email lousvillevoicelessons.com to schedule a trial lesson
Tools for SINGERS, Online Resources
Health
Vanderbilt Voice Center (ENT and Docs that work with singers, Nashville)
APPCOMPANIST
(for your phone at www.appcompanist.com): Student subscriptions allow you to practice with accompaniments to all of your songs and is especially helpful to have on your end for SKYPE/FACETIME lessons.
MUSIC NOTES
Online music where you can print sheet music at your convenience at home. Please consult with us about what key you should print your music.
ZOOM
Please set up an account with Zoom for online lessons and we will contact you with lesson times, ID, conversation number and password. Please have headphones on your end. For the best possible experience online, turn on your Wifi or have your computer or laptop directly plugged into the wifi and do not position yourself in the basement,. Have an additional phone for playing your accompaniments.
Please be sure to have a set of wire headphones and to be in a good, standing position for your online/Zoom lessons. For the best sound, iPhones are a great choice. To view screen shares, large computer screens are a good choice. Sound is often good on gaming headphones too.
ForScore: App for phone or iPad for storing your music digitally
Online Piano Lessons with Simply Piano
Hal Leonard: Music publishing website where you can store music and accompaniments in an online library
Theatre Trip: Site were you can find appropriate audition songs for various musical theatre shows and characters
Backstage: Lists professional auditions (often in NY or LA)
PlayBill: Auditions, news and casting
Voice Record Pro: Phone app for recording lessons and notes. Ability to slow down and speed up playback.
Headshots (School-ages do not need professional headshots for auditions - not even Broadway. But they may need one for a show.)
Film Acting and Voice Over Classes
Treble Cat or Bass Cat for the Iphone (Solfege and Letter settings)
OTHER TYPES OF TRAINING
What else should I do, besides voice lessons, to help me be a better singer?
Piano lessons! Even two years will make singing so much easier.
Play an instrument (percussion, violin, flute..)
Record your lessons and listen to them.
Join a choir (school, church, LYC, community choir)
Acting, Film & Dance classes
Languages classes
Music Theory classes
Audition for a community theatre or school musical
Listen and watch professional singers or musicians, live or on the internet. Always have music playing.
See list of local auditions and competitions on our AUDITIONS page.
Feeling sick?
See your physician or pediatrician, or Vanderbilt Voice Center (ENT and Docs that work with singers, Nashville)
Ask your physician about the following:
Get lots of rest and sleep (nothing heals like rest)
Try a warm air humidifier, especially when sleeping
Lie in prone position for coughs while sleeping
Hydrate with Pedialite and juicy fruits like berries and apples
If voice is dry, breathe through the nose
Plain Mucinex to thin mucus
Limit use of voice or go on full vocal rest
Remember that you are contagious with a fever or cough, even if your doctor was not able to identify the virus or bacteria that has made you sick. Use caution by covering your cough and wearing a good mask when in crowds or around venerable people.
International Performance Reviews & Publications
Opera News: Metropolitan Opera news and reviews from around the world
Opera America: Many opera resources and reviews. Keep up with the world of opera
Stage Monologues: Contact Shannon Woolley Allison for private monologue selections and coachings at LookingforLilith@gmail.com