New Studio Policies!

After much agonizing and debating with myself and my family, I have come up with a system that I think will work well for me and my students! Please read my new studio policies for more information.

One of the biggest motivating factors that brought me to this conclusion was my desire to have my students experience a broader range of vocal education. I feel that ear training, sight-singing, and performing are essential in developing as a vocalist. I am really excited about trying out these group classes. One of my strong characteristics as a teacher is coaching performances. I have a great deal of theatrical training, as well as a gift for singing with my soul! I definitely want to pass these qualities on to my students, but it doesn't seem possible to do so in the 1/2 hour private lessons I have been teaching thus far. If this plan doesn't work out, we can always go back to the way things were!

Another reason I have made such significant changes was the fact that I am too nice and I often give away time by taking longer than the time alotted or take the easy way out and cancel rather than reschedule a lesson. This is not good for either me or the student. The student must value and respect the teacher's time, as well as be consistent with his/her practicing and lesson times to maintain steady progress. My hopes this year is that I will be more consistent in my business practices to be fair to both myself and my students!

I look forward to seeing the progress of each and every one of my students and hope that I will make progress as well in my own journey as a teacher!