We recently had the chance to connect with Laura Girone and have shared our conversation below.
Laura, it’s always a pleasure to learn from you and your journey. Let’s start with a bit of a warmup: What makes you lose track of time—and find yourself again?
Teaching singing and acting, without a doubt.
I have to use a timer every time because I could go for hours!
Learning about others made me discover sides of my personality I didn’t know I had. And skills too!
Becoming a teacher made me a better person and artist.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m a professional actor and singer who splits time between performing and teaching.
Staying active in the industry helps me bring real, up-to-date experience to my students, and teaching constantly pushes me to grow as an artist.
I teach at a performing arts franchise in Reading, working with kids from 4 to 12 years old, and I also coach students online in vocal technique, repertoire and acting through song.
In the mornings, I support non-verbal children, which has given me a deeper understanding of communication and creativity.
What makes my journey unique is its mix of roles and the fact that I’m bilingual.
As an Italian artist and educator working in the UK, I teach and perform in both Italian and English, which brings a fun blend of cultures into everything I do.
Overall, my career is a mix of performing, teaching and genuine connection.
I’m building it one brick at a time.
Amazing, so let’s take a moment to go back in time. What did you believe about yourself as a child that you no longer believe?
As a child, I believed in many things, like we all have an inner fire, something to give and share with the world.
Unfortunately, I also believed that if you weren’t born with talent, you didn’t have the same chances as other people.
I was influenced by talent shows on TV, which only ever showed the final result, and made it look like you could achieve it with the snap of your fingers.
I was lucky enough to have parents who taught me the importance of patience, practice and sacrifice.
I also met teachers along the way who taught me that talent is subjective, and what’s objective is mainly the skills you learn through time.
You can be born with a perfect pitch or an innate sense of rhythm or coordination, and when it happens, it doesn’t mean your life will be easier; it actually means you have a higher risk of falling behind.
When I was fifteen, I was studying opera at the conservatoire, and I remember memorising the arias twenty minutes before my class, because I knew I could. I was naive.
The teacher told me, “You will fall behind because you’re not putting in the work to match your talent. The girls who practise more will soon be better than you.”
It hurt, but she was right, and from that moment on, I started taking it more seriously.
Was there ever a time you almost gave up?
After my graduation in 2019, I was ready for auditions, but my vocal instrument wasn’t.
I lost my voice for the first time in my life for two days.
After many doctor’s appointments, I discovered I had an infection and had to undergo surgery on my nose and throat.
Even though my vocal folds were healthy, other parts in the vocal tract weren’t, and this episode really slowed me down.
I didn’t know it takes time for your voice to recover from anaesthesia, I didn’t realise my resonances would change too. A few months later, the Covid virus appeared, and I felt truly lost.
I started my own path of rediscovering my voice, and it led me to study also vocology and Estill Voice Training.
I started helping friends for free because it was giving me purpose, and that’s how my passion for teaching started.
When I was close to giving up, I discovered a part of me that I somehow knew was missing the whole time. It’s about receiving help and giving it back into the universe.
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. What’s a belief or project you’re committed to, no matter how long it takes?
My dream is to run my own performing arts school one day, possibly in a small town in the UK.
I was a town kid once, and I know what it means to want something so bad and not have a clue where to start.
No matter how long it takes, this is my calling.
Okay, so before we go, let’s tackle one more area. What do you understand deeply that most people don’t?
I understand people’s struggles very well. And my non-judgmental ethic makes them feel at ease from the start.
That’s when you get the best out of people.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauragirone/?hl=en
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-girone-9064232b7/
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