Austin Singing 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...

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I have worked as a music educator for several years, to children of all ages, ensuring that they grow to learn and love music. I have taught piano lessons privately, in home and at music schools. I also worked for a music conservatory, bringing music assemblies about the orchestra to elementary schools.

I play piano, guitar, voice and also am a composer.

I began piano lessons at a young age, entering Booker T. Washington H.S. for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, focusing on Classical Piano. Then I earned a Bachelor's of Music from Loyola University in New Orleans, majoring in composition and minoring in jazz piano. I performed in venues across the city with various jazz and pop groups. I also sang in the Loyola University Chorus and the Genesis Gospel Choir. Then I continued my education, earning a Master's of Fine Arts in Performance and Composition, at California Institute of the Arts. I studied contemporary piano and composition, sang with the Bulgarian...

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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 lived in Austin since August of 2009, having moved down to Central Texas to pursue a Masters degree in Opera Performance at the University of Texas, a degree which I had completed last May. Last April, I made my operatic role debut as Don Alfonso in UT's Butler Opera Center production of Così fan tutte. While in Austin, I have also sung in the Austin Lyric Opera ensemble for their productions of La Traviata and La Bohème, as well as the ensemble for the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin in their productions of The Mikado, and a role as the Second Yeoman in their production of The Yeomen of the Guard.

I first began studying voice at the Walnut Hill School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Natick, MA, and the Royal College of Music in London in the fall of 2007. In 2009, I received my BA from Boston University in Vocal Performance. During my studies I have had the privilege of studying under professors who have had and still have very successful performing...

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I'm a certified elementary educator and professional musician with decades of experience and a tremendous passion for music. I moved 2,000 miles from my home in Boise, ID to be part of the thriving music community of Austin TX. Along the way I've played with such legends as the Flatlanders, Charlie Robison, Alejandro Escovedo, Chuck Prophet, Kelly Willis, Jimmy LaFave and many others. I've toured all over the world as a member of major-label acts and as a solo artist. I've produced albums for several recording artists and have had my own songs recorded and released numerous times.

What all this translates to is that I have a lifetime of experience in the music world that I'd love to share with those interested in learning more. My specialties include teaching music theory, working with groups, exploring songwriting, intermediate and advanced guitar study, and working with youngsters. Deeper exploration into music history as it applies to the lessons and the more detailed...