Studio Information
As a teacher, I am honored to collaborate with my students in helping them find the best musical sounds their body can produce. I am there to educate musically and empower my students personally. While my teaching focus is largely on technique, I feel strongly that the entire person must also be taken into consideration. I believe the study of music can be a powerful means of learning about oneself.
A SAFE PLACE TO EXPERIMENT AND LEARN
To me, singing is a very personal, almost spiritual experience. Unlike playing other instruments, in singing your instrument IS your body so why WOULDN’T it feel personal? For many people when singing it is quite common for feelings of vulnerability and insecurity to come up. (Maybe that’s why so many people are so frightened of singing in front of others.) In learning how to sing, these feelings arguably SHOULD pop up - otherwise you might ask yourself whether you truly are learning new things or just singing the same old way because a new way feels scary.
With this in mind, I work hard to make lessons feel safe. I create an environment where it’s okay to explore and make mistakes, to sing clunkers sometimes since we learn from those. I believe, when learning new things, one needs the freedom to “fall on your face” (not that this actually happens :-)) because without that freedom, progress becomes limited.
SOLID TECHNIQUE
I teach how to use your body in the most effective, healthy way to be able to create your best sounds whether it be classical, musical theatre, contemporary pop, rock, jazz, R&B, or whatever style you desire.
Even if you weren’t born singing beautiful notes from the get-go, it can be LEARNED. Many people don’t understand that given time and effort, you CAN actually learn to sing better, more beautifully, more powerfully, and with more control. I know because I LEARNED – I didn’t start off singing well or even mediocre. It took me many years to learn what I now teach in a fraction of that time.
….And if you are already an experienced singer, but have trouble with certain aspects, such as (among many things) having easy access to your high range or merging your high and low registers easily, THAT can be learned as well.
HOLISTIC APPROACH
With a background not only in music but also in theatre, I like to encourage my students to bring their own experiences to the table when performing. In lessons, we work on learning how to sing/play piano, how to read music, how to hear pitches, learning notes for new songs, etc., but the ultimate goal when we sing or play any musical instrument is to express what’s inside of you – to BE the music. While I love all aspects of teaching voice and music, this is the part that is the most fun for me and I think for my students as well!
EXPERIENCE AND MUSICAL VARIETY
In college I trained as a classical singer, but I didn’t start there. As a teenager I began voice lessons because I wanted to sing jazz and musical theatre, both of which I later performed professionally. But it was my classical training that actually developed my voice (remember I didn’t start out singing well) and later helped me be able to successfully modify that training (sometimes to the extreme) to suit the needs of the moment. In my professional career, I sang opera, musical theatre, jazz, pop, rock and country (hello Eartha Kitt, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin and LeAnn Rhimes!). I’ve also directed and sung in many choirs. I understand that not everyone wants to be an opera singer but given the solid foundation of a great singing technique, spectacular voices develop that could never have happened otherwise which are able to sing in any given style.
A SAFE PLACE TO EXPERIMENT AND LEARN
To me, singing is a very personal, almost spiritual experience. Unlike playing other instruments, in singing your instrument IS your body so why WOULDN’T it feel personal? For many people when singing it is quite common for feelings of vulnerability and insecurity to come up. (Maybe that’s why so many people are so frightened of singing in front of others.) In learning how to sing, these feelings arguably SHOULD pop up - otherwise you might ask yourself whether you truly are learning new things or just singing the same old way because a new way feels scary.
With this in mind, I work hard to make lessons feel safe. I create an environment where it’s okay to explore and make mistakes, to sing clunkers sometimes since we learn from those. I believe, when learning new things, one needs the freedom to “fall on your face” (not that this actually happens :-)) because without that freedom, progress becomes limited.
SOLID TECHNIQUE
I teach how to use your body in the most effective, healthy way to be able to create your best sounds whether it be classical, musical theatre, contemporary pop, rock, jazz, R&B, or whatever style you desire.
Even if you weren’t born singing beautiful notes from the get-go, it can be LEARNED. Many people don’t understand that given time and effort, you CAN actually learn to sing better, more beautifully, more powerfully, and with more control. I know because I LEARNED – I didn’t start off singing well or even mediocre. It took me many years to learn what I now teach in a fraction of that time.
….And if you are already an experienced singer, but have trouble with certain aspects, such as (among many things) having easy access to your high range or merging your high and low registers easily, THAT can be learned as well.
HOLISTIC APPROACH
With a background not only in music but also in theatre, I like to encourage my students to bring their own experiences to the table when performing. In lessons, we work on learning how to sing/play piano, how to read music, how to hear pitches, learning notes for new songs, etc., but the ultimate goal when we sing or play any musical instrument is to express what’s inside of you – to BE the music. While I love all aspects of teaching voice and music, this is the part that is the most fun for me and I think for my students as well!
EXPERIENCE AND MUSICAL VARIETY
In college I trained as a classical singer, but I didn’t start there. As a teenager I began voice lessons because I wanted to sing jazz and musical theatre, both of which I later performed professionally. But it was my classical training that actually developed my voice (remember I didn’t start out singing well) and later helped me be able to successfully modify that training (sometimes to the extreme) to suit the needs of the moment. In my professional career, I sang opera, musical theatre, jazz, pop, rock and country (hello Eartha Kitt, Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin and LeAnn Rhimes!). I’ve also directed and sung in many choirs. I understand that not everyone wants to be an opera singer but given the solid foundation of a great singing technique, spectacular voices develop that could never have happened otherwise which are able to sing in any given style.
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