Coach: Stuart Sides
 Stuart
is a singing teacher and vocal, performance and presentation coach.
He is a chorus director and quartet singer with numerous national
and international medals and championships. Stuart also makes vocal
learning materials for groups, has a mobile recording studio and is
a part-time IT Consultant specialising in computer security.
Stuart has had a varied vocal life since he first started singing
in church choirs when he was 6. In 1978 (when he was 9) he started
in barbershop but he has since then also sung in mixed voice a
cappella groups and classical choirs but most notably he has sung in
four UK National Champion barbershop quartets in 1993, 1994, 2004 &
2005 (bass, baritone, lead and baritone) going on to represent his
country in the International Championships each time and since
moving to Holland has sung in 3 Dutch Champion Quartets in 2008 (Xperience,
baritone), 2011 (Trademark, baritone) and 2015 (Maelstrom, tenor).
This last quartet puts Stuart in a very small group of people who
have won quartet gold medals in all four parts!
 His
directing career began in 1984 (at 15 years old) with a barbershop
chorus. Again he achieved major success in 1998 taking Capital
Connection to victory becoming the UK LABBS National Ladies
Barbershop Chorus Champions and then once again in 2006 directing
'Signature' to become the smallest chorus (just 24 singers) to win
the National Ladies championship. In the Netherlands, Stuart took
iSing to national chorus silver and bronze medals and in 2013
directed Sound Waves to National Gold AND European Silver Medals as
well as other International invitation Gold medals in Ireland 2013
and Spain 2014. Stuart remains the current director of Sound Waves.
In April 2015 Stuart started a new women’s chorus, No Borders
Show Chorus, with the unique characteristic that it’s open across
multiple countries and is currently nearly 70 strong with members
from The Netherlands, Germany and the UK. They are currently
chartering to join Sweet Adelines Region 31.
Stuart is a regular coach for singers, quartets and choruses
across Europe and regularly educates at Harmony Colleges and
Director's Colleges in the Netherlands and Germany.
 When
it comes to coaching he has no preference as to standard (beginner
or advanced) or type of group (quartet, chorus, mixed-voice, popkoor)
and he is happy to work in whichever area the group wants although
singing, emotion and performance are his specialities.
Stuart’s fees are €150 for up to 3 hours and €300 for up to 7
hours. In addition, travelling expenses are €0.19 per km. However,
it’s best to get in touch to talk about your requirements first and
then agree what’s appropriate!
You can contact Stuart via stuartsides@live.nl
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