Kim A  
Instruments: Voice
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Folk, Country, R&B, Musical Theater, Showtunes

Since graduating I’ve had the opportunity to utilize my music degree in crave vocal instruction, directing, musical directing, after school music instruction and (my greatest passion) performing on stage. I have been teaching private lessons for about 12+ years now and performing for over 20 years. I’ve studied with a variety of teachers and their styles, which feel has given me. Good sense of what works and doesn’t work well. I’m always pushing myself to learn more and grow in my OWN performing journey and vocal growth and feel that has helped me to understand a better way to help my students - going through the same processes as them.

I have created a well rounded style that is flexing to each student’s individual needs. Whether you’re in need of help preparing for an audition, performance character development for a role or simply continued work on your craft - I’m ready and excited to be apart of your journey. There is definitely a special place in my heart for teaching Musical Theater, but there is always a place and an emphasis for all genres of music. By adding some influences of “Speech Level Singing” techniques to the student’s study, my goal is to give my them the opportunity to discover their full vocal potential and open their minds to new ideas. I’ve come to understand that everyone learns very differently, so there’s never going to be “one way” for every student. I’ll never pretend to know all of the answers, but what I can promise is that I will continue to push on different “doors” until we learn what works for you. Since studying the technique of “Speech Level Singing” for my own vocal growth, I’ve begun to incorporate a portion of it into my private instruction. This style has opened up my voice like no other ever has (in a healthy and powerful way) and I’ve noticed incredible growth in my students, which has been immeasurable. An overall idea of what a typical lesson would look like is this: starting with warm-ups/placement exercises to ready the voice for the work we are about to do. We will talk technique throughout so there’s an understanding of the “why” behind it. I usually like to do this as often as I can, so the student can have a deeper knowledge of how the mechanism works with the body. It’s so important to know what’s going on so the student can “check in” with themselves when they’re singing. This way they know (when they’re on their own) when it feels/sounds “right” vs “wrong”. I want to empower them to be able to identify the challenge happening and feel comfortable to know how to fix it since we are only together for a limited amount of time each week. I will incorporate the same understanding applicable to the song/project we are working on in the lesson. In addition, we will address proper breathing, healthy and safe techniques, mental health behind the areas of challenge and/or bad habits that are occurring, and much more!