I have been playing electric guitar for over 12 years. Over the last 5 years I have expanded my education to cover a broad range of disciplines including classical voice, piano, and trumpet. I study music theory and composition as well.

Julie holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Pennsylvania State University with a focus on contemporary and musical theatre vocal technique. She has been a sought after performer both in the studio and on stage recording and performing from New York to Austin. Julie opened her studio Vocyl Studios in Austin in 2010 and has become the vocal go for the performers in the Live Music Capital. She is passionate about teaching the healthiest technique to give singers the stamina to not only sing for hours but sing for life as well. She is passionate about teaching the healthiest technique to give singers the stamina to not only sing for hours but sing for life as well. My technique builds voices to last throughout the demands of a professional career.

Benjamin, baritone, completed a Master of Music Degree from the Universtiy of Texas at Austin. He has appeared with the Butler Opera Center at the University of Texas in the roles of John Sorel, in Gian Carlo's opera The Consul and as Frank in Johann Strauss's opera Die Fledermaus. Upon graduating Benjamin has worked as a section leader at a local church as well as taught lessons full time in an Austin area high school and feels at home both as a studio teacher and stage perfomer. He is to perform the role of Wagner in Austin Lyric Opera's production of Faust in April of 2013. He also served as a voice TA at the University of Texas teaching non-major voice lessons.

Prior to entering the University of Texas, Benjamin completed his Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance studies at the University of Central Arkansas. While an undergraduate he won National Association of Teachers of Singing state and regional audition numerous times. He was also a receipient of the the Nadine Baum...

I am a singer/songwriter, theatre artist, and teacher that has been singing, playing, and writing music since the age of five. ​Originally from Cooper City, Florida, I received my BFA from Boston University, where I studied Music and Theatre Arts. I have had the privilege of studying voice privately with industry-leading professors for over 12 years and have been teaching both children and adults- singing, acting, piano, guitar, and songwriting- for the past seven years.

After learning how to create my own music at around the age of eight, ​I have recorded over a dozen albums with many bands and musicians and currently am playing shows as a singer/songwriter in the Austin area.

I have experience with the following musical styles: Musical Theater, Folk, Rock, Pop, Classical, Opera, Foreign Language, Punk Rock, Metal, Reggae, and Jazz. My lessons are designed for the student to have fun, grow, explore, and learn in a safe and pleasant environment. I believe that everyone...

I'm a Texas certified music educator who has directed choirs, taught lessons and performed in both Texas and Connecticut. My main area of expertise is classical voice but I'm comfortable in many genres and use the same basic principles to help you find your best broadway/jazz/pop/whatever voice. I have experience working with a wide range of students from young children to adults, and many of my high school age students have received superior ratings at local and state competitions. Currently I am the music director at First Untied Methodist Church in Elgin, TX.

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...

I am currently in the second and final year of my Masters degree in voice performance at UT Austin where I am focusing my studies on becoming as knowledgeable and skilled in teaching as I possibly can. At age 14, I began taking voice lessons and went on to major in voice in college at Western Washington University. During my undergraduate work, I helped many college students audition for the vocal department, musical theatre productions, and improve their singing skills for personal fulfillment. My teaching is based in years of applied voice training and the knowledge I gained from both undergraduate and graduate level courses in voice pedagogy. Ever since I began teaching I have been striving to find new and creative ways to help each of my students solidify their vocal technique to grow as singers, musicians and performers. With advanced training in voice science and teaching, I work to help singers of all genres develop a healthy, sustainable way of singing that allows them to...

I am a music educator, for children of all ages. My main focus is to ensure that my students grow to learn and love music. I have taught piano/voice lessons privately, in home and at music schools and conservatories.

This past summer, I was on tour in France, working as a keyboardist with "Komenka," a music and dance ensemble. I am also a singer/keyboardist in a local band. We just finished recording and have performed around venues in Austin.

I began piano at a young age, entering Booker T. Washington H.S. for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, focusing on Classical Piano. I earned a Bachelor's of Music (B.M.) from Loyola University in New Orleans, majoring in Music 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. I continued my education, earning a Master's of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Performance and Composition, at California...

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...

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. At UT, I have performed the roles of Don Alfonso in UT's Butler Opera Center production of Così fan tutte, as well as recently performing the role of Chip in a new work called New York Stories by Daron Hagen. I have also sung in the Austin Lyric Opera ensemble for their productions of Lucia di Lammermoor, The Magic Flute, La Traviata and La Bohème, and will be performing in their upcoming production of Puccini's Turandot. I have also performed in the ensemble for the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Austin in their productions of The Mikado, as well as performing the 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...

I graduated from University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA! I received a BFA in Musical Theatre. What a change that was to go from Texas to Philly! I auditioned for many different schools, and know what it takes to get there. I then moved to New York City 2 days after graduating, on my 22nd birthday! I had 13 wonderful, and also challenging, years in NYC. Lots and lots of auditions, of every kind! Broadway, Off-Broadway, TV, Soaps, Film, Commercials, Concerts, Readings, Showcases, etc. I have sung for ABBA (Mama Mia), Stephen Schwartz (Wicked), Hal Prince (Gypsy). I was also up for leads in Mama Mia, Wicked, Rent, Hairspray. So, I definitely have a lot of versatility, and knowledge of what they're looking for! I did a Eugene O'Neil play called "Ah Wilderness" at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. We opened there, and then toured it all over the midwest for 6 months. I did appear on NBC's Law & Order as a featured role, with the late Jerry Orbach. Lot's of experience,...

I began piano lessons at age 8, and joined choir at age 10. I have played orchestral instruments since the age of 11, and have continued my musical education for over 20 years. I have had a lot of performing experience, as well as teaching experience. After playing with my collegiate symphonies and bands, I taught in the public school system for 7 years. I have continued to teach music lessons from 2000.

As a former public school orchestra teacher, I specialize in public school methods, and the repertoire associated with progressing in in the school system. This includes classical music, Jazz, Rock, and Pop. While I follow the Bastien method for beginner piano students, and Essential Elements 2000 for beginner string students, I am creative with expanding repertoire based on student desires and needs and am able to help students excel in other genres as well.