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Covid has had a profound effect on everyone. Though it seems the virus is receding, the impacts and conversations around Covid and our response to it are not going away any time soon. There is no way around it, this has been a generational event. One that I fear will impact and shape us for… Continue reading Dedicating my voice…

So many new and exciting things launching as I continue my commitment to take my teaching off the campus and work to reach more singers in my new online venture – masterYOURvoice! The private facebook group is up an running with weekly challenges and amazing new connections. This week brings a new podcast talking about… Continue reading Putting Yourself Out There.. a blogpost AND podcast!!!

Name: Anna Demaria  Age: 22 Hometown: Ventura, CA Currently based in Manhattan, NY Hi everyone! Thanks for being willing to learn a little bit about me and my journey as a Musical Theatre performer! Heidi was my vocal coach when I was a student at California Lutheran University. I had the pleasure of working with… Continue reading Singer Spotlight on Anna Demaria!!!!

As a voice teacher who works with singers in all genres, I spend A LOT of time talking about and preparing singers for Auditions – College Auditions, Competitions, Grad School Auditions, Pre-screens, Musical Theatre calls, even “American Idol” and “The Voice” auditions. While the specific advice will change based on the genre, there is one… Continue reading The Audition; all you can give…

School buses are back, car pools are organized, all the supplies are picked over at Target and families are settling into their new routines. It’s about this time every year that I start getting those emails and phone calls – parents looking for lessons or referrals for private instruction to encourage their budding musicians. With… Continue reading Back to school; advice for parents looking to encourage their young singers or musicians…

For many singers the Covid pandemic has been an incredibly disruptive and challenging time. Like everyone else, we have had to contend with isolation, shifting guidance and relentless uncertainty. In addition, we have been kept away from the one thing that so many singers crave – music making in community. With the very thing that… Continue reading Onward and Forward

A fresh start to a new semester, a new soprano walking into your studio, a belter who is just beginning to wield her instrument… what do they have in common? They are all starting with a clean slate. Where to begin? As I have said before, you need to know what you want to learn… Continue reading Functional Repertoire

One of the most common questions I get from people who find out what it is I do for a living, is “can you make anyone a good singer?” That is a fair question. To which I have a couple of replies. The first and most practically relevant – I can make anyone the best… Continue reading A Long Explanation to a Short Answer…

… if it’s fighting, she fights. If it’s sewing, she sews.” I have come back to that quote too many times in the past few years. As I mourned with my students for their fallen friends and grieved for sudden illness or senseless violence… as I shuddered my home and rushed by flaming hillsides… as… Continue reading “The wise woman does what she knows…