Vocal Coach
you have an important audition or performance coming up and want to present well
you have a new role, aria or song you wish to perfect or a stale old aria that wants inspiration
you want to build an attractive repertoire and work on your performance technique & expression
you are singing in a foreign language and need to work on the pronunciation
you have a difficult contemporary song and want to sort out rhythms, phrasing, breathing etc
you enjoy singing and want to have fun with it.
Why come to me for coaching?
I have worked with world-renowned singers - as diverse as Sir Thomas Allen and Robert Plant - in all genres of music,
as a choral, orchestral and opera conductor in Britain, Sweden, Ukraine and USA.I was a professor on the vocal faculty of the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music, London for seventeen years.
Aside from classical music I have performed with folk and country singers, conducted film music, arranged and directed a rock oratorio, given a Ted Talk about the power of singing, and even acted in a musical!
I have studied vocal technique with several prestigious teachers, and offer coaching in six European languages.
I have an attractive studio in the Bay Area in which to address your singing requirements.
Why study with a vocal coach?
If you have worked on your vocal technique and voice production with a singing teacher, and wish to polish your presentation of a song or aria for an important performance or audition, you may choose to work with a vocal coach.
A vocal coach can help you deliver your best performance by enhancing your awareness in the following key areas:
· musical interpretation – tempo, dynamics, expression, style, ornamentation;
· vocal quality – breathing, phrasing, vowel/consonant placement, tone quality;
· language skill - diction, correct foreign pronunciation & meaning, communication;
· presentation – posture, mood, intention, delivery, appeal, confidence