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Explore the benefits of online voice lessons and get expert tips to make the most of your virtual singing experience.

I’ll never forget the first online voice lesson I taught—very reluctantly—way back in 2017. Shari, a student I’d been teaching for years in my home studio, was heading to the UK to study at Oxford. She wanted to continue weekly lessons with me while she was gone. Although I wasn’t confident that it would work, we plunged in—and I discovered just how effective online voice lessons could be.

In the years since, online lessons have made it possible for my students and I to work uninterrupted despite my family’s decision to travel full-time, the COVID-19 pandemic, and my eventual relocation from Gaithersburg, MD to Henderson, NV. Read on to find out why I think online lessons can be BETTER than in-person ones, and discover the tips I’ve learned the hard way over the past eight years to make them work flawlessly.

Continue reading “The Ultimate Guide to Online Voice Lessons: Benefits + Success Tips” →

Wondering how to practice singing while on vacation? Learn creative, low-pressure ways to keep your voice active, even without instruments or a practice space.

Just as I encourage my students to do, I set daily goals for my own vocal and piano practice—because staying connected to my voice is part of how I care for myself. This week, I’m visiting family at the Jersey Shore, and while I don’t have my usual setup, I’m still showing up for my practice in small, meaningful ways.

You want to keep growing as a singer—but your schedule is packed. Between work, family, travel, and everything else life throws your way, carving out the same 55 minutes every week for a live voice lesson can feel impossible.

But what if you could get personalized voice coaching on your own time—without needing to show up on Zoom every week?

That’s where asynchronous voice lessons come in.

Continue reading “What are asynchronous voice lessons, and are they right for you?” →

Think you can’t learn to sing as an adult? Discover why it’s not too late and why your unique voice is worth developing at any age.

If you’d asked me when I was 25, I’d have rattled off a list of things I couldn’t do.

For example:

• I couldn’t dance.
• I wasn’t athletic.
• I wasn’t good with computers.

But over time, I started to wonder: What if that wasn’t true? With sweaty palms and a racing heart, I began saying ‘yes’ to things that scared me—and discovered I could do far more than I thought.

Continue reading “Yes, you can learn to sing–why it’s never too late to start” →