Vocal Coach & Choir Hire
​Vocal Coaching
Anu knows how to teach people how to get the best out of their voices. She conducts vocal tutoring for all kinds of organisations, groups, individuals and music outfts spanning all ages, backgrounds and level of musical experience. Her eldest student was 83 and her youngest 5 years old!
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She has been hired by churches of all kinds - ranging from Church of England with Anglo-Catholic traditions to African or Black majority Pentecostal churches - to develop and train their existing worship teams and choirs. She specialises in working with churches to ensure that their own worship is the best it can be. Her singing background includes traditional and modern hymns, psalms, chants, classical pieces, gospel, Praise & Worship, Contemporary Christian Music and African worship.
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Her work is international, taking her to different countries throughout the world. (See below)
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She teaches breathing techniques, vocal techniques and performance techniques including good diaphragmatic /SPLAT breathing, good use and control of the different vocal registers, vocal placement, pitching and ear training, sound shaping and uses practical exercises to increase confident performances. Preserving good vocal health is important to her. She is patient, persistent and will tailor each session to the needs of the client.
Anu is fully DBS checked, and a CACHE registered Vocal Health First Aider.​​​
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Choirs & Workshops - ​International and UK​
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Anu works both nationally and internationally. In 2025 she has spent travelled to mega church House On The Rock, Lagos to run workshops with the Lagos Metropolitan Gospel Choir, the musicians and sound teams. Her work with choirs has also taken her to Europe including Italy, Norway and Paris.
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Anu currently runs three choirs based in Liverpool, UK (see below). She has also worked with many community and, or local choirs and conducts choir workshops, too many to count. A few of the choirs she has directed, assisted or provided vocal tutoring for include LCCM Gospel Choir (who won the University Gospel Choir of the Year 2017), Nexus Institute of Creative Arts Gospel Choir (who won 1st Runner up at the University Gospel Choir of the Year 2018), Christ Apostolic Church (Bethel) Choirs, King’s Chapel Choir, Graceland Ministries Choir, RCCG Music Academy, RCCG Victory Choir, Bonneville Primary School Choirs and several others.
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Time out with LMGC
Anu taking a session with Lagos Metropolitan Gospel Choir in May 2025
Behind the scenes video by Caleb Namm
BBC Songs of Praise Gospel Choir of the Year
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Anu was an off-screen judge for BBC's Gospel Choir of the Year 2019 competition.
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University Gospel Choir of the Year
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Anu was an official choir vocal coach for the national University Gospel Choir of the Year 2018 and was a judge in the 2016 UGCY finals. For more information go to ugcy.co.uk.
Liverpool Choirs
Anu presently runs three choirs in Liverpool.
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Lighthouse Choir
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​Anu was tasked to audition, select and vocally coach members of the public either based in Liverpool or with connections to the tragic Hillsborough Disaster in the UK in 1989. The project was originally intended to record a commemorative album in time for the final Hillsborough Memorial Service in April 2021 and to perform at it. Following delays owing to the impact of the pandemic, the first single, "Wind Beneath My Wings", was released on 10 December 2021 which followed a free concert held on 4 December 2021 and commemorating the songs sung at the memorial services over the last 20 years. The choir's second single, "Abide With Me", was released on 15th April 2022 to a great public reception, much media coverage and acclaim.
Under Anu's care, the choir has since become a professional choir, releasing more singles and performing on national television and radio on several occasions including on BBC's Songs of Praise, ITV's Big New Year's Eve Bash, Comic Relief, BBC Radio 4 and more.
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Love & Joy Gospel Choir
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Love & Joy Gospel Choir was formed in 1987 by Dr. Tani Omideyi, and has for many years been at the forefront of building relationships with communities both locally and around the United Kingdom.Love & Joy Gospel Choir was formed in 1987 by Dr. Tani Omideyi, and has for many years been at the forefront of building relationships with communities both locally and around the United Kingdom.
In 2022 the choir re-formed and is now led by award-winning Choir Director Anu Omideyi. In the last year or so the choir has sung at national events such as the Labour Party Conference, BlackFest, on BBC's Songs of Praise and at the Liverpool Gospel Music Festival.
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Liverpool Youth Gospel Choir
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This youth choir was formed by Anu following the success of the Gospel Music into Schools programme as a way for children who have accessed the programme to join with local children to enjoy and learn more gospel music. Following their incredible growth in sound and stature, they have performed at the Liverpool Gospel Music Festivals, iSing 2024 to thousands of students at M&S Bank Arena - an event that was also headlined by Nasher, A Gospel Christmas at St George’s Hall, and a special appearance on BBC’s Songs of Praise in 2024.
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Wind Beneath My Wings - the 1st single from Lighthouse Choir
The Reapers Choir
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Anu was the award-winning choir director and manager of the award-winning The Reapers Choir for decades, a gospel choir that was a finalist in BBC1’s Gospel Choir of the Year 2014 and has performed in venues including 10 Downing Street for the Prime Minister, Kensington Palace, the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, and the London African Music Festival 2015 and several local venues too numerous to mention. The vocal ability of this unique singing collective has been recognised nationally and internationally, with the gospel outfit winning "Best Music Video by a UK Choir or Group" at the JUMP Music Video Awards 2017 for their latest track "The Only One (Okan Soso)", London UK; and both "Choir of the Year” and “Choir Director of the Year” (Anu Omideyi), in the Zeta Gospel Music Awards, Tennessee, USA, in October 2015. The choir was also nominated for "Best Gospel Act" in the Urban Music Awards 2017, Premier Gospel Award "Choir of The Year 2017", Choir of the Year 2016" and the British Gospel Music Alliance Industry (GMIA) award for “Best Music Video by a UK Choir/Group” (JUMP Music Video Awards) in 2014. In 2016 the choir returned to the the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall alongside many other events including the Christian Resource Exhibition at the ExCel Centre. Please click thereaperschoir.co.uk to go to the choir's website for more details.
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The Reapers Choir is a bona fide church choir consisting only of church members who joined it with varying levels of singing ability. Anu taught them how to sing and / or trained and developed their voices. The journey of the current crop of singers into the world outside church only began recently in September 2012. The rest is history!
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She still works very closely with the choir whilst she encourages the next generation to continue to blaze their own trails. ​​​​
Choir Hire
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If you would like to book any of the choirs that Anu works with or a specially constituted choir, she can arrange a group of singers - ranging from a few to many - to perform at your function and will tailor it to your needs.