One of Elena’s professional interests is introducing the world of choral music to adults and young people through workshops.
YOUNG VOICES WORKSHOPS
As part of the Choral/Vocal Delivery Artist team within the Learning and Engagement department at Opera North, Elena is a workshop Leader for Opera North´s Award Winning – KS2 Singing Project, where she works with primary school-age singers and their teachers in schools across the North of England.
- The Water’s Diviner’s Tale by Rachel Portman – 2022 and 2023.
- Wonderland Restored by Will Todd – 2024 and 2025.
- Hansel and Gretel by Humperdinck ( Arr. Will Cole and text revised by Roxanna Cole) – 2026 and 2027
She has co-led workshops for Opera North Family Days and Opera North Summer Camp. Projects based on children’s adaptations of the operas The Cunning Little Vixen, 2022 and The Selfish Giant, 2021.
Her work as workshop leader started in 2014 within the Choral Project Voces Blancas del Nalón in Spain, collaborating with primary schools in the Nalón Valley area. In 2017, she had the opportunity to work with children and young people at the Bocachica Centre for Young People in Bocachica, Dominican Republic.
ADULT VOICES CHORAL WORKSHOPS
During 2022 and 2023, she collaborated with the Cervantes Institute of Leeds in delivering termly beginner adult choral singing workshops focused on Hispanic-language-based repertoire.
Elena has experience in leading one-off choral workshops for community choirs focused on a certain topic/musical theme or idea. She has delivered workshops in Leeds (UK), Oviedo (Spain), Gijón (Spain) and for Opera North’s Community Partnerships scheme.
CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT for teachers and vocal leaders
Since 2022, Elena also leads the Continuous Professional Development (CPD) training in leading young voices’groups for the teachers involved in the KS2 Opera North Singing Project, and has develivered training for the Teacher and Resource Centre of Avilés, Spain, in 2026 under the tittle ‘Singing in the classroom‘, where she worked with secondary, primary and early years teachers. In 2025, she co – presented with Elisabeth Brierley the talk ‘Nurturing musically engaged singers in primary school‘ at the 39th Annual Convetion of the Association of British Choral Directors in York, England.
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