Christina Carty
Christina Carty trained at Mountview Theatre School.
She worked professionally as an actress/singer for several years and then changed direction to become a talent agent for the prestigious agency Creative Artists Management. Nine years later, she was given the opportunity to re-visit her creative/musical skills teaching primary music and went on to work in various schools across SE London. A highpoint during this period was having one of her school choirs chosen to sing live on ITV’s “This Morning”.
Christina’s first adult choir began as a one-off workshop called Sing it Back! in May 2011. After a fantastic response, she developed it from there into a fully-fledged choir. She has loved raising standards over the years, whilst watching members develop their skills and enjoy their camaraderie. Nine years ago she decided to rebrand the choir, in order to reflect what it had become. With the help of her members she decided to name it Vocallective. Christina is immensely proud of the community she has built, now with a 60-strong membership. She also loves creating vocal arrangements specifically for them. Sometimes she comes up with songs and members think she must be mad(!) but they always end up loving them!
She is proud to have been tutored by industry greats like Mark De Lisser (Kingdom Choir/Singology), Gitika Partington and Dr Gillyanne Keyes of Vocal Process, all of whom continually influence her work.
Christina also works as a freelance director for the choir Some Voices which has 26 branches in the UK plus new choirs in Amsterdam and Paris. She leads choirs in Shoreditch, Islington and Herne Hill on Monday, Wednesday amd Thursday evenings. Christina loves the way they work - a new song each week as part of a theme for each term. It's intense work and she loves the fast pace. Every term concludes with a huge show with hundreds of members at a big London venue.
You can also contact her to run Singing Workshops and events for corporate organisations, community clubs or societies.
Christina has two other jobs that she weaves seamlessly to her choir work: she works as a funeral celebrant (christinacartycelebrant) and also as an actress, care of
Redshaw Management.
A veritable portfolio of careers, and she loves them all!
