Valerie Taylor - Director

Valerie Taylor has been singing for as long as she can remember. Her musical career started at school where she studied flute and piano to Grade 8. After completing her degree, her singing career continued in the Royal Choral Society where she had the opportunity to sing in all the top London venues.

While looking for something different to do, Valerie stumbled upon barbershop and before long she was hooked by the combination of vocal artistry and performance.
 

As Assistant Director of a highly successful chorus she competed in barbershop competitions both nationally and internationally. In 2010, Valerie founded Vocal Dimension Chorus along with 3 other experienced singers, and she hasn’t looked back.

Valerie became the first person outside the US and Canada to qualify as a Certified Sweet Adelines International Sound Judge.

 Valerie is thrilled to have made it into this elite group of women who judge barbershop competitions all over the world. As part of her music education, Valerie regularly travels to the US to work with the top international barbershop experts. She is also heavily involved in the running of the international organisation and is a member of the International Board of Directors. Closer to home, she is on the Education Steering Group and a member of the Regional Education Faculty in the Quartet of Nations (Sweet Adelines International Region 31) in the UK and the Netherlands.

Valerie still finds time to sing! In 2014, as the baritone of Domino Quartet, Valerie won the UK Quartet gold medal and went on to represent the UK in the Sweet Adelines International competition in Baltimore, USA where the Quartet won the International Novice Award (along with a beautiful trophy!). Valerie now sings bass in Nova quartet. With her skills much in demand, Valerie coaches choruses and quartets all over the UK, Europe and in the US and has been described as "an inspiration". She is thrilled to be directing Vocal Dimension and is having an absolute ball!