Ep.194 From Jersey to Bali: Relocating a Singing Teaching Business with Gia Morgan
If you could live and work anywhere in the world, where would it be? For Gia Morgan, the answer was Bali. Join us as Gia shares her journey from the bustling life of a singing teacher in Jersey to creating a business and studio in Indonesia. How is she navigating the challenges of relocation, building a thriving international student base, and embracing the beauty of a new culture? And what surprising lessons is she learning along the way!
WHAT’S IN THIS PODCAST?
1:09 Life in Jersey: Why I left a studio of 90 students
8:25 Working life in Bali
10:12 The biggest challenge of relocating
12:32 The legal bit
17:45 Music education and singing in Bali
22:31 Establishing and pricing singing lessons in a different country
29:40 A bit of advice
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ABOUT THE GUEST
Gia is a British/Maltese Professional Singing Teacher, Singing for Health Practitioner, Vocal Manual Therapist, Specialist in Vocal Acupuncture, Vocal Health First-Aider, and coaches singing as a therapy. This includes Earth Choir, Kirtan/Chant gatherings, Adult Soul gatherings, courses and singing retreats. After finishing her Degree at the Academy of Contemporary Music at the ripe young age of 19 years old, Gia became a believer in the innate value of vocal well-being practices. Now 10 years on, Gia prides her teaching as a holistic focused approach.
Whilst travelling the East a decade ago, teaching singing in orphanages and schools – she also spent time leading through voice, Kirtan (Singing Meditations) with incredible masters of healing in Indonesia. This brings Gia pure joy to see a singer evolve in voice whole-body as well as all the “Geeky stuff” that is learnt in her lessons.
Gia was born in Jersey, Channel Islands in the UK, where she recently had a very successful voice studio for 5 years before moving to Indonesia. Gia now lives in Bali where she has opened a studio in Umalas. She also teaches and holds workshops and retreats in the UK, Malta and teaches internationally online.
Website: www.vocalswithgia.com
Instagram: @baliholisticvoicestudio
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