These lessons are for beginners or students in need of tutoring.
These lessons are available over Zoom, with a suggested 30 min time.
I will be using the Kodaly Method as my guide.
Your student will be working mainly on Ear Training and Sight Reading music. There will also be music vocabulary and history projects for fun. Workbook pages will be provided, either through email correspondence or found on the documents tab at the top of the main web page.
If you want to learn more about Kodaly, please visit kodaly.hnu.edu
These lessons are for students who just want to be better singers.
In these lessons, I will teach breathing techniques, proper singer stretches through light yoga, and about vocal health.
Expressivity is also a key component, as it aligns with confidence, both of which will be built as lessons progress.
They will also learn more in depth about how language works in the context of singing with lessons on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and proper diction.
Music will be chosen and provided for students throughout the semester and students will be expected to participate in the year-end Studio31 Recital with two or three selected pieces that they have worked on throughout the year.
I will also be helping these students prepare for auditions (depending on their age/grade), i.e. District Chorus, All-State Chorus, NATS competitions, school plays, and any other extra curricular auditions.
Accepted if there is interest in pursuing a music degree in college. Student must be involved with a choir of some sort (school, church, or extra curricular, i.e. VCC, YSP)
Students will need to be prepared to cover basic music theory, some music history, basic anatomy/function of the voice, amongst other musicianship skills.
I want these students to be prepared for college so they can focus on their craft and practicing rather than be worried about music theory homework. I want them to have the confidence of knowledge to tackle any higher-level music program and be at the top of their class!
I will help with college auditions, whether that means getting info packets from music programs for the schools they are looking at, helping them schedule auditions, what to do/wear/sing/etc. I can already tell you I will want to do as much as I can – even taking them to the auditions myself if need be!!
