Voice lessons
Healthy, confident singing for children and adults.
Voice is where I started: a Bachelor of Music in Voice from Memorial University, vocal pedagogy training at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and years of choral and solo singing around St. John's. Lessons build a healthy, age-appropriate technique first, so singing stays easy on the voice and grows with the student.
In a voice lesson
- Breath, posture, and a relaxed, healthy tone
- Pitch accuracy, ear training, and sight-singing
- Repertoire the student actually wants to sing
- Performance confidence, from the lesson room to the stage
- Gentle, no-pressure lessons for nervous adult beginners
Children from around age six, teens, and adult beginners. No experience needed; first-time and nervous singers are especially welcome.
A trained music educator
I am not a hobbyist teaching on the side. Music education is my training and my profession.
- Bachelor of Music Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2020)
- Bachelor of Music in Voice, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2019)
- Vocal Pedagogy Professional Workshop, Boston Conservatory at Berklee (2021)
- Newfoundland and Labrador Teacher's Association Medal
- Dr. Hebert Lench Pottle Scholarship
Voice lesson questions
- Is my child too young for voice lessons?
- Around age six is a good start for structured voice lessons. Younger children are better served by playful music-fundamentals work first; I am happy to advise.
- I am an adult who has never sung. Is that okay?
- More than okay. A good share of my voice students are adult beginners. Lessons go at your pace, with no audience but me.
- Will lessons strain my child's voice?
- No. Healthy, age-appropriate technique is the whole foundation of how I teach voice; nothing is pushed before the voice is ready for it.