TEACHING
Teaching Philosophy.
In my studio, I combine my training in vocology and experience as a voice pedagogy instructor with a spirit of creativity, experimentation, and whimsy. I utilize pedagogical strategies based on the principles of motor learning to guide each student to a sustainable and repeatable technique--and along the way, I get to know them as individuals and well-rounded human beings.
Singing is collaboration.
I have come to understand the relationship between voice teacher and student as one of collaboration. Students bring everything they are and have been to the voice studio, from past experiences with singing and current struggles with school or their personal lives, to both dreams and doubts about the future. My job as their voice teacher is to use my own expertise in vocal function to help them explore a wide variety of vocal timbres and productions, and to build the appropriate technique for their unique timbral goals, which they can replicate on their own, either in performance or in the practice room.
Creating a brave space.
I seek to create a studio space that is hospitable to all identities, cultures and backgrounds. It is not possible to guarantee a “safe space,” so I prioritize making my studio a “brave space,” in which students know that it is okay to try new things and take the risks that so often lead to vocal breakthroughs. It is particularly important to me that my studio be a place where students can fully express and be themselves. I hope that all of my students, regardless of identity or lived experience, come to feel that they can be vulnerable enough to embrace imperfection on the way to a secure and sustainable technique.
