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Studio vision statement, skill set survey, branding, policies, pricing and packages, being your own boss, scheduling & bookkeeping, website, marketing, and social media.
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.
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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!
Anatomical instruction, kinesthetic comparison, performance application, style ear training, and pedagogical observation of each other.
"I'm so grateful for this class and I hope many will take advantage of it." - Anna
"There were so many things that I'd never thought of!" - Avery
You can take this course in multiple ways:
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) at a time to be determined. I just finished these courses and will annouce future dates. If you wish to be notified of those dates, email [email protected]
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)
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!
Why this course? 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!
When and Where: The course will be held on Zoom (because there are students from across the country). I just finished this course and will be posting upcoming dates. If you wish to be notified of these dates, email [email protected]
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)
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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 34 years are the proud parents of six children.
If you have questions, feel free to reach out via email to [email protected]
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