, Voice Council Magazine, City Life

CHARITY WORK

Dane is a past President (2015-16) and Director (2005-2014) of the British Voice Association. He was Vocal Advisor (2016-2019) to the Medical Committee of the British Association of Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM) where he pioneered the creation of competencies for Vocal Rehabilitation Coaches working in multidisciplinary voice clinics in the UK. He was also a member of the Musicians Health and Wellbeing group for Help Musicians UK.

EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Academic appointments include Associate Professor of Vocal Coaching and Rehabilitation at Leeds College of Music (now Leeds Conservatoire), where he was also Principal Lecturer of Artistry and Performance (2007-17), both posts were newly created for Dane’s unique skill-sets. Other academic posts include Teaching Fellow in Pop Voice at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (2003-6), Senior Lecturer in Pop Voice at the Royal Northern College of Music (2008-10), and Lecturer in Voice and Acting at University of Salford (2001-03). Dane now works exclusively in private practice but is happy to present workshops and masterclasses at reputable institutions internationally.