William Robert Allenby
MMus, FLCM, GRSM (hons), LRAM (vocal teaching), FRSA, MISM, ARAM

Current Academic appointments include;

LIPA

In 2025 William was appointed as a Teaching Fellow at LIPA, (Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts), teaching on their Acting (Musical Theatre) and Acting (Musicianship) degrees, as well as being the musical director for various major projects and a 1 to 1 singing tutor. He also leads the first year of the Acting (Musicianship) degree. William is also active on the audition panel for the School of Performance.

Since 2025 William has been on the teaching faculty at the University of Manchester, teaching singing on their MusM performance and MusB degree courses.

William also works at the JRNCM (Royal Northern College of Music) as a deputy singing teacher from time to time.

In July 2023, William was on the panel for the Sybil Tutton Opera Awards (Help UK Musicians) at the Royal Academy of Music and he co-wrote a module for musicians in care home and community settings for leading dementia music charity, Lost Chord UK (focussing on engaging the audience and programme planning) which he delivered in partnership with the Royal College of Music in the autumn, for whom he was also the module leader.

William is also active as an adjudicator and as an assessor at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in both Musical Theatre and classical singing. He has been an external assessor for Royal Holloway, University of London in MT and classical singing and is former Head of Academic Practice at The Brighton Academy of performing arts (delivering Bath Spa University degrees).

Since 2023, William has taught at the University of York, as a visiting singing teacher for their Masters in Vocal performance degree, in addition to working with SLP College Leeds as an assessor, vocal coach and singing teacher for their musical theatre and dance programmes.

Between 2019 and 2023 William held the position of Senior Lecturer and Programme Coordinator for several undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes at the University of Chichester Conservatoire which he wrote and devised. These are the first courses of their kind in the UK in partnership with leading agencies and industry professionals. He also accompanied and assessed most of the singing examinations for the BA (hons) programmes across many programmes in the University and ran the vocal performance classes.

Awards and Membership of Professional Bodies

William was recently awarded Associateship (ARAM) in the Royal Academy of Music 2020 honours list for a significant contribution to the music profession. William is a Fellow of the London College of Music, and also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a Member of the Incorporated Society of Musicians.

Singing Tuition and Vocal Coaching

At his private studios in Manchester and London, William is in demand as a singing teacher and vocal coach for established opera soloists, professional musical theatre singers, actors, dancers and cabaret acts. Many travel from all over the UK and mainland Europe to work with him, drawing on his vast experience in all aspects of the profession.

An able pianist and accompanist he also records accompaniments for his clients as practise aids and often plays for auditions. His many musical theatre clients have appeared in; The Lion King, Rock of Ages, Starlight Express, Dancing in the Streets, Chicago, Cats, Grease, Wicked, We Will Rock You, Six, @Juliet, and on leading cruise lines.

He also has a roster of private clients from the world of opera. In recent seasons he has prepared clients for roles with leading opera companies including; La Monnaie, Dutch National Opera, Dresden Oper, Opera de Lyon, Teatro Real Madrid, Frankfurt Oper, Polish National Opera, English National Opera, Welsh National Opera, Scottish Opera, Opera North, Glyndebourne, and Opera Holland Park in London.

William also gives regular masterclasses and workshops in Musical Theatre and Classical singing, for advanced students and young professionals. Recent work includes; masterclasses and coaching at the University of York (MT and classical), masterclasses at the London College of Music in opera, musical theatre, and performance workshops, visits to Warsaw (as visiting professor of voice) at the Polish National Opera Young Artists Programme, and his annual summer masterclasses in London with various collaborators, Emmaneule Mollica, Elizabeth Rowe (ROH), and Stuart Morley MD (We Will Rock You, Elf, Big, Wicked, and the Royal Academy of Music).

Electrifying masterclass given this afternoon by the bass-baritone William Allenby

Dr Emilie Capulet
London College of Music

William's aim with all his students is to inspire them to be the best possible version of themselves as both singer and stage performer. This can be achieved through a solid technical foundation in breath support, allied to easy vocal emission through a firm focus on accessing resonance. He is also able to offer first-hand advice and expertise on how to approach a career in many areas of the current profession, drawing on the invaluable experience gained by his current work in the profession and over more than thirty years.

He offers specialist help with

• Vocal technique with special focus on resonance and breath control
• Role preparation
• Audition coaching
• Careful repertoire selection
• Building your cabaret show
• Delivering and devising dialogue
• Enunciation and diction
• Acting through the voice