Voice Lessons at Pillars

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After 11 years of voice lessons, here is what we have seen

Children ages 6 - 11 that have had individual voice lessons with us have far and away been the least-successful, inspiring, and have had the least vocal progress of all of our students across all of our instrument types (voice, drum, guitar, and piano).
Children ages 6-11 that have had voice lessons coupled with something else (musical theatre, piano, guitar, or rock bands) have had THE MOST successful, inspiring, and have made THE MOST progress of all of our students across all of our instrument types.
So we now have a robust grouping of vocal programs that all involve frequent performances for other peers (with their teacher present) and also parents/fans!
We DO offer individual 30-minute voice lessons, but because of the dismal-results cited above in our past 11 years for individual-voice only lessons, and the fantastic results for vocalists that had individual lesson AND ALSO participated in another progrtam…we only accept individual-voice students who are dual-enrolled in one of the programs below (exceptions can be made at our discretion if a vocalist is actively participating in other vocal performance activities not listed below)

After much observation of real-world results, and curriculum meetings, we now have various programs within the vocal department - YES, WE DO INDIVIDUAL VOICE LESSONS TOO!

not sure which vocal program to join? Schedule a free assessment so we can help!

***Triple Threat***

**To be a triple threat means proficiency in Singing, Dancing & Acting. Thus, we work on vocal technique, hearing/singing harmonies, clean/confident dancing, and expressive/bold acting.**
**No audition required, performance-based singing and simple choreography**
**Solo/group singing, group dance and solo/group acting is required of each student required, along with practice/rehearsing outside of class**

sign up for triple threat training here!

Need help figuring out what vocal program to join? Schedule your free assessment here!

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Vocalists who go to one on one lessons and then perform only once every 6 months will struggle to become good performers. Would you ever sign up your son/daughter to learn to play soccer by having them go to practice for 5 months and then play in one single game that lasts only a few minutes? Sounds silly right? But time and time again we see students subjected to this ineffective tradition of performing once or twice a year in a terrifying recital, and never growing and learning to be a better and more confident performer. There is no replacing performance experience!

Students should be up on stage playing 2-4 songs every 6-10 weeks. With the programs we offer, they typically will be up performing in front of other EVERY WEEK! They should learn and be taught to be confident performers, and that will NEVER happen with such little stage time. They need to be on stage more often, and they need to perform several pieces of music so that they are up on stage 3-10 minutes each time. This gives their heart a chance to slow down some, and to begin to relax while up there. This process should be repeated over and over and over again. There is NO SUBSTITUTE or secret sauce for becoming a confident performer. It takes much more time on stage than what is traditionally done. Too many teachers and studios focus on their student playing a piece of music flawlessly on stage. The emphasis should be on the development of the student. The notes are important too, but more important than a perfectly executed piece of music is the maturation of a child to learn that they can be in front of people, and be confident, and even enjoy themselves.