Singing Lessons in Dublin School of Music

Siobhán Franks joined Dublin School of Music teaching Vocals and early grade piano.

Siobhan has a background in performance and songwriting as an Solo Artist.

Siobhán also works at BIMM Dublin; Irelands modern music & performance college and focuses teachings on performance anxiety and vocal techniques.

Emma Power is a mezzo-soprano hailing from Waterford. They recently completed a Masters of Music Performance at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, studying under Imelda Drumm and Dearbhla Collins. Emma specializes in operatic and choral music, as well as experimental performance art.

Recently Emma has performed as a soloist with the NSO, and as a recital artist for the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival 2024. They are a recipient of the Mezzo Solo Cup, The Margaret Burke-Sheridan Cup, the Mrs. P.J. Geoghegan Memorial Cup, The Lieder Prize, and the Mahler Prize at the Feis Ceoil. Emma will appear in the INO 2024/2025 season as a chorus member.

Emma teaches singing of all levels, music theory, and beginner piano grades.

Emily Jane has been singing and performing since she can remember. With over twelve years of experience in musical theatre and stage performances, Emily Jane focuses on bringing the students character into each piece of music. With the Royal Irish Academy of Speech and Drama she has received distinctions in her Grade 10 exam , Public Speaking Proficiency exam and a first-class honours in her Acting Proficiency exam. She utilises this knowledge to inform her students about performance techniques and engaging with crowds.

Emily Jane has worked as a vocal teacher for over two years, successfully preparing students for auditions into 3rd level music programmes, Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate Music Practicals and ‘Rock School’ examinations.

Emily Jane recently finished her final year of study in DCU’s BA in Jazz and Contemporary Performance programme. She is one third of up-and-coming jazz vocal trio, ‘Mayflyes’. Her roles include being a lead vocalist, front woman, arranger and composer for the trio.

Emily Jane’s goal is to get each student comfortable with performing and expressing themselves through music.

Lucy Champion was born in 1966 in Worcestershire, England. She graduated from the London College of Music in 1987 with a graduate honours degree, specialising in acoustics and sound recording. Upon leaving college she remained in London, working as a professional singer, piano and singing teacher and radio presenter.
From 1989-1991 she was the personal assistant to the Chief Executive and Chairman of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 1993 she moved to Belfast, Northern Ireland, to take up the role of Concerts and Events Manager for the Ulster Orchestra, a post she held for five years.
In 1998 Lucy was appointed as Education and Community Outreach Manager at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. The Education Programme received two Business2Arts Awards in 2003 and 2004 for its innovative community projects.

In 1998 Lucy left the National Concert Hall in order to pursue more freelance activities. Since then she has been working as a choral workshop facilitator, choral conductor, vocal coach, piano and general musicianship teacher.

In February 2021 she was the Education Officer for the National Opera House, Wexford, heading up their new Education & Community Programme, a post she held for two years.

In March 2021 Lucy qualified as an Alexander Technique teacher and is a member of the Irish Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (ISATT). She works with individuals and groups at
Lucy is also Education Co-ordinator and singer with the vocal ensemble ANÚNA and is a featured soloist on eleven of their albums; she is also a soloist on the soundtrack of “Diablo III” (Blizzard Games 2013) and in 2018 was featured on the album “Xenogears : Original Soundtrack Revival Disc - The First and the Last”.

Lucy lives in Dublin with her husband, the composer Michael McGlynn, and their two daughters.

Rising Stars recipient Matthew Mannion is originally from Billings, Montana but relocated with his family back to Ireland where he began and completed his studies, receiving his Undergraduate and Masters in Music Performance from the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Matthew has over a decade of performance experience and has performed with companies such as Irish National Opera, Opera Theater Company, Nouvel Opera Fribourg, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, Wide Open Opera, Ulysses Opera, Lyric Opera Ireland, Opera Collective Ireland, and the Cork Midsummer Festival. Most recently Matthew has performed in the Ballaghaderreen Arts Festival, Summer Festival of Opera in Killruddery House, and performed with the Dublin City Choral Union, Wexford Festival Singers, Guinness Choir and the Goethe Choir.

He has performed many roles including Masetto in Don Giovanni, Melisso in Alcina, Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte, Bartolo in Le nozze di Figaro, and two world premiere roles Owen in The Stalls and Liam in Backstage both written by Tom Lane. His small and secondary roles include Morales in Carmen, Marchese in La Traviata, Un Chasseurin Guillaume Tell, Kellner 4 in Der Rosenkavalier, 2nd Prisoner in Fidelio, Victorian 4 in William Todd’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Imperial Commissioner in Madama Butterfly. Matthew has also sung as a soloist in oratorios such as The Messiah, Elijah, Stanford’s Mass in G, Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Mass in C, Charpentier’s Messe de Minuet, C.P.E. Bach’s Magnificat, and Haydn’s Die Sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze. Matthew has been a finalist in the Bernadette Greevy Bursary, Glenarm Festival of Voice, Trench Award, and received 3rd place in the 2017 Irene Sanford Competition. He also was granted the Agility Award in 2022 by the Arts Council of Ireland to further fund his operatic studies.

As a teacher Matthew has multiple years of training and experience to enhance his teaching style. He has taught privately and at the Dublin School of Music for many years mentoring and guiding pupils through their RIAM and ABRSM grades, as well as junior and leaving certificate practicals with much success. Matthew also is a vocal tutor in Dublin City University. Most recently Matthew undertook the Singer’s and Teachers Training course run by Classical Voice Training to further hone his pedagogical skills and continues to look for ways to constantly improve. His belief is a teacher is a forever learner and to adapt to each individual student that comes through the door. His classroom is a fun and safe environment as learning music should enrich the lives of those studying it.

Luke Stanley is an Irish Baritone who graduated from Trinity Laban conservatoire of Music and
Dance in 2023 with a Bmus in Vocal performance where he studied under Jon Christos and
Lynton Atkinson. In July of 2022 he played the role of Giulio Strozzi in TLOperas production of
“Strozzi!”. In February 2023 he was a chorus member in Uncovered Opera Company's
production of Verdi's "Macbeth" and In March 2023 he was a chorus member in The Opera
Makers’ premier of "Der Wald" by Ethel Smyth. He was an understudy Burgher and chorus
member in Pegasus Opera Company’s Double Bill of "The Six of Calais" and "Ruth" both by
Philip Hagemann. He Played Captain Robert Walton in TL Opera's production of “Frankenstein”
by Libby Larsen. Over this last year he has performed as a chorus member in Blackwater Valley
Opera Festival’s production of Giulio Cesare In Egitto by G.F. Handel, the National Symphony
Orchestra’s Production of Lurline by William Wallace in Irish National Opera’s 2024/2025
season He was a chorus member for their productions of ‘Beatrice and Benedict’ by Hector
Berlioz, ‘Rigoletto’ by Giuseppe Verdi and ‘The Flying Dutchman’ by Richard Wagner. In may of
2025 he was a chorus member in BVOF’s Concert Production of Dido and Aeneas by Henry
Purcell