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| Yvette
Staelens
- singer,
workshop
leader |
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| Its
a Girl thing!... |
| I was
born in the fair city of Gloucester
and one of my earliest musical memories
is sitting on the stairs at 11 Central
Road, listening to my brother Ralph
playing electric guitar with his mates
in their 'beat group', The Tresspassers.
I wasn't allowed in because a) I was
too young and b) ..a girl! |
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went to Calton Road primary school and
was chosen to play the chime bars in
a joint Gloucester schools concert at
the age of 7 - my first gig! |
| At
school I received free recorder and
cello lessons and my parents also paid
for me to learn the piano. We had a
school orchestra then and I played in
the county youth orchestra - the orchestra
even won a prize at the Cheltenham Festival
(inspite of me playing my cello with
a G string 'completely out'). |
| I've
always loved singing and inspired by
my mum, who has a great voice ( she
won a wartime singing competition in
Gloucester park) drove people at school
bonkers by singing in my 'operatic'
voice at peak volume in school corridors
and around playgrounds. |
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| On
Root... |
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professional music career began when
I met Abbie Lathe and we formed Roots
Quartet in 1984. The band has undergone
various incarnations involving Mitch
Norman and Nigel Pope and now comprises
Michelle Hicks and myself. |
I
adore teaching singing and my other
current passions are my two daughters,
Katherine and Juliette, both beautiful
singers; the social history of Somerset
Folk Song and ...
my perennial love for things archaeological,
which started on a Cotswold summit (Crickley
Hill excavations 1976 to be precise)
...and continues today. |
| Yvette
Staelens |
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