William M
Instruments: Voice
Styles: Classical, Pop, Rock, Folk, Musical Theater, Opera, Showtunes
William M
Instruments: Voice
Styles:
Classical, Pop, Rock, Folk, Musical Theater, Opera, Showtunes
Where I Teach:
Ages Taught: 10-80
North American Premier of Misa Cubana by Jose Maria Vitier
students awarded National Capitol Area CAPPIES
conducted at the Basilica of The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
conducted at the Basilica of The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
I have recently relocated to the Charles Town WV area from Vermont. I have been teaching voice since 1989. I deeply enjoy helping students find their voice and developing their authentic style. My music background includes a great deal of performing in oratorios, choral and orchestral concerts, small vocal ensembles, musical theater, and cabarets. I am a frequent soloist at church on Sundays, as well as for funerals and weddings. I have been Director of Music for a number of large Catholic Churches, a high school choir director, and a voice teacher at the University level. I am a father of five and a grandfather of five.
I have a deep enthusiasm and excitement for helping young people reach their musical goals. I enjoy helping my students develop knowledge of the vocal apparatus and mechanics of singing and breathing. In the studio I can find examples of or demonstrate vocal techniques and styles. I have found that most students respond well to the use of imagery to extract the emotional component of singing and I find that my flexibility, energy, ability to maintain focus on objectives, and my ability to communicate musical concepts and instructions clearly is essential to getting my students to produce better sounds. I am very accomplished at helping students prepare for auditions and knowing what to expect when walking into an audition. [Please note: I will not take students who smoke.]
I begin with determining the objectives of my student. For example, a student may want to work on increasing his/her range, improving tone, learning techniques for a certain style, or may want to establish a repertoire of songs or “90-second cuts” for an audition. With that information, I design a program to meet these objectives. We proceed at a comfortable pace and monitor the goals and objectives often. My teaching style is relaxed and fun but devoted to working on proper vocal technique and confidence building.
A typical hour voice lesson involves three parts: 1) warm-up/vocalizing and listening to ones voice to learn more about the voice, sound production, breathing and placement; 2) working on a particular technique or perceived shortcoming; 3) applying the techniques from the lesson to a song or gaining confidence in performance. My teaching style is relaxed and fun but devoted to working on proper vocal technique and confidence building. For example, to be a good singer one must have a good understanding of the muscles and parts of the body that are involved in breathing and how that relates to making beautiful sounds. So we work together to understand what is going on when people talk about "breathing like a singer".
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