Mandy B
Instruments: Voice
Styles: Classical, Jazz, Pop, Blues, Folk, Gospel
Mandy B
Instruments: Voice
Styles:
Classical, Jazz, Pop, Blues, Folk, Gospel
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 5-80
Degrees:
- University of Maryland - MM in Opera Performance - 2012
- Wichita State University - BM in Vocal Music Performance - 2010
Training:
- Chautauqua Opera 2012 - Apprentice Artist
- Chautauqua Opera 2012 - Studio Artist
- Opera In The Ozarks 2008 - Young Artist
Years Experience:
- Voice - 10 years
- Harp - 8 years
- Kansas Cultural Trust recipient - 2008 & 2009
Mandy, an active performer and teacher, has been teaching in the Washington DC area for 2 years. In addition to holding a studio in the DC area, Mandy also directs a children's choir and is a part of the classical music scene as a performer. In summer of 2012, Mandy was a studio artist with Chautauqua Opera for their summer season and has a large resume of other operatic performance experience. She has a wide knowledge base of music, but specializes in Classical, Jazz, and Musical Theater.
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Mandy has several years experience in teaching voice and one year teaching harp. As a performer herself, she understands the needs of her students and adapts to their individual needs.Her personal philosophy regarding teaching is that one should use a healthy technique no matter what genre of music you perform. She encourages students to study music they are passionate about so they enjoy the process. If a student isn't enjoying the music, they won't enjoy the lessons. Music should be one of life's pleasure, not another item on the 'to-do' list.
For Voice:
- Bel Canto technique
- Eurythmics
- Dramatic analysis of text/music for understanding of musical line and interpretation.
For Harp:
- Grandjany method
45 minute - an hour long lesson:
- Warm up
- Work on an assigned piece or pieces
- Use assigned pieces to improve upon vocal or harp technique
- Learn how to best express the text and musical line of the piece
- For vocal music - create an interpretation unique to the student
- Work on pieces that stretch and challenge the student
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