As a singer and artist, you face the daunting task of obtaining the proper training for your voice. 

What is proper training? Ask yourself -  does your voice improve after a few lessons?  Do you feel that singing the most difficult notes and passages becomes easier and more enjoyable?

Here I will present a technical explanation of how we will work together to improve your vocal technique.

You should expect this of any instructor you work with.

First, I access the "vocal ability" of each singer. Is this a natural singing voice? If the voice is open and can sing easily from the lower register (low voice) through the middle register (passagio = C# to F, for most tenors, sopranos, mezzos and lyric baritones) to the top, then I go directly to the passagio, (for bass baritones and basses the position of the passagio is different) and scale the voice on a vowel (usually the "ah" vowel). However, each singer may have a "favorite" vowel, so we determine which. Then we work with vowel combinations of "ah-ay & ee" through specific exercises (which Lamperti developed) in and out of the passagio. Or we may work through  "oh" and "oo" - depending on the singer.

This is done for several weeks until mastered. Then the F# (or "break" as it is commonly called) is approached - if the passageway is in the correct "round" position then singing through the F# and up to high Bb should be easy. This is all done with the Lamperti exercises taught to me by Professor Ena Thiessen, who received them form Vittorino Moratti at the Salzburg Mozarteum.  Moratti was Lamperti's assistant, who inherited his school in Berlin.

If the student has a limited vocal range and limited knowledge of music, I begin very simply! We start with mid to low vocal exercises, easy 5 tone scale combinations on one vowel only, usually "ah", until the lower register (or "chest register") is open and free and can sing with an open throat! Then on to the other vowels.

Please know that singing well and beautifully requires hard work through vocal exercises and patience. Good singing can be very rewarding and fun. To be able to sing through a difficult aria with ease is no easy accomplishment, especially if there are numerous bad habits to correct.

I compare a good singer with an athlete. When I first met Professor Thiessen in Graz, Austria, I began very slowly with easy scale work until my natural singing voice appeared after many years of bad singing - forced tones, etc. Then after 1-1/2 years of work, sometimes 3 to 4 times per week, my true lyric tenor voice came through.

If the student works on a regular basis and has patience, the true voice will show itself. There are no quick methods to good singing. 

Most of my students notice a change for the better after 2 or 3 lessons - some after one!