Welcome! I am Miss Alex, a professional singer, musician, actor, writer, and board-certified music therapist (MT-BC). I specialize in working with kids of all ages and have been fortunate to work with thousands of kids and teens of all ages throughout my varied professional career (so far!). I hold a Master of Fine Arts degree in Performing Arts and Bachelor of Music degrees in Vocal Performance and Music Therapy. My performing career includes musical theatre performance, theatre performance, vocal performance, and film/television/commercial acting. I love sharing my experience with learners of all ages!

This class is a supportive, friendly way to encourage and grow a love of singing, specifically through musical theatre songs. Learners will practice vocal technique through exercises related to posture, breathing, release of tension, pitch accuracy and awareness, and musicality. Each learner will practice these exercises as a group, led by the teacher, with use of live guitar or keyboard music.

Learners will be guided through musical theatre songs, as a group. Lyrics will be provided to print before each new song is introduced. Learners may purchase sheet music, if they prefer, and links to purchase sheet music will be available upon request.

Each class will focus on one musical theatre song. We will spend about two classes on each song, though this is subject to change, depending on the needs of the learners in the group. Occasionally, we will include songs of other genres, that will also help to build our singing technique (usually, these are learner requested, and I try to accommodate when I feel the requests will benefit the class). There are occasional weeks where we will have an "extra solo week" where we will review some of the pieces that we've worked on previously to allow for further growth and additional solo opportunities with those pieces. Do not worry if you are just joining class on an "extra solo" week. I will make sure to review pieces thoroughly enough that new learners will be able to vocally jump right in.

Note: The classes are not sequential in nature. You do not have to have attended any previous class to jump in and work on the current song!

Learners must be comfortable using the mute/unmute button. Parts of the class will be taught with singers following along with the teacher on mute, with opportunities for each singer individually to unmute (as comfortable), to be heard by the teacher and other learners.

Note: Lyrics to each song will be provided. A link to purchase sheet music for each song will be provided upon request.

Below is our Summer/Fall 2024 schedule. I will post the schedules in the classroom each time there is a new enrollment.

On weeks where we will not meet for class, this has been indicated by section. Please note the differences, depending on which day of the week your class falls. For any class that is scheduled to be off or indicated as “no class,” you may stay enrolled and will not be charged for that week.

Week of June 3 - NO CLASS
Week of June 10 - Wednesday section - NO CLASS, Thursday and Friday sections - YES CLASS Extra
solo week - We will choose from songs we’ve worked on previously this session or previous
sessions to provide extra solo opportunities for learners.
Week of June 17 - Suppertime (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
Week of June 24 - Suppertime
Week of July 1 - Popular (Wicked) (Thursday section - no class, Wednesday and Friday sections - yes class)
Week of July 8 - Popular
Week of July 15 - Home (Beauty and the Beast)
Week of July 22 - Home
Week of July 29 - Mother Knows Best (Tangled)

Week of August 5 - Mother Knows Best
Week of August 12 - Different (Honk)
Week of August 19 - Different
Week of August 26 - All That Matters (Finding Neverland)

Week of September 2 - All That Matters
Week of September 9 - You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
Week of September 16 - You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Week of September 23 - The Sweetest Sounds (No Strings)
Week of September 30 - The Sweetest Sounds

Week of October 7 - Friday section - no class, Wednesday and Thursday sections - yes class ***Extra solo week - we will choose from pieces we’ve worked on previously this session to provide extra solo opportunities for singers.***
Week of October 14 - Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’ (Oklahoma)
Week of October 21 - Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’
Week of October 28 - Anything Can Happen (Mary Poppins)

***Fall/Winter schedule coming soon!


More to come!