Learning a song teaches us so many skills but getting to perform it for an audience is also important. Students need the opportunity to share their pieces with each other so they can practice the skill of performance. Most performers have nerves to conquer and without the opportunity to perform their pieces students can't practice this essential skill. The more we perform in front of others the more comfortable we become on stage in our own skin. 

Melanie Leibner Perkins holds her Masters in Musical Theatre from Boston Conservatory and BA from University of Pennsylvania. She is an adjunct faculty member at Nova Southeastern University and runs Perkins Performance Studio where she has taught hundreds of students to sing to their full potential. Students have gone on to perform internationally and star in national tours as well as study at NYU, Boston Conservatory, PACE, Elon, Shenandoah, Penn State, and more.  She has distinguished herself as an actress, singer, director, and teacher with her work in theatres in Philadelphia, Boston, and South Florida. As an instructor, Melanie has taught for over 20 years, teaching voice, acting, audition prep, monologue, scene study, and improv to students aged 4-74! 

Students should have another seperate device like a tablet, phone, or speaker on which they can play their tracks.