Top Singing & Voice Lessons in Sorrento, FL

Professionally singing for almost 35 years. Every student's voice lesson is tailored to each student's abilities and goals. Karaoke provides immediate access to today's music and full arrangements which allow student to get a bigger experience with singing.

Includes:

Clear lesson plan
Workbook
Weekly lessons
Performance prep and planning
Perform with recording

I work with you. Wherever you are at in your craft, I customize my lessons to your personal journey. Your goals, style and skill level. Every voice and every vocalist is unique and special. Growing your voice and strengthening your technique is my primary goal. Strong vocalists sing with healthy practices and self care and are able to explore all styles and genres with ease. I look forward to working with you and helping you achieve your singing goals.

All ages welcome!!! I have experience singing in high school choirs, church choirs & praise teams, college choirs and ensembles, band and solo singing. know that singing involves your entire body. Not only will you learn to sing but you will learn proper techniques while singing, vocal health strategies, ways to nourish and take care of your body which will in turn allow you to take care of your voice! Join me for a fun and educational time.

I offer lessons in American traditional singing (including Southern Mountain style) and in traditional Irish singing (in both English and Irish Gaelic). I help students improve their vocal technique, while encouraging them to step outside the pop and classical vocal idioms to learn how to sing in traditional idioms, including (depending on preference) suitable melodic ornamentation.

I do not have a piano for lessons - only a recorder or violin to establish pitch, as well as accompanying instruments like guitar and dulcimer.

Student Comments:

"Many people are talented as performers but not gifted as instructors--Julie is most definitely both. She uses her keen ear to let you know your strengths, and finds productive ways to help you improve weak points. She lives and breathes traditional music and it is always a true delight to learn from her." –Sierra-Maria Magdalena, traditional Irish singing student

“Julie H. brings to her teaching a perfect combination of knowledge ...

In my singing career, I have benefited tremendously from instruction by teachers who perform professionally. I want to help my students develop their vocal ability by meeting them where they are and applying the lessons I have learned from practical experience as well as from what I have been taught. My goal is to equip students with the skills so that they can develop a reliable technique that works under all situations.

In 2013, I began singing professionally in principal roles with major opera companies (with regular appearances at Dallas Opera) and as a soloist with orchestras across the United States. I was an Adler Fellow with San Francisco Opera from 2011-2012. I received my Artist Diploma in Opera Performance from the Academy of Vocal Arts, my M.M. in Voice Performance from Boston University and my B.M. in Voice Performance from Westminster Choir College.

I have been teaching singing for over 22 years, using my unique "Yoga for the Voice" technique to students ages 4-90 at all levels. My students have sung on national television shows (X Factor, etc.), the Grand Ole Opry, for Motown, for touring professional bands, and for professional musical theater. "Yoga for the Voice" combines my studies in classical singing with yoga breathing and many other effective singing techniques from my studies with the top voice coaches in the world.