Monica MacLeod

Monica MacLeod (former Sik Holm) is a resident singer/pianist at PianoWorks in London’s West End, The Dorchester, The Londoner and Browns Restaurants and musical director at SingEasy. She has recently performed at The Kia Oval for former prime ministers and for destination weddings in the hills of Valpolicella. She’s a previous cast member of Gobsmacked! North American Tour - performing in 32 states at world famous venues including the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington DC. With heaps of experience performing in 40 countries, she’d be delighted to perform at your Special Event; be it your wedding, corporate event, birthday or memorial. Monica can also perform at destination weddings; from Scottish Castles to Italian Vineyards! In addition, she has performed for plenty of Abba and Mamma Mia themed parties and events; solo, duo or with a quartet. Monica is originally from Norway, but she has been based in The UK since 2009. She is a versatile professional, working as a musical theatre performer, singer, actress, voice over artist, pianist/MD, composer, writer and producer. She is often referred to as the little lady with the big voice. From an early age, Monica gained places to prestigious youth talent programmes; including The Talent Development Programme at The Norwegian Academy of Music as a jazz singer and The Talent School in her county as a pianist, being the only pianist occupying one of only 10 places. As a singer, she was taught classically for 3 years before she went on to do a diploma in Musical Theatre in Norway and thereafter moving to The UK in 2009, graduating from The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts with a First Class Degree in Music Performing Arts. She is now also a renown singing teacher with a PGCert and MA in Vocal Pedagogy and students on the West End stage. Monica has headlined all over the world on some of the worlds most luxurious cruise liners including Royal Carribbean, Princess, Celebrity, Seabourn and Holland America, performed in 5-star hotels and theatres in many different countries, as well as acted in films and voiced toys for the world famous brands Fisher Price and Mattel. As a solo singer she has performed for companies such as Rotary International, Lions International, Brittany Ferries, The Dorchester Hotel, Capital Radio FM, Seabourn Yachts and many others as well as countless weddings and private events. She represented Norway as a singer and pianist in the World Championship for Performing Arts in Los Angeles in 2011, and took home both gold and silver medals in her cateogories. She has a great ear for harmonies, good sight reading skills and experience from function bands, harmony groups, choirs, big bands and theatre ensembles.