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Discover the FULL VOICE Workbooks
We know how much thought goes into choosing the right materials for your students, and we are here for you. Teaching beginners is significant work; you’re laying the foundation for a lifetime of joyful music-making!
Unhurried Voice Lessons
Feeling the rush to get everything in a voice lesson? So are your students. Here are student-led strategies for slowing down.
How to Help Singers with Pitch Accuracy
When a student struggles with basic singing skills, many teachers feel lost about what to do next. And in a result-driven studio culture that expects quick progress, these are the students who are turned away from lessons if we are not sure how to approach them.
10 Simple Strategies for Shy Singers
There are many reasons why your student may be holding back their voice. Here are helpful activities and resources for helping shy singers perform with confidence.
Attention in the Voice Studio
Especially for younger students, neurodivergent learners, or anyone feeling unsure or overwhelmed, attention is part of a growing set of executive function skills. It’s not something we can demand on command. It’s something we can nurture, support, and strengthen.
What Does “Student-Led” Really Mean For Voice Lessons?
We talk a lot about student-led learning—but what does that actually look like in a singing lesson? Sometimes, it looks like a game. Sometimes, it sounds like laughing. Sometimes, it feels like a sigh of relief—from both the student and the teacher.
Lyrics, Literacy, and Learning: Strategies for Voice Teachers
Understanding song lyrics is not as simple as reading everyday language. Lyrics are compressed, poetic, and often inverted in order to fit rhythm, rhyme, and melody. They can use unfamiliar vocabulary, metaphor, or imagery that doesn’t exist in a child’s lived experience, and meaning is frequently implied rather than stated outright. Here are strategies to…
Forest Adventure Card Game FUN! By Dr. Bethany Turpin
I love the Forest Adventure song in the Introductory B songbook; I was over the moon to test out the deck with my kids! That said, I was still blown away by how much the kids loved this deck and playing with it.
