Testimonials

The Cottontown Chorus is one of the outstanding examples of choral discipline and communication at its most impressive. Few people can grasp the extraordinary finesse and commitment, not to mention hours of practice that comprise an outstanding choir in this genre. Barbershop singing represents teamwork, good leadership, attention to detail and interpretation of emotion beyond all other endeavours.
I applaud Neil Firth and the Cottontown Chorus for a year of excellence and contribution to our rich choral heritage.

I would like to express my gratitude. Apart from being great fun, the vocal workshop broke down a lot of barriers and allowed us all to get to know the “real” person behind the employees and colleagues that we take for granted.

I was surprised by the camaraderie and bonding that occurred during a relatively short space of time and the confidence generated, especially in those who would normally appear shy.

I would recommend this workshop to any company wanting to build relationships between their employees and create confidence by overcoming their fears.

I look forward to our next event.

Neil Firth is clearly an outstanding talent. By applying his tried and trusted vocal coaching methods to corporate training, he’s created an innovative course that not only teaches valuable techniques for presentations and confidence building, but also leaves the participants enthused and bonded.

I would definitely recommend this course to anyone wanting to increase confidence, teamwork and presentation skills.

Neil Firth is a first-class vocal coach.  His gentle but insistent desire to get his clients to achieve their very best vocal rendition is underpinned with an innate ability to sense the needs of both beginners and the more experienced, inspiring the less confident to produce rich and mellow sounds.  Knowing just how the vocal mechanism works and how to use natural resonance enables him to concentrate on achieving good posture and excellent vocal delivery.

Harmony College was a blast and, with Neil coaching us, I knew in the first half hour that we were in for something special!

The whole weekend was focused on our sound and the way we produced it, in an easy to understand way. No techie talk – just how to do it. Our quartet went in with one sound and came out of the other totally different and ringing chords like mad.

My e-mail strap line is ‘close harmony you can feel’ and boy, can you feel it now!!!

Neil’s enthusiasm, knowledge and experience, coupled with his ability to pick up on relevant issues and create a relaxed and informal atmosphere, has helped us to take a further step towards realising the quartet’s full potential.
Thanks again.

I thought it would be rubbish – it was ace!

Fantastic! Loved it!

Loved the whole day, especially singing in the groups. It was nice to meet the rest of the organisation I’ll be working with. PS – can we have ‘Doh a Deer’ next time!!

Wasn’t looking forward to it at all, but it was brilliant, relaxing and enjoyable.

It was a surprise to learn we would be singing but really enjoyed it.

Really enjoyed it, great way to meet everyone. Surprised how well we all sounded. Enjoyed breathing and group exercise.

Very unexpected but in a good way – fun and very entertaining.

The course exceeded my expectations as I did not imagine that music could bring us together and ‘break the ice’ as effectively as it did.

Really enjoyed the day – very ‘fun’ way to get to know other people better and a completely different approach from any course I’ve been involved in before.

Very well presented and enjoyable.

This course more than met my expectations. I didn’t think we could get to know each other any better – but we did!

This was a complete contrast to my daily working environment, I enjoyed the course, it was nothing like I expected.

Today put smiles on everyone’s face during a difficult period at work. Thank you.

Bloomin’ brilliant!

I was quite nervous about doing this – but it was excellent. We overcame the shyness to build up to the singing.

I was quite nervous about doing this – but it was excellent. We overcame the shyness to build up to the singing.

The time flew by – we learnt a lot, increased our confidence and had a good laugh!

There were some good tips for controlling pre-presentation nerves.

I’ve learnt useful skills to help present in future.

Fantastic course. I feel far less worried about presenting to lots of people.

The course was extremely enjoyable and I learnt how to control anxiety and my breathing.

Really well presented and relevant stuff, helpful to keep nerves in check.

Thoroughly interesting course. Not what I expected but much better.

I left with a good feeling. The physical exercises broke the ice with the people who didn’t know each other. The vocal exercises were fun and the information about controlling nerves was really useful. All in all, an enjoyable and worthwhile experience.

It was a very enjoyable session and I learned several good techniques.

The course left me energised and ready to sing!

The workshop was fun and informative. Even as a regular singer, I learnt and reinforced different techniques.