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Amy M.

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Teaches online

Teaches all skill levels

Age: 10+

Teaching since 1991

MFA in Acting

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Combine your talents! Actors learn to sing and singers learn to act.

I've taught actors to sing and singers to act at NYU Grad Acting and Brooklyn College MFA Acting. We focus on technique and storytelling. The combination of acting a song and singing a song at once!

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Teacher's Studio

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West 115th Street, New York, NY

Teaching Hours

Monday

11 AM-5 PM

Wednesday

7 AM-5 PM

Thursday

1 PM-5 PM

Saturday

7:30 AM-5 PM

Sunday

8 AM-5 PM

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Pricing

30 minutes

$50

60 minutes

$100

90 minutes

$150

About Amy M.

5.0

(10)

I have an MFA in Acting from NYU and a Bachelor's degree in Vocal Music from the U of Iowa. I have been a professional actor (AEA, SAG-AFTRA) since 1987 and have been teaching since 1991. I have worked in theater, film and television (series and commercials). I'm a Theater professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University (2013-present) and have also been on the theater faculty at NYU Grad Acting and Brooklyn College MFA Acting to name a few. I find it so rewarding to act and teach. They compliment each other so wonderfully. I get fresh ideas about teaching when I'm working as an actor and vice versa when I'm teaching. If you are auditioning/applying for a BFA or MFA program I can get you ready as I've helped many students with this and have been through it as an actor. I also teach singing performance for actors learning to sing and for singers learning to act! Actors and singers are story tellers! I will provide acting tools and vocal techniques that actors/singers will carry in their back pockets throughout their careers,

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10 Reviews

Noelle

Teacher's studio

Amy does a super job of explaining the mechanics of singing in a way that is easy to understand. This is the first time that I have taken singing lessons. I have always loved to sing but I never thought I was much good at it, despite singing with my elementary students every day. I never learned to read music, so I felt unsure of my musical abilities. Amy makes me think of myself as a singer, which gives me the desire to stick with it and to keep trying to develop my voice. This is the first time in a long time that I have done something "just for me". Amy teaches many high caliber students who sing on Broadway, yet she is able to meet me at my beginning level with grace and humor. Wherever you are in your musical journey, I know that Amy will bring out the best in you ♡

Posted Mar 27, 2023

Dana

Teacher's studio

Amy is an amazing, talented, knowledgeable and enthusiastic teacher! I have no formal musical training, yet Amy finds the way to coax notes out of me that I didn't know I could sing. She tailors my lessons to my ability and interests and takes my goal of being able to sing better as seriously as preparing any of her young singers for their Broadway auditions! I feel seen and appreciated by Amy. She makes me feel not only that will I improve, but that each level of improvement opens up new possibilities not yet dreamed of. Amy brings encouragement and hope to each of the lessons she teaches.

Posted Feb 7, 2023

Judy

Online

I worked with Amy when I was getting ready for the URTA auditions. She helped me with choosing monologues and my song. She coached me on all the pieces and pushed me to a higher level. I'm not really a singer but she got me to tell the story of the song and I pulled it off! By the time I auditioned I felt so confident. I was accepted by many programs and chose to attend the University of Iowa. I'm out of school now and often work with Amy when I have to prepare for the next audition. Work with her! She'll get the best out of you.

Posted Dec 18, 2022

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Experience

Theater Professor

Sep, 2012 - Present

Fairleigh Dickinson University, Brooklyn College, NYU Graduate Acting

I have just joined the faculty at the renowned HB Studios in NYC. I will be working with actors in the HAGEN CORE TRAINING program starting in January 2023. I'm currently employed at FDU where I teach Voice for the Actor and Speech and Diction. At Brooklyn College and NYU I taught Singing for the Actor in the Graduate Acting departments. I've also taught at the high school level at SPCPA and ages 10 and up through the Schools on Stage program through the Guthrie Theater.

actor

Jul, 1990 - Present

Film and TV

Ive worked in film and TV and played characters on these shows/projects; JOE SOMEBODY, WHITE NOISE (Short), AUTISTIC LICENSE, DELILAH, LITTLE AMERICA, THE DETOUR, LOUIE, THE GUIDING LIGHT, AS THE WORLD TURNS, and many national and regional commercials including BEST BUY, AMERICAN EXPRESS, SATURN to name a few.

actor

Sep, 1987 - Present

Regional Theater

I've worked as an actor in these theaters; Portland Stage Company, The Guthrie Theater, The Illusion Theater, The Jungle Theater, Sacramento Theater Company, Pennsylvania Center Stage, Indiana Rep, The Caldwell Theater Company, The History Theater, The Old Log Theater and The Mixed Blood Theater

Education

Bachelor of Music

Sep, 1979 - May, 1983

The University of Iowa

MFA in Acting

Sep, 1983 - May, 1986

New York University

Affiliations

Actors' Equity Association

Sep, 1987

Actors' Equity Association, founded in 1913, is the labor union that represents more than 49,000 Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.

SAG-AFTRA

Jul, 1994

SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals. SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. With national offices in Los Angeles and New York, and local offices nationwide, SAG-AFTRA members work together to secure the strongest protections for media artists into the 21st century and beyond.