Opera Voice Lessons in Greenway. Amazing Teachers.

I am a passionate and motivated instructor who loves working with students and sharing my love of music. I have been teaching professionally for 17 years. It is important that each student progresses at his or her own pace. I encourage this by setting realistic goals for my students at each lesson.

I'm an actively performing opera singer who graduated with a Masters in Vocal Performance from The Juilliard School and received his Bachelors in Voice from The University of Kentucky. Currently I am a Young Artist with the Washington National Opera Company at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. performing roles and concerts in their season!

I have been surrounded by incredible teachers who instilled a passion for teaching in me and I am so eager to share all I have learned, and am still learning, with you!

I focus on the basics of healthy singing and strive to maximize the beauty, control and longevity of the voice no matter what the style. And as an active performer I have a lot to offer along the lines of expression, style and even language.

I can't wait to meet you, learn your goals and watch your progress as we explore what the wonderful world of singing has in store for you!

Proper technique, warm ups, exercises, theory, ear training, proper repertoire based on age, ability and voice part. Preparation to audition for and perform in opera or for school.

My goal as a voice teaching is to make singing efficient, artistically satisfying, and fun! I believe that all styles of singing can be produced healthily and no style is inherently better than any other. Within lessons, I focus on breath management and resonance so that students can acheive the sound they want in a healthy manner that doesn't fatigue their voice. I teach various styles including classical, musical theater styles, and contemporary commercial music aka. pop/rock. I am influenced by evidence-based singing practices, historical singing teaching, and speech language pathology practices.

Our voice is such a unique instrument, because it is inside of us. It makes the act of singing amazing and hard at the same time, because we all have different instruments and there is no general rule that works for everyone in the same way. When I teach, I always take into consideration the uniqueness of the voice I am working with, and this requires a great deal of attention and sensitivity. I am very passionate about teaching and my goal is to share my passion and my knowledge, in order to acquire the tools to develop that beautiful instrument that our voice is!

Voice Performance students such as myself were expected to be able to sing a wide variety of art songs, sacred music literature and arias in English, Italian, German and Latin among other languages. We performed in various venues such as the Kimmel Center and Carnegie Hall and took numerous classes in proper classical diction and performance.