Services Offered

• Voice lessons: learning vocal skills in private sessions and workshops
• Vocal coaching: preparing for auditions, roles, and recordings
• Vocal consulting for small and large ensembles
• Adjudication
• Lectures on voice, teacher training and vocal pedagogy
• Professional Development: Workshops for teachers, speakers and other professionals who want to strengthen and explore their relationship with their voice
• Working with the voice in an explorative and therapeutic context, private and group sessions

Voice Lessons

For the individual, two formats are offered. One is the classic one on one private voice lesson and the other is in a semi-private workshop context. If you have no previous voice experience, I recommend starting with the workshops where the fundamentals are explored in a small supportive group. This option also works well if you have sung previously but have had a long period where you have not been singing and want to get the voice going again. The workshop option is also a less costly than private lessons. Different levels are offered.

Some people sense right from the start that they want to begin with private lessons, which of course is fine. Otherwise, private lessons are also recommended for people who already have a sense of their voice, or have specific repertoire to prepare for concerts, auditions etc. The private studio is also best for people who are dealing with vocal fatigue, pitch difficulty, or any other challenges that inhibit the singing process. Some of my private students started in the workshops and once they learned the basics, moved on to private lessons.

For vocal ensembles:

From 1992 to 2001 I worked in Switzerland and France as a consultant and voice technician for small and large vocal ensembles. Often a conductor would ask me in to do regular short-term sessions to work on the overall sound of the choir, or to coach an individual section. Closer to performances or recordings I would come in for a last "tweaking" of sound or dynamics according to the request of the conductor. I also offered one day or weekend workshops for choirs that wanted to spend some time working together outside of the regular rehearsal times.

Voice Workshops

I am offering on a regular basis, in the greater Victoria Area, Voice Workshops Level One through Level Three. All these workshops are based on a unit of five 90 minute sessions in a small group. If you want to continue, you can move on to another level, or stop where you are. I am hoping this flexible format will help us all keep singing in our increasingly busy world. I have realized in the course of my work that not everyone is able to commit to private lessons and I have created this series of semi-private workshops in the hope that it will meet the needs of this category of people. These are not drop-in sessions, but a series of 5 classes planned in such a way that significant ground will be covered together. Working in a small group is a wonderful way to learn.

Because there is a limited enrollment (maximum ten people), please confirm your registration as soon as possible.

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