Singing Lessons
About the Class
- Class Level: All Levels
- Age Requirement: 8 to 90 years
- Average Class Size: 1
What You'll Learn
* How to sing with resonance and power
* How to sing in a relaxed yet powerful manner
* How to communicate the message of a song effectively
* How to combine singing and acting the message of a song
* How to enhance your stage presence
* Basic piano skills for singers
*Sightsinging 101
*Accreditation through Singing Exams
* Improvisation in Singing
* Harmony Singing
* Singing in different genres - pop, musical theatre, jazz, classical, R&B
Fee Includes
$70 for 45 minutes, payable in 4 lessons in advance, non-refundable
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REAL, PROPER and PROFESSIONAL SINGING LESSONS should teach you:
1. The proper way to breathe and pitch from the diaphragm, - NOT FROM THE NOSE OR THROAT NOR BY SHOUTING – WITH A RELAXED OPEN THROAT AND RELAXED BODY (ESP UPPER BODY AND HEAD) to project your voice and make it more solid and resonant, clearer, smoother, extend your range and pitch accurately.
2. The rudiments of music – The human voice is an instrument, and whatever you are singing, there are the corresponding notes to it. You should also really learn to read music like real musicians do - to learn to read notes, to know the keys to your songs, to sightsing, to count and differentiate time signatures, harmony, and not keep singing like a parrot just mimicking sounds!
3. To sing in the appropriate way for the style of music you like (be it pop, classical, jazz, R&B, etc.) For example, you cannot sing pop in your choir/head voice, and the opposite, you cannot sing classical in a throat voice. You can choose to sing in whatever song genre you want– be it pop, jazz, blues, theatre and classical, but you should be taught the proper techniques very well so much so that you become versatile and can sing in any genre. It is only when you decide to concentrate on one genre that you love very much eventually, and are very inclined to, then you can concentrate and specialise in that genre. But Good technique should enable you to sing anything and be versatile!
YOUR TEACHER MUST TEACH YOU HOW TO READ MUSIC!!!
If your teacher has no knowledge of reading music, and cannot accompany you on piano or guitar or organ, and is grabbing sounds from the air to teach you, this is inadequate singing training! All of the above techniques and rudiments should be taught with the teacher playing the piano/keyboard or guitar for you. She/He should teach the techniques using scales, while checking your pitch against the piano/keyboard/guitar. How will your teacher and you be able to tell if you are in pitch except if you pitch it against an instrument? Teachers who teach singing using only instrumental tracks and are not able read and play music themselves to play the scales and accompany you, are just teaching you TO MIMIC and COPY SOUNDS LIKE A PARROT!
CLASSICAL STYLE SINGING IS DIFFERENT FROM POP/JAZZ SINGING!!!
Classical singing techniques and tones are different from pop and jazz technique and tones! Your teacher cannot let you be doing pop songs with your head or choir voice only. These are used mainly in classical music! Vice versa, neither should she teach you to sing with your chest voice only. Pop and jazz and R&B call more for a "conversational" style of singing, with some head voice thrown in, and that calls for special belting techniques THAT DO NOT MAKE YOU SHOUT.
A proper singing teacher should teach you how to sing with your chest voice without shouting and hurting your voice! Shouting is bad for the throat and proper singing teachers should not let you shout and hurt your throat. Note: Please do not listen to classical singing teachers who say singing pop and belting is bad for the voice. No. 1 – there is a way to belt SAFELY and FROM THE DIAPHRAGM that is safe for your throat. No. 2 – Shouting and screaming is NOT BELTING and No. 3 – Your classical singing teacher probably does not know how to sing pop nor to belt, that is why she says this. Just as to play classical piano has a different style and approach from playing jazz piano and pop piano, you cannot be using classical techniques and approach to sing pop and jazz songs!
SINGING EXAMS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE
If you might want your singing lessons to be accredited or certified, you have the option of taking the Trinity Guildhall or ABRSM or Rock School Singing Exams. You may also, of course, take lessons for leisure or other professional objectives
Lessons at $70 per session from a Trinity Guildhall certified teacher of 14 years at local and international schools, and a seasoned professional singer of 30 years local and international performing experience. Her students have become professionals in the Australian and Singapore, gone on to clinch full scholarships from the Berklee College of Music in Boston and Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in London and have scored high Merits and Distinctions in their Classical and Pop Trinity Guildhall Singing Exams. Performance/Vocal coaching is also available for semi- professional and professional singers, or for those going for a singing audition.
Non-refundable Payable by 4 lessons at a time. Lessons can be postponed as long as within 48 hours notice, except in cases of sudden illness or grave and urgent personal emergencies
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Instructor
Teacher Yvette Atienza is a pioneer in the Singapore Music Scene and highly-regarded as a pioneer in the Singapore Vocal Jazz Scene, not only in Singapore, but also in Southeast Asia, especially with regards to Latin Jazz, Swing and improvised Jazz Vocals. She has been singing professionally for 30 years since the 80s until the present, and has amassed massive experience performing and recording with numerous well-known international artistes, theatre musicals and local Singapore bands. Incredibly versatile, aside from jazz, she has sang classical music, pop, rock, musical theatre, even country music, and is able to sing in seven languages, namely English, Spanish, Filipino, Italian, Portuguese, Malay and even Chinese standards! With a Trinity Guildhall Singing Performance Diploma, and participating in musical theatre productions in Manila and Singapore, she has been teaching Singing and Beginner Piano for 15 years to date in her own private studio and various music schools and international schools in Singapore - Verve Music and Dance School, Yamaha Music School, United World College, German European School Singapore, Australian International School, Canadian International School, to name a few. Teaching kids as young as six years old to adults 60 years old, she can teach you to become a singing professional or prepare you for Trinity or ABRSM Singing Exams, or even if you just want to sing for leisure. Not only is she a consummate and veteran singer, she is a very committed and passionate singing teacher who will make sure you will reach a high standard of excellence in your singing skills. Having studied piano for 13 years, she is able to accompany her students and and has a special interest in jazz vocal harmony and vocal improvisation. Her students obtain Merits and Distinctions in their singing exams, and some of her former students are now well-known popular performers in the Singapore Music Scene, too. Her teaching specialisations are on jazz, popular hits, R&B, musical theatre and Classical genres. Her facility in Spanish, Italian and Portuguese is a big plus for those preparing for singing exams. Aside from teaching singing, Yvette continues to perform and is very active in the Singapore Jazz Music Scene.
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