Gillian W  
Instruments: Voice
Styles: Classical, Pop, Musical Theater, Opera, Showtunes

My teaching experience dates back to my college days and my first vocal pedagogy class. We were all assigned a non-singer to teach and I won't lie, I was very nervous taking on my first student. However, once we got going I fell in love with teaching and have been doing it on and off for 5 years. I do my best to maintain a positive attitude in voice lesson and strive to teach based on a solid foundation of healthy technique. Making music is fun and it is important to me that my students leave their lessons knowing that 100%. Please reach out if you have any questions, I am always excited and eager to talk with students of all ages!

For those students (both children and adults) who are just beginning lessons, we will focus on the development of basic technique. This is centered around breathing, posture, and basic musicianship. We will spend time working on basic notes, rhythms, and ear-training in addition to vocalizing and learning songs to help develop and reinforce what we learn in our exercises. For those with a bit of experience I like to spend our first lesson getting acquainted and determining what your goals are for our lessons. I like to spend time assessing where you are with your understanding of technique and how I can help you find your unique voice. We continue to build on solid breath support and begin moving in to training the smaller muscles to create a supported but free vocal sound which can be applied to any genre of music.