Music With Ms. Annette: Voice Lessons for Tweens

In a private voice lesson, we will work together to build strong foundations of vocal technique. Lessons will begin with a physical warm up, breath work, and a vocal warm up. We will work together on age-appropriate musicianship, technique, and repertoire, all leading to performance skills. Singers will be encouraged to discover, learn, and grow their own unique voices.

Learning and Growing Singers (Ages 9 through 13)
Whether your singer is brand new to singing or is building on the skills and musicianship from prior lessons, we will continue to work on breathing, posture, pitch exploration, musicianship, mindfulness, and connecting body, breath, and voice. Singers will also be introduced to solfeggio and sightreading skills. Repertoire at this age will be a combination of new and familiar songs and we will explore a variety of genres together.

As we get ready for the voice changes to come, we will work on singing in all registers-- head, chest, and mix voices. Singers at this age often become more interested in pop music, and if this is added to their repertoire, we will work on singing contemporary music in a safe and healthy way. Pre-adolescent singers are ready to take ownership of their lessons and practice and will focus on practice making progress as they set goals and build their confidence.

Ms. Annette uses a five-step process that focuses on games, movement, and imagination in the younger years, moving more towards repertoire and standard vocal exercises as your child grows. Regardless of age, each lesson contains mind and body warmups, mindful breathing, musicianship skills and exercises, vocal warmups and explorations, and age-appropriate repertoire. All lessons-- group and individual-- have a constructivist approach where singers are invited to bring their own ideas and interests so we can create music and learn together. Because of this approach, every  session is different, allowing your child to take the class as often as they would like.

In addition to the above, singers will be encouraged in sight reading and ear training methods and will be guided on good practice skills and vocal hygiene. Singers will be encouraged to share music that interests them. Ms. Annette enjoys teaching all genres, including folk songs, musical theater rep, jazz, pop music, and children's songs.