Hi & welcome to MWVS.
Fast track your journey to singing success as we guide you through personalised lessons, helping you master essential techniques and reach new heights in your vocal abilities.
Let us help you free your voice, build confidence, and achieve unparalleled singing excellence with the best vocal training and fast-track your success!
We look forward to working with you as you start your journey to vocal excellence!
Matt
Principal Vocal Coach
Vocal Coach | Artist Mentor
Matt Ward is recognised as one of Queensland’s most sought-after vocal coaches, with a reputation for fast, transformative results and a coaching style that blends technical mastery with artistic depth.
Known for his uncanny ability to diagnose vocal issues within minutes, Matt equips each student with the right tools to make immediate breakthroughs — often within the very first session.
A graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), Matt has spent over 20 years developing a proven, performance-based method that empowers singers to find freedom, flexibility, and true connection in their voice.
As the founder of Matt Ward Vocal Studios (MWVS), he has coached hundreds of artists — from raw beginners to international recording professionals — helping them unlock their full vocal potential and confidently step into the spotlight.
His clients range from professional musical theatre performers, singer/songwriters to punk/rock bands and emerging vocalists. Students under his guidance have starred in major productions including Frozen, Matilda, Miss Saigon, Wicked, and Beauty and the Beast, and have appeared on The Voice, Australian Idol, and Australia’s Got Talent. Many have gained acceptance into top-tier institutions such as NIDA, WAAPA, QLD Conservatorium, QUT, and AMDA New York.
With a technical foundation in Speech Level Singing technique, Matt has trained internationally in New York, Los Angeles and London with the world’s leading vocal coaches including Seth Riggs (Michael Jackson), Dave Stroud (Adam Lambert, Demi Lovato), Dean Kaelin, and Adrienne Angel (CHER, Bernadette Peters).
His unique technique expands vocal ranges (often by over an octave), eliminates strain and tension, and allows singers to access a connected tone from chest to head voice — all while staying true to their unique vocal style.
Matt is passionate about creating opportunities for talent to be seen, heard, and celebrated — empowering the next generation of performers to rise with confidence. His mission is to build not just great singers, but great artists!
Associate Vocal Coach
Joey Bagley has been working as a professional singer, for over 25 years, enjoying a long career singing and teaching other performers. She brings her knowledge and experience from Directors and Musical Directors from all over the world, and with the last six years at Hamburg School of Entertainment in Germany.
After graduating a Bachelor of Music Theatre at the Central Queensland Conservatorium of Music and an Associate Diploma of Jazz Vocal, Joey played roles such as Eponine, Mary Magdelaine, and The Narrator, for Harvest Rain Productions, 'Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat'. Further productions include 'Tivoli's Gaslight Gaities, Threepenny Opera and Minnie Faye from Hello Dolly, followed by an eleven year career in the Cruise Ship industry as a lead soloist in the Production shows. She has most recently starred as Fantine in Les Miserables with Spotlight Theatre Company.
Joey also mentors up and coming singers, Performance & Cabaret techniques at The Greenroom Project Junior at The Arts Centre Gold Coast.
She teaches with passion and works from the mind of a performer, with an outstanding knowledge of voice anatomy, in all singing styles