Voice Lessons

Private Studies, Jazz vocals (Gift Certificates are available)
As a seasoned professional, With 25 years of singing in concerts and nightclubs, there's nothing I enjoy more than helping budding singers. Whether they be young ambitious semi pro's or housewives, business people, closet, shower and car singer's that really want to try this. Watching you get a taste of how fun this is and how rewarding this music can be in your life is a thrill for me! You can do this!!
I teach from my home in West Seattle. All levels. Men and women ages 12 and up. We work on repertoire, phrasing, scat, rhythm and improvisation as well as proper vocal techniques of breathing, support and range. I help students develop a practice routine that is fun, builds strength and produces results. I've coached many of the areas winner's of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festivals and Kobe Jazz competition and helped start the careers of many of the areas current jazz headliners.

I know over 2,000 jazz standards, and work with students using a series of accompaniment recordings of over 300 well-known standard songs from the great American songbook (see list). These songs can be modified to each student's key and tempo preference. I also have the digital technology to remove the vocals from some existing commercial cd's to make custom rehearsal cd's. Each lesson will be recorded to a cd for easy practice access. In addition to your practice cd you will hear at each lesson a compilation of various great jazz singers recordings of the songs you're working on! This is in keeping with my philosophy that learning from the "Great's" is always a part of jazz!

Also, for those singers wishing to pursue a career in music I share vocational advice from my experience in many areas of the music business: getting gigs, private parties, night clubs, recording demos, advertising work, etc.

Lessons are $60 an hour. Times are available on weekdays, evenings and weekends.

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Private Studies, Jazz vocals (Gift Certificates are available)
As a seasoned professional, With 25 years of singing in concer...

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