Whether your goal for teaching voice lessons is to have a full-time voice studio or to teach lessons to supplement your performance career, you need to start somewhere. Perhaps there is no experience as exhilarating yet daunting as teaching your… Continue Reading
Once upon a time, I faced a singer’s worst nightmare: Nodules. For those of you who don’t know, nodules are basically callouses on the vocal folds. Pesky little bumps that create an airy sound, limit your vocal range,… Continue Reading
As a voice teacher, there’s a lot of strange technical issues that you have to help our students overcome, and they may be issues you’re unfamiliar with. You may find that their register break is too obvious, or that their… Continue Reading
There are so many skills that a classical singer needs to have. Honestly, the list is rather overwhelming: vocal technique, musicality, acting, languages, business savvy, poise and strength, charisma, and so on. This can be equally overwhelming for teachers who… Continue Reading
Hello, and welcome to Operaversity! If you’ve stumbled upon this blog in its early days, then welcome to you! You may be looking around thinking, “Wow, this is pretty cool!” or “I’m so glad I found this site!” (okay, that’s… Continue Reading
Selecting repertoire: It’s a never-ending struggle to find that piece of music that’s just right for you. There’s so much music out there that we, as musicians, love and want to perform. Yet there’s also a thrill in discovering unique… Continue Reading
In my post from a few weeks ago, I talked about the various places you can look for a good voice teacher. Now that you’ve started your search, you may have found that you don’t know what to look for… Continue Reading
It’s that time of year again, where summer’s winding down, kids are heading back to school, and people are looking for new hobbies or activities. This is a great time for voice teachers, as studios begin to fill up once… Continue Reading
I have been reflecting a lot these days on, “Things I wish I had known about singing as a career.” I try to address these topics in a variety of ways on this blog, but some subtopics are easier to address… Continue Reading
Vocal fry – it’s hardly a new vocal “technique”. None the less, its usage is on the rise and everyone is talking about it. Just this past week, two major news sources came out with commentaries on it. Naomi Wolf… Continue Reading