'Everyone can sing' - Suzi Digby

Suzi Digby is a British conductor, musician and teacher who has been a key figure in the revival of singing both in schools and the community for almost two decades.

Suzi has worked with and lobbied successive governments and education departments for 16 years, and has was instrumental in the establishment of the Music Manifesto. In 2007, she was awarded an OBE in recognition of her outstanding services to music education.

She is the founder of Voce, a young adult chamber choir based in London, and the Voices Foundation which aims to help children in some of the most deprived areas of the UK through singing activities. In 2003 she received the OBE for services to music education in 2007 and is in demand as a judge at choral festivals and competitions.

Here she explains the importance of singing and why anyone can make singing a part of their lives: