The Artist
Colleen Bleazard has been a vocal trainer for nearly 20 years with a passion for
harmony in worship. Having been brought up singing in choirs since the age
of six, Colleen brings extensive experience to vocal training. Her experience extends to musical directing and conducting for vocal/music groups, bands, and choirs since the year 1993.
Colleen also continues to train private students in voice through individual lessons, group workshops, and. choirs Please visit the Vocal Tuition page for more information.
Having obtained a degree in the performing arts, Colleen took a sidestep as a dance instructor in education for BTEC Performing Arts, “A” Level Performing arts, and also the Devon Youth Dance Company in England. Now, being the CEO of Harmony in Worship, she is developing teams to serve the community within voice and the performaing arts.
The Vision
Harmony in Worship was first initiated before immigrating to Australia in 2005. Having run a small business called Vocal Tuition in England, Colleen moved to Sydney to continue her passion and was soon working for Hillsong College as a tertiary lecturer for 3 years.
Since this time, Colleen has focused on writing for Harmony in worship to extend its
resources. As the business grows and more EPs are added to the repertoire, so will
the variety in music. Plans for writing short musicals, requiems as well
as performance songs and other styles hope to be on the list soon.
Other Members of the Team
Ellenor Rauch
Ellenor Rauch began dancing and singing from the age of 5. She continued singing throughout her education, singing soprano in the Wesley Institute choir, where she also received her Bachelor of Music in vocals. During her time at Wesley, the choir performed internationally - including cathedrals in France and Germany. Aspiring to start her music/songwriting career, Ellenor currently works for HiW as a P.A., vocalist, and speaker. She also works at Maxx Music and is an independant private vocal coach listed on singing.com.
Spiridon Gerardos
Spiros is an accomplished vocalist and musician, having experience in concert bands, orchestras, and choirs. As a pianist and saxophonist, he has spent 15 years coursing through the AMEB examinations, performing solo for functions and events, as well as playing the accompaniment for other groups and vocalists. Having decided that lyric would be a valuable addition to his skill set, he undertook vocal training and is now familiar with both the studio and live environments. He feels that it is a blessing to possess a number of gifts with which he is able to offer up praise to God. As one of the main vocalist and keyboardist for Harmony in Worship, Spiro was a guest performer as a rap artist on the “For Your Love” EP.
Stephen Knouse
Stephen has been surrounded by music and the arts since he was born as his mother's side of the family is quite creative. He has been involved with most aspects of the arts since a young age - be it singing, self-teaching of piano, visual arts, theatre, or anything else he could get his hands on. Throughout his education, he as recieved numerous honours and awards in music and the arts. Stephen and Colleen ended up working together through Hillsong International Leadership College and soon, Colleen invited him to help her on a side project with her, at the time fledgling, company Harmony in Worship. He has been working with us since that time in different capacities: vocally on "Crazy" and the Vocal Gym CDs for ear training and speech/cry transition; instrumentally on "Crazy" as keys and digital arranging, and has also designed many of the graphics/marketing for HiW's website and products. He is currently working for HiW remotely from his home in the USA.
Previous Contributors
- Roads (UK)
- Elena Fesiuk (USA)
- Neal Faul (South Africa)
- Kirstin Jones (Scotland)