I love seeing the light bulb go on in people's eyes when they have been so

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confused and having hoarseness or pain or just

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misunderstanding about how their voice works.

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And then when they have that moment, when they really get it. I love that.

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That's why I teach. After high school.

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I went on to study composition in the Manhattan School of Music,

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and then I went on to study voice at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

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I had some wonderful teachers. I was studying voice,

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piano composition and music education.

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Yet even with all of the vocal training that I had with conductors and famous

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singing teachers and still had a lot of questions,

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I didn't understand phrases like place the tone or sing it to the mask and try

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as I might. I just didn't get it. I did what I could,

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but it was still a big question in my mind. So I began research.

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I researched scientific data. I looked into historical vocal treatises.

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I interviewed voice doctors, and most of all,

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I did a lot of experimenting with my voice to see highs and lows, volume,

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different kinds of tone, qualities, how to bring out the words,

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and so much more. So after all of this time,

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I have been able to put together a step-by-step, reliable,

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proven method of how to sing, how to study,

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how to practice, how to get your answers about the voice,

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how to find out about your true voice.

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It is my great joy to pass on to you, singers, speakers and actors,

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children and adults,

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everything that I have learned in my life so that you

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don't have to make the mistakes that I made so that you can find your true

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voice, so that you can have vocal freedom, you can sing,

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and I will help you every step of the way.

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