Lucinda Allen

UK Vocal Coach & Founder of Voice Unlocked

With 20 years of professional experience, Lucinda has established herself as one of the UK’s leading MDH Breathing Coordination & Voice & Singing Coaching specialists. Her private practice, Voice Unlocked, caters to a diverse clientele, including esteemed touring artists, including Grammy Award winner Lalah Hathaway, and highly regarded artists such as Beverley Knight, Kelli-Leigh, Newton Faulkner, and Skin of Skunk Anansie. Additionally, from renowned West End productions such as ‘The Lion King,’ ‘Devil Wears Prada’, ‘Choir of Man’.

Alongside this, Lucinda is Head of Vocals at one of London’s top Contemporary Music institutions, ICMP. She teaches, leads, and designs curriculum, and she recently developed the MA Vocal Studies course designed for aspiring vocal coaches. Lucinda has dedicated the past 15 years to cultivating her distinctive methodology, which has been pivotal in facilitating collaborations with esteemed practitioners and associations, including the BVA (British Voice Association), VASTA (Voice & Speech Trainers Association), AOTOS, and The F List.

The foundation of Lucinda’s coaching practice is based on the functional breathing method, MDH Breathing Coordination (MDHBC). MDHBC takes a holistic view of the body and its effects on breathing, helping identify the intricacies of the voice through educative touch. By combining her own pedagogy with MDHBC, Lucinda has had the honour of assisting many individuals in unlocking their voices. She has also supported people in rediscovering and optimising their voices in more complex vocal rehabilitation cases.