Voice Teachers

[RunningInTheDark]

Posted: 11/17/07 at 5:06pm

Okay, so I made a post a while back about how voice lessons always lead me to a point of frustration--which we ALL agreed was good in a sense, it means I'm still learning--but with all this talk of auditioning, has anyone ever seriously looked at a schools voice teacher instead of a school's reputation?

I'm worried I'll go a school because of it's reputation and find that all their voice teachers are completely awful. So, my main question is, regardless of a school's program, has anyone heard anything about a school's SPECIFIC voice teacher? One that teaches "legit" voice and not "belting" or some other ridiculous fad style.

[Juliash]

Posted: 11/17/07 at 6:25pm

Well I don't know if this will help because it's not really an answer but most schools don't let you choose your voice teacher; they assign you one.

[RunningInTheDark]

Posted: 11/17/07 at 8:39pm

Are you sure that's true? Because if I get stuck with a ****ty voice teacher at a school and they don't let me switch, I'll been steaming with anger throughout the damn campus.

[John3]

Posted: 11/18/07 at 10:29am

most schools let you have a choice, but if you have not preference they choose for you. teachers at the very reputable schools are not going to be ****y, they would have not gotten to that point of their reputation with out good teachers. And schools will let you switch teachers, most likely, if you have good reason to switch.

[Juliash]

Posted: 11/23/07 at 8:15pm

Weird, I've always heard the opposite. I guess it depends on the school.

[chinto1984]

Posted: 11/25/07 at 10:26pm

My voice teacher in college was telling us about the things she read in Renee Fleming's autobiography. Renee talked about how she wanted to go to this one school and it was the best in reputation but how she would be treated and how she would have to study at the school was not beneficial for her. She said it was too big and a lot of talent where she could easily get lost. She opted for another smaller school where she could get more one on one training. My teacher was trying to stress how important teaching style and method were and not reputation. Look at reputation but go by what methods of instruction, class sizes, and ask former alum on how the study was. Good luck.