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The Vocal Connection Building Confidence, One Voice at a Time

09/19/2026

Voice lessons aren’t just about learning to sing the right notes. 🎤❤️

When I’m preparing a young singer for a performance, we work on the whole performance:

☑️ Mic technique — keeping the mic close and consistent (tilt toward the mouth)
☑️ Expression — letting the face and body communicate the story
☑️ Dynamics — creating contrast instead of singing everything the same
☑️ Storytelling — knowing why we’re singing every phrase and what emotion you are expressing
☑️ Confidence — getting comfortable performing before we ever hit the stage

Young singers can learn SO much before puberty. We aren’t just training the voice they have today

We’re giving them skills they can carry with them as their voice grows and changes.

Sometimes the best part is watching all that work turn into a kid who genuinely loves performing. 🥹🎶

Voice teachers: what’s one performance skill you always work on before recital day?

09/14/2026

Stuffy-headed singer walks into your voice lesson? 🤧 Whether it's allergies or left over cold symptoms we all know singing with a stuffy head can feel hard. Try this before you give up for the day!

This is one of my favorite little resets for a student who feels congested:
1) Inhale through the nose
2) Exhale about 80% through the nose
3) Plug the nose,
4) gently shake the head No, Yes, and in circles
until you feel the urge to breathe.
5) Inhale through the nose
6 Repeat 4 or 5 times

Why does it help? During a comfortable breath hold, CO₂ rises — and CO₂ is a vasodilator. That change can help open things up and make nasal breathing feel easier.

I originally learned this hack from Andrew Byrne through his book The Singing Athlete and his Level 1 certification course, and it’s been such a useful tool to have in my voice-teacher toolbox. 🙌

This isn’t about pushing through illness or replacing medical care — it’s simply a quick reset I use when a singer walks in feeling stuffy.
Save this for your next congested voice student! 🎶
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We talk about “mix” like it’s one sound… but listen to 10 great singers and you’ll hear 10 very different mixes. 🎶That’s...
09/12/2026

We talk about “mix” like it’s one sound… but listen to 10 great singers and you’ll hear 10 very different mixes. 🎶

That’s because we have choices! We can adjust vocal fold thickness, compression, vowel shape and resonance to create the sound the singer actually needs.

Sometimes I want a thicker, brighter mix. Sometimes thinner and darker. Sometimes I want more twang, more oral resonance, or a completely different vowel strategy.

The goal isn’t to teach every student to create my version of mix.
It’s to give them enough tools to create their version of the sound the music is asking for:
freely, confidently, and sustainably. ❤️

One voice. Endless combinations.

Voice teachers: What’s the first thing YOU adjust when a student says, “I can’t find my mix”? 👇

09/07/2026

One of my favorite tools for shy singers… and it does WAY more than give them a little privacy. 🎭🎤
An anesthesia mask can help students explore their voice without feeling quite so exposed — AND it doubles as a great SOVT tool for feeling back pressure and finding more freedom on those big “money notes.” 🙌
Sometimes the best vocal tools are the simplest ones.
Want the exact mask I use with my students? Comment MASK and I’ll send you the link! 👇

08/29/2026

Not every singer can do a lip trill—and that’s okay!

When a student struggles to keep a lip trill going, I don’t want them working harder and getting frustrated. I give them another way to experience that same easy, consistent airflow with a different SOVT exercise.

One of my favorites is my Magic Bubbler. 🫧 It’s inexpensive, easy to make, and every new student in my studio gets one.
Want to make one for your students?
Comment BUBBLER and I’ll send you my Amazon supply list! 💙

VocalPedagogy

08/23/2026

Sometimes you see a beautiful grand piano and you just have to sit down and play. 🎹🇫🇷
This was at my friend Rixa’s rental apt. in Nice, France. We got to stay here for 4 incredible days..
I often found myself just playing.

No sheet music, no plan… just sitting down and seeing where the music went. ❤️
Music has always been one of my favorite ways to connect — with other people, with a place, and sometimes just with myself.

This was one of those little moments from France I wanted to remember. ✨

I’ve been teaching voice for years, and the more I learn, the more I believe this:Better singing starts with connection....
08/20/2026

I’ve been teaching voice for years, and the more I learn, the more I believe this:
Better singing starts with connection. ❤️
Connection to the body.
Connection to the voice.
Connection between teacher and student.
And connection to the confidence to explore what your voice can actually do.
These ideas have slowly grown into something I’m excited to finally put a name to: The Vocal Connection Method.
I’ll be sharing more of it in the months ahead. 💜🎶
Building confidence, one voice at a time.

Tonight was our Summer Studio Bash. We had a potluck meal, karaoke performances, snowcones and lots of visiting and chee...
08/16/2026

Tonight was our Summer Studio Bash. We had a potluck meal, karaoke performances, snowcones and lots of visiting and cheering for each other.

I love working with Emily Allred and it was so fun to see both of our students performing. Even the adults got up and sang during open Karaoke.

It was a fabulous event.

We already have 20 amazing kids signed up for I Believe Choir. We are so excited that we will get to sing incredible son...
08/21/2025

We already have 20 amazing kids signed up for I Believe Choir. We are so excited that we will get to sing incredible songs by contemporary Christian Artists in Eagle Mountain Utah.

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