Podcast presenter bios

Alexa Terry

After graduating with a BA Honours degree in Musical Theatre, Alexa Terry donned her sailor's cap and performed as a lead soloist on cruise ships travelling the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Baltic seas. She trod the boards in London's West End as the female protagonist in a new Musical Theatre project, studied as a librettist with Book, Music and Lyrics and has written for the likes of BritishTheatre.com. Alexa swiftly realised that her interests were on the other side of the table and graduated from the BAST Training 20-hour course in 2017.

She is now the host of the BAST Singing Teachers Talk podcast, mentors for the BAST Level 5 singing teacher qualification, and has presented for Vocology in Practice and The Sing Space. Alexa runs her own 1-1 singing tuition practice in the South of England and is a singing tutor at one of the UK's leading performing arts institutions - Italia Conti, where she also panels entry auditions.

Line Hilton

BAST founder and Trainer, Line Hilton, is passionate about helping singers to reach their technical and creative potential. She draws on a diverse range of training, qualifications, experiences and skills to support singers and teachers in achieving their goals. Line is a trained registered nurse, has a B.Mus Ed degree from the prestigious Western Australian Conservatorium of Music and an MSc in Performing Arts Medicine from University College London (think Sports Medicine for performers). Thanks to her deep understanding of the vocal mechanism, Line can help a singer gain ease of control over their voice without losing their vocal identity. During her time as head of vocals at the Academy of Contemporary Music (Guildford, UK), Line worked extensively with developing artists. This experience led her to create the Performer's Edge, a course that equips performers with the mindset, practice strategies and performance skills to flourish professionally. Line loves nothing more than to help singers, voice users and nonperformers improve their voice, performance, mindset and resilience either through her private practice or as a guest lecturer and presenter.

Bronwyn Bidwell

Bronwyn Bidwell is a journalist who started her career in Sydney, Australia, covering police chases, drug raids and the occasional cat stuck up a tree. In London, she moved into feature writing and enjoyed a long stint as content editor for iSingmag – a website dedicated to singers and the joys of singing. Here she interviewed singers (Aubrey Logan, Cleveland Watkiss), songwriters (Mary Gauthier, Jane Taylor), choir leaders (Gareth Malone, Carole Pemberton) and producers (Ben Collier, Andy Barlow). She now writes for BAST, covering topics such as mindset, marketing, music education and long Covid.

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