COURSES OFFERED
Invest in your musical and financial future by taking one of them!
You can take both sections of this course or one at a time.
See below for pricing and course details.
Entrepreneurial Skills Taught
Studio vision statement, skill set survey, branding, policies, pricing and packages, being your own boss, scheduling & bookkeeping, website, marketing, and social media.
Pedagogy Skills Taught
Onboarding a student, teaching vocal function and cross training different styles and vocal productions, aligment, inhalation, phonation, egagement, designing vocalises, teaching resonance, different age groups, and storytelling. Our weekly synchronous Pedagogy Practicum where you ask questions from your own teaching is a big perk.
Pedagogy to Performance
See below for pricing and course details.
Why Cross Train?
In today's market, you will need both mix/belt and classical training.
Don't try to "fake it until you make it!" You and your students deserve better!
Course Content
Anatomical instruction, kinesthetic comparison, performance application, style ear training, and pedagogical observation of each other.
Praise for Starting Your Studio
"I'm so grateful for this class and I hope many will take advantage of it." - Anna
Praise for Starting Your Studio
"There were so many things that I'd never thought of!" - Avery
Starting Your Studio Schedule & Pricing
You can take this course in three ways: Entrepreneurship, Pedagogy, Entrepreneurship & Pedagogy. Entrepreneurship would be a good fit for a new teacher, or a seasoned teacher, wanting to build their business. Pedagogy would be a good fit for a new teacher who needs foundational information, or a seasoned teacher wanting additional professional development in both classical and mix/belt productions.
When and Where: The course will be held on Zoom (because there are students from across the country,) on twelve Tuesday and Thursday mornings in June and July. 9-10 am MDT for Entrepreneurship and 10-11 MDT for Pedagogy. Those dates are June 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23 & July 12, 14, 19, 21, 26. All lessons will be recorded.
Course Design: Some portions of the course will be flipped with reflective/research assignments (entrepreneurship) and watching the pre-recorded course content in advance of class to be discussed in class. The many hours of pedagogical training are divided up into 20-ish minute increments you can watch on your phone or laptop. Other portions of the course will be presentations, answering your pedagogical questions or master class style.
Pricing: (these are a screaming good deals to get to learn everything it took me decades to learn ... the hard way)
- Pedagogy & Entrepreneurship: $800.00 (made in two payments of $400)
- Entrepreneurship: $450 (made in two payments of $225)
- Pedagogy: $450 (made in two payments of $225)
Ready to Teach?
For many years I have wanted to provide this training for my young colleagues... because the rest of us were thrown in the deep end! Let me be your lifesaver!
Vocal Cross Training: Pedagogy to Performance Schedule & Pricing
When and Where: The course will be held on Zoom (because there are students from across the country) on eight Tuesdays June-August from 3-5 pm MDT. Those dates are June 7, 14, 21 & July 12,19, 26 & August 2, 9. All lessons will be recorded.
Course Design: Each class period will begin with pedagogical instruction having to do with the differences between classical and mix/belt breathing, conditioning warm-ups, vocal tract shaping, vocal fold configuration, styling, vocal production analysis, amplification, ornamentation, and storytelling. The remaining class time will feature student performances and subsequent master class style feedback referencing and building on the pedagogical instruction.
Pricing: $600 (made in two payments)
Why: I thought I was so prepared to teach. I had a masters degree from an internationally renowned conservatory and lots of singing under my belt. In less than one week of teaching, I realized I really wasn't prepared to be an independent studio teacher. Why? Because I could only sing and teach in one style. My students expected me to be able to teach them music theater, pop, jazz, classical, etc. Not gonna lie, that was a punch in the face I didn't see coming. Word to the wise, in my 21 years of teaching, I have only had a handful of students who wanted to exclusively study classical vocal production. Adaption or Extinction time. I chose Adaption, which has been a big but delicious learning curve. Let me give you a shortcut!
Register Here!Course Prices and Registration
Vocal Cross Training: Pedagogy to Performance
$600
(two payments of $300.00)
- Eight week course
- 2 hours a week
- Pedagogical instruction comparing classical and mix/belt vocal production & styling
- Master class practicum with student performances
Starting Your Studio: Entrepreneurship & Pedagogy
$800
(two monthly payments of $400)
- 12-week Course
- Two in-class hours per week
- Hours of online content
- Build business skill set (see Entrepreneurship for more details)
- Build pedagogical skill set (see Pedagogy for more details)
Starting Your Studio: Entrepreneurship
$450
(two payments of $225)
- Hours of online content and worksheets
- 1 in-class hour per week
- Branding and website
- Policies, pricing and packages
- Scheduling and bookkeeping
- Marketing and social media
Starting Your Studio: Pedagogy
$450
(two payments of $225)
- Hours of online content and handouts
- 1 in-class Pedagogy Practicum weekly
- Vocal function
- Cross training
- Breathing 1, 2, 3
- Designing vocalises
- Teaching resonance
- Age groups specifics
About Dr. Ruth Ellis
Ruth has enjoyed singing numerous operatic and music theater roles and from Queens to Wardrobes and concertizes regularly having sung 58 concerts in venues across the nation and a few across the pond. Of one performance the New York Daily News reported she sang with “soaring dramatic authority.” Ruth thoroughly enjoys teaching voice in both the classical and contemporary areas at BYU, she taught crossover voice at Snow College for five years, has taught at the Ruth Ellis Vocal Academy since 2000 and is a frequent guest teacher/presenter at many other schools and universities across the country. Ruth is currently serving as Governor of the NATS Cal Western Region and sits on the NATS National Board. Dr. Ellis earned her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees at the Manhattan School of Music and studied and performed in New York for fourteen years. She earned her Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Utah and completed the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute training at Shenandoah Conservatory. Ruth and her husband of 33 years are the proud parents of six children.
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