Liz H  

5

  5.0 (3)

Instruments: Piano, Voice
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Folk, Country, Musical Theater, Opera

I began teaching voice and piano lessons in grad school and have been teaching for the past 5 years. I love sharing my passion for the voice as an instrument, and I feel that a strong foundation of music theory and keyboard skills is a must for vocalists. I enjoy incorporating all of these skills into lessons. I've also found that no matter what style and genre of music interests you there is a primary fundamental healthy technique as the foundation for all of them, and I find it ver exciting and thrilling to develop the skills needed to unlock this vocal freedom! My experience working in both opera and musical theater genres has proven over and over that although they are very different techniques, they help each other in a big way!

I like to tailor my lesson plans to each individual student. For vocalists, I take age and ability into account and will usually target one or two elements of technique at a time. Once I have a grasp on their level and voice type and what sorts of music they are interested in, I will pick out repertoire that will be fun and challenging for the student, and will put into practice the elements of technique we work on in warm ups. For beginning piano students I use Piano Adventures Lesson books by Hal Leonard. I will establish which level they are and suggest which book/level we start with. Once the student has learned the fundamentals, I like to introduce some solo repertoire and build from there.