One-On-One Private Voice Lessons

Alexandra Stoetzel - Alexandra has taught piano for 15 years. She loves to introduce students of all ages to music and it’s powerful ability to lift their spirits, help them to grow, and have fun. As a teacher, she focuses on balancing inspiration, explanation, and consistent technique practice. Alexandra began studying piano at age 5, after tagging along to her mother’s classical piano lessons. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Music Performance from Berklee College of Music and continues her education through apprenticeships, private lessons, and real-world experience. Beyond the piano, she has studied mandolin, guitar, and voice. She also led or served as a musical director in several contemporary ensembles, including blues, pop/rock, country, and jazz.

Carlehr Swanson (vocalist, pianist, speaker) is a 2nd year Ph.D. student in Music at the University of Virginia. She is a graduate of George Mason University and the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami with degrees in Jazz Vocal Performance. Before college, Carlehr accompanied and directed multiple church choirs. She credits this experience as significantly influencing her musicality. Upon entering college, she realized the absence of gospel music in higher education. Consequently, she co-founded and directed the Frost Gospel Ensemble. Giving back to her community and connecting with others has been an important theme in Carlehr's life, as she brings people together to serve the greater good. She is the founder and director of the organization "Music is Unity," where she takes music performances to people who may not experience them otherwise. Throughout this year, she has planned and performed more than a dozen virtual events for the community. In 2017 and 2022, Carlehr was 3rd Runner-Up (2017, 2022) in the Miss Virginia Organization and was named the People's Choice (2017). She continues sharing her social impact initiative, "Music is Unity.” Carlehr's career highlights include performances with Shelia Jordan, The Manhattan Transfer, and The New York Voices. Carlehr's greatest dream is to leave every place better than she found it.


Jennifer Chong - Jennifer has lived and breathed music all of her life. She started taking piano lessons at the age of 6 and enrolled in the Royal Conservatory of Music where she  eventually graduated and obtained her ARCT (Associate of the Royal Conservatory) diploma in Piano Performance with Honors and Advanced Theory Certificate. As well as Piano, she is proficient in and teaches voice, guitar, and ukulele and also has completed a Bachelors Degree in Psychology.  Teaching is Jennifer’s joy in life and she has been teaching for 12+ years. She has experience teaching students of all ages and in many different countries such as the US, different provinces in Canada and Asia where she obtained a TESOL certificate and taught English to young children online. Students have many musical styles that they connect with and she loves facilitating that connection to happen, and is very open to teaching all musical styles with a great musical foundation in note reading, rhythm, and technique.