VIVO SINGING STUDIO
Welcome to Vivo Singing Studio (formally Vivo Music Sutdio)
Welcome to Vivo Singing Studio, a specialist singing studio based in Scrooby (near Doncaster) on the historic site of Scrooby Manor House, associated with the Mayflower Pilgrims (USA).
Vivo Singing Studio was founded by Mezzo-Soprano Kamilla Dunstan in 2006 in New Zealand, and now continues in the UK as a specialist singing studio delivering high-quality, technique-led vocal training. Kamilla offers structured, personalised lessons focused on healthy vocal function, musical confidence and reliable progress.
Meet Kamilla Dunstan
A professional mezzo-soprano with a career spanning both performance and teaching. Kamilla has performed principal roles with companies such as the Royal Ballet & Opera (formerly the Royal Opera House), Glyndebourne and English National Opera.
She's also performed in venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall and Birmingham Symphony Hall, and has been featured on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM.
Alongside Vivo Singing Studio, Kamilla teaches at Emil Dale Academy as a one-to-one singing tutor on the Degree Programme.
Lessons Fees & Approach
One-to-one lessons are available in Singing. Each session is tailored to your individual needs, learning style and musical goals.
Kamilla's approach is focused but relaxed: clear technique, practical guidance and a supportive atmosphere where you can develop at your own pace. Whether you’re just starting out, returning after a break, preparing for auditions, or working towards a higher level, lessons are designed to build confidence, musicianship and real, dependable skill.
Student Success
Students who have trained through Vivo Singing Studio have been offered places at leading UK performing arts schools and conservatoires, including the Royal College of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Emil Dale Academy, Urdang, LIPA, The Hammond, Italia Conti, Cambridge University, Durham University, Leeds Conservatoire, Performers College, Renaissance Arts Conservatoire, Body Works and LIPA.
Students have also gained places on programmes including British Youth Music Theatre, Glyndebourne Academy, Opera North Youth Company and Guildhall Young Artists Online.
Join Vivo Singing Studio
Whether you’re learning for enjoyment, starting for the first time, returning after a break, or working towards auditions and advanced training, Vivo Singing Studio offers a calm, supportive environment to build technique, confidence and musical skill.
Voice/Singing Consultation
£15.00
40 minutes
Voice/Singing Lessons
30 minutes- £25.00
45 minutes- £30.00
60 minues- £35.00
Kamilla biography
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Kamilla was born in Yorkshire and later emigrated to New Zealand before returning to the UK. Kamilla studied at the Royal College of Music International Opera School, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
Kamilla is part of the Team at Emil Dale Academy as a 1:1 Singing Teacher.
Kamilla made her Royal Opera & Ballet (Formally The Royal Opera House) debut as Ramise (Arminio, Handel) and covered the role of the Komponist in Opera North's production of Ariadne auf Naxos (R. Strauss) in 2023.
Kamilla has also covered the Singer in the Royal Ballet’s new production of Like Water for Chocolate by Joby Talbot in the summer of 2022.
In November 2021 she made her English National Opera debut as Waltraute in Richard Jones's new production of
The Valkyrie (Wagner) and sang Second Lady in Glyndebourne’s semi-staged production of The Magic Flute in December 2020.
OTHER ROLES INCLUDE:
Preziosilla (La Forza del destino, Verdi- Regents Opera), Suzy/Lolette (La Rondine- West Green Opera House), Ariodante and Faramondo (London Handel Festival), Fanny Price (Mansfield Park, Jonathan Dove- Opera South), Dorabella (Cosí fan tutte, in English- Clonter Opera), Naomi (Ruth- Philip Hageman- Pegasus Opera) and at the Royal College of Music International Opera School, Ramiro (La finta giardiniera), Hänsel (Hänsel und Gretel) and Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus).
In 2019 Kamilla covered the lead, Eurydice Woman in English National Opera's production of Birtwistle's opera The Mask of Orpheus and covered Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte at the Glyndebourne Festival. Kamilla was also an Alvarez Young Artist in 2017 and covered the role of Zaida in Garsington Opera’s production of Il turco in Italia (Rossini).
Concerts include Floßhilde in Das Rheingold with the Birmingham Philharmonic at the Birmingham Symphony Hall, Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, also broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and a soloist in Te Deum & Jubilate (Handel) with the English Chamber Orchestra at St Paul’s Cathedral as part of the City of London Festival.
Kamilla has also appeared on Classic FM.
A 2nd Place winner at the Lyra New York International Vocal Competition (2021) and a finalist for the Maureen Lehane Singing Competition at Wigmore Hall (2018).
Kamilla was a Polonsky Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival & School (USA), a Wagner Stipendien at the 2015 Bayreuth Festspiele and a Samling Artist in 2014.
Kamilla was an ABRSM Scholar and was kindly supported by a Help Musician’s Tutton Opera Award and the Josephine Baker Trust.
