teaching philosophy
Practicing and sharing the human voice is one of the most generous gifts we can give others as well as ourselves. I value each of my student relationships as an opportunity to invest in the beauty and diversity in the world around me.
IN YOUNG SINGERS, I aim to foster a sense of curiosity and playfulness with the voice. Listening and interpersonal skills will be developed in a one-on-one setting while we build confidence and nurture an attitude of resilience, confidence, and goal-setting for a lifetime involvement in the arts.
PRE-PROFESSIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS will be offered a one-of-a-kind approach to science-based technique built on their preferred learning modality. This technique goes beyond genre or musical taste, elevating them to their highest potential in any direction their career may lead. I aim to relieve the student of the mystery of the singing voice so that the skills learned in our lessons can be used to encounter new vocal and professional challenges with excitement and self-sufficiency, thereby igniting a passion for singing that fuels itself.
NOVICE SINGERS, AVOCATIONAL SINGERS, AND EVERYONE ELSE IN BETWEEN will be met with the same playful, confidence-building, and tailored approach to physically and emotionally healthful singing as the above. My priority is to identify what each student already does well and work intentionally and gently outwards into areas of weakness and challenge as determined by the student’s goals. The result is a multi-dimensional human being fueled by new discoveries and nurtured by the therapeutic and creative benefits of singing.
diversity statement
I acknowledge that inherent cultural biases exist within music and theatre education, and that my actions as an educator can either promote or dismantle those biases. As such, my teaching operates from the viewpoint that all genres are equally worthy of respect and study in an authentic manner that avoids cultural appropriation, cultural approximation, and without the needless implementation of or comparison to western art music values. I continue to seek education on challenges and solutions for DEI in the private voice studio.
My studio is a safe space where you can fully express yourself without fear of being made to feel unwelcome or unsafe because of your race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, size, gender expression, immigration status, socio-economic background, mental health, physical ability, neurodiversity, country of origin, cultural heritage, or native language.
My home studio rests on ancestral Native land. The areas on which I reside and teach are the traditional homelands of the people of the Munsee Lenape, Wappinger, and Canarsie. I pay my respects to Indigenous elders both past and present.
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