Cortaro, AZ Opera Voice Lessons

I have a degree in music from Abilene Christian University, and have been taking voice lessons since 2005. I have been teaching voice lessons for 2 years, and already I have seen many eager singers come through my door. My students have gone on to audition for and sing in school musicals, bands, and even karaoke in a restaurant! Many of my students take lessons solely to have fun and improve their voices, or even just their breathing. Within the first few lessons (if you're practicing between lessons, of course!), you will start to notice an improvement in your breathing and as time goes on, you will reap the benefits in your singing! I teach any style of singing, especially opera and musical theater.

I have the following tools available for your lessons: recording equipment, practice logs, keyboard, and more.

I can work with students of all experience levels!

Breathing technique, use resonators, projection of the voice (also useful for speaking)

I am available to teach beginning opera voice.

I was a staff singer with Arizona opera for 23 years. i just retired last year. we sang in Italian mostly. some french and German and even a little Russian. i know Italian pronunciation best followed by french and German.

Here will will focus on technique, proper breath control, projection, resonance and foreign language depending on repertoire.

This is my comfort zone--I studied French, German, Italian, and English diction as an undergraduate, and I am very comfortable teaching all operatic voices and styles.

Hello fellow Opera singers! My goal is to help you refine your own unique instrument and help you to express a story and art through the voice!

I grew up taking piano lessons and singing in my church and school choir. I always had a love for all classical music and soon enough fell in love with opera! I begin taking classical voice lessons at the age of 15 and soon realized that my heart and soul belonged to opera and had to continue my studies a lot more in depth.

I went to UCLA where I received my Bachelor of Arts with my emphasis in Opera Performance. Throughout the years spent at UCLA, I not only continued to sing with choral groups, but also performed in every opera. I sang one of the principles roles in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, and sang one of the principles roles in many opera scenes such as Dorabella from Così fan tutte, Mercedes in Carmen, Second Lady in The Magic Flute, Nerone in L'incorazione di Poppea.

Since I graduated college I have collaborated ...

With 15 years experience in teaching technique, I work strongly on breathing and vocal placement so that the student learns to sing correctly without hurting their voice. I have prepeared students for auditions to conservatories of music including Berkley College of Music, Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico and many more. I have also prepeared students that have auditioned to The Voice. I work classical and popular voices. I also give recording studio vocal coaching. You'll start learning immediately you start your lesson. I don't teach tricks, I teach processes.

There is only one way to discover if you have talent for singing Opera, is to take few lessons with an opera singer!
Even if there's something missing for the big voice, there is always a great technique that comes with studying classical singing.

I have been a singer for over 25 years and have performed in musical theatre, church choir, and within the community.