Austin Opera Voice Lessons

About Me

I have been singing since I was a child, participating in children's musicals and grade-school choirs, and since then my whole life has continued to be centered around music.

I've been teaching private voice for a few years now, and it is something I'm very passionate about. I try to make my students feel as encouraged and productive as I can, while giving them the technical tools they need to become great singers.

I began my education at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, TX as a vocal performance major. A couple years late I transferred to University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance to finish earning my degree. Currently I am pursuing my masters degree in vocal performance at the University of Texas at Austin.

My primary focus is making sure my students enjoying singing and expressing themselves through music. I'm an upbeat, positive teacher who knows how to help singers achieve their maximum, musical potential.

About Me

I am currently a Masters candidate at UT Austin in Vocal Performance. I received my BA from Duke University in Music with honors, and minored in Literature. I have danced, sung, and performed all my life, and I have enjoyed sharing my passion for performing arts as a teacher with Take Lessons.

Throughout high school, college, and my professional career, I have been in over 100 shows (including choral concerts, musicals, recitals, and operas). I have had challenging choral and musical theater directors, revered music professors, and world famous voice teachers. They have helped me build a strong technique for my crafts, an academic appreciation for music, and tools to interpret music on my own to present my pieces as an artist. The skills they have empowered me with have given me a strong urge to help other students grow, using techniques I have learned from my past teachers.

I feel comfortable teaching beginning to intermediate students in voice (both classical and musical...

About Me

gfire has been teaching music full-time for over 16 years. Based in Austin, Texas, the "Live Music Capital of the World," she offers voice, piano, songwriting and DJ'ing lessons to students from 5-105 and she specializes in sculpting her lessons to the strengths and desires of each individual student. Her students range from beginning to advanced levels, and they sing and play a multitude of musical styles, including classical, pop, rock, r 'n' b, country, folk, singer-songwriter, musical theater, blues and more.

gfire loves to share her talents with her students. She prides herself on instilling a "sense of mastery" to each of her singing and piano students, no matter on which level they are. The students come away with a real sense of knowing their songs and their instruments inside out and with a real sense of confidence in their musicianship. Plus they have a lot of fun as they make musical progress!

gfire is also an award-winning singer-songwriter and...

About Me

I have been singing for about 12 years. After performing in my first musical, I was hooked. Since then, I've experienced a wide range of performing genres. I have performed in operas such as Rossini's Barber of Seville and Gounod’s Romeo and Juliette, and I have performed musicals such as Into the Woods and Bye Bye Birdie. My true passion, however is gospel music and is my most experienced performance genre. I have received my B.A. in Vocal Performance from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.