Singing Lessons

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Once your goals are clear, we can take an approach that best serves you, your best expression and the gifts you are bringing.

Voice Lessons

  • Private Lessons are tailored to each client. They focus on personal expressive goals and speaking as a transformational modality. They may include techniques for various elements of communicative development including alignment, breath management, phonation, resonance, body language, presentation skills and performance anxiety. In support of vocal practice as a means of personal transformation and expression, lessons can also include information about the Communications Network, Tonal Cosmology and complementary practices.

    Lessons are offered online, by phone and in-person in London, Ontario and online. For online lessons a solid, high speed internet connection is needed. Phone lessons require more independence as there is no visual support.

Ask about booking a workshop for yourself or your team. I offer half day, full day workshops and 2 to 5-day retreats.

The speaker who puts everyone to sleep and the proverbial “life of the party” illustrate how every sound the voice makes either depletes or energizes self and others. More Than Speaking identifies vocal habits that limit expression and drain energy. It introduces practices that transform everyday speaking into engaging, generative communication. Work with the breath and vocal function energizes the body, clears the mind, balances the emotions and accesses creative inspiration. Facilitated conversations support integration of these techniques into spontaneous interactions that are the foundation of all relationships.

You can learn more about specific issues in the FAQ section below. You will find answers to questions other readers have posted and you can post your own.

More Than Speaking is a holistic approach that includes breathing, phonation, resonance, dynamics, and nonverbal communication such as posture, eye contact and gestures. It develops awareness of how vocal frequencies energize the body, influence emotional balance, and activate memories, beliefs and imagination. Speakers learn how to use the voice to transform physical, emotional and mental states so that what they are expressing aligns with their true intentions and values. Because the practice refines deep and embodied listening, they also learn to hear subtle frequencies in others’ voices. This supports clearer understanding, deeper compassion and wiser questioning.

Singers learn to use the voice to transform physical, emotional and mental states so that what they are expressing aligns with their true intentions as well as the demands of the repertoire they choose to sing.

Vocal practice refines deep and embodied listening, which enables singers to tune into both the audience and internal inspiration. The result is creative, charismatic communication. When we are able to lose ourselves it the practice, it can feel as if we are being sung by a deep and knowing part of ourselves.

More Than Singing classes are tailored to serve participants with diverse backgrounds and needs, both professional and amateur. Depending on the number of participants, sessions may include group vocalizing and singing or individual work within the group.

  • Private Lessons are tailored to each student. They focus on personal goals for vocal development, whether for performance or for singing as a transformational modality. Typically they begin with techniques for various elements of vocal function including alignment, breath management, phonation, resonance, development of range, dynamics and flexibility. If desired, they continue with repertoire and expressive techniques including musicianship, poetic and dramatic interpretation, and performance skills. In support of vocal practice as a means of personal transformation and expression, lessons also include information about the Communications Network, Tonal Cosmology and complementary practices.

    Lessons are offered online, by phone and in-person in London, Ontario and Toronto. For online lessons a solid, high speed internet connection is needed. Phone lessons require more independence as there is no visual support.

  • Performance classes focus on musicality, phrasing, understanding scores, poetry and genre, and dramatic interpretation.

    Half or full day Masterclasses focus on transformational vocal technique and performance, including deep listening.

    Weekend Workshops include an Introduction to Tonal Cosmology and the Communications Network. Participants learn transformational vocal techniques, which are applied to performance practice and repertoire.

    Week Long Retreats offer an in depth study of Tonal Cosmology and the Communications Network. In daily interactive classes, participants learn transformational vocal techniques, which are applied to performance practice and repertoire. There is also opportunity for private sessions throughout the retreat.

FAQ’s - COMING SOON

My responses to the most common questions I’ve received from my voice coaching clients.