Alise Ojay graduated with a first class degree in Philosophy from the University of York, UK and later qualified as a Dramatherapist. Singing has always been her love and she was a founding member of the Natural Voicework Practitioners' Network which promotes singing as a natural expression, open to all. She directs a community choir in Devon, specialising in unaccompanied part-songs from around the world and delights in singing a cappella with three friends as The Giddy Aunts. Alise has researched the use of singing exercises to reduce snoring for four years as an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Complementary Medicine, University of Exeter, UK.