About Josephine & Bluesky Singing

Hello there! I’m Josephine and I live in Liverpool, England with my husband David and our two kids, and I founded Bluesky Singing back in 2019 when I felt the nudge to spread my wings and do my own thing after years of working for others. People ask me why I called it Bluesky Singing. The Bluesky part comes from the concept of blue sky thinking, looking up to the sky, seeing the expansiveness of it, full of possibilities. That’s what I want singers to experience: their creative and vocal world opening up more and more as they explore their voice, increase their skills, gain confidence, and find their place in it all.

From starting out as a music workshop delivery apprentice to now being a singing teacher/vocal coach, I bring 20-years of industry experience in creating, leading and managing singing-based activities and training for children, young people and adults in educational, community and private settings.

Along with a collection of Music Grades (Grade 8 in Pop Vocals, Flute and Theory and Grade 5 in Piano), I have a First Class BA (Hons) in Performance Industries (which included Vocal Performance and Songwriting), a Certificate IV in Worship Music (Vocals), an LCM Popular Vocals Teaching Diploma and I qualified as a Vocal Health First Aider in late 2022. I call myself a ‘life-long learner’ and I am now in the middle of an Master’s in Professional Practice (Voice Pedagogy) to keep up my development as I am committed to providing the best vocal training I possibly can. I am also a member of AOTOS (Association of Teachers of Singing).

I am also a pop and contemporary worship singer-songwriter, so I bring that side of my experience to the work I do in training fellow singers, as I understand what the demands and joys of it can be. Head to bio.site/josephinegrace for more on my singer-songwriter life!

Although I have loved music and singing from an early age, I have had a long, bumpy journey towards learning (and re-learning) to sing well in mind, body, heart and voice. From overcoming crippling shyness and anxiety growing up (as an undiagnosed autistic girl) to having a tongue-tie correction surgery only a few years ago that sent me on a long vocal rehabilitation, I have been forced into understanding the voice and what affects vocal performers possibly more than most. The good of that is I see what I have learnt on that journey as a huge strength in helping others, in meeting them where they are at and moving forward together to unleash their voice.

From the age of 20, I started working with a vocal coach and it changed my life, challenged my perceptions, and got me to bravely step beyond where I would have gone on my own. This only fuelled my passion to be able to give that kind of support to other singers myself. There is real vulnerability in sharing our voice, as part of ourselves, with others, and I totally get that. But I have found it is absolutely worth the risk and the investment. I hope all the singers I connect with along the way find that to be true too.

Have a look and see what Bluesky Singing can offer you, whether it’s 1-2-1 Vocal Training or taking a Mini-Course, and if you want a bit of regular encouragement for your singing journey, subscribe to my monthly singers’ newsletter below.

Happy, healthy singing!

~ Josephine: Bluesky Singing Founder, BA(Hons), DipLCM(TD), MA student