Mike Ruckles Voice Studio, located in the heart of the Theatre District, is the home of premier trai
05/08/2026
What a thrilling week in the studio! We’re absolutely over the moon for Ali Louis Bourzgui (), Nichelle Lewis (), Christiani Pitts (), and Brandon Uranowitz (), all Tony nominated for their extraordinary performances this season. Huge congratulations to all the nominees!
Get a sneak inside a first session with the delightful Lucy Werner (THE CHER SHOW, ANNIE) as we begin the journey together. All high-intensity singing (like belting and Wagnerian soprano) has the tendency to overshoot the mark, overpressurize, and create a host of domino effects throughout the instrument. A simple CPR mask is one of many possible strategies to begin the process of creating more awareness and an economy of means!
Song: “Out of the Blue” from THE WILD PARTY by
04/08/2026
Incredibly moved and honored by the kind words of these extraordinary artists. What a privilege it is to support great singers and storytellers on their vocal journey. Please go check out their sites, buy tickets, and support their incredible work!
Nightly, Tavon Olds-Sample turns in one of the most mind-blowing performances on B’way as Middle Michael in the hit musical MJ. Channeling the idiosyncratic voice and physicality of the legend 8x a week for years at a time is an extraordinary athletic feat. Join us for an inside look at one of Tavon’s lessons with Mike and the detail-oriented work it takes to keep it feeling fresh and easy.
02/20/2026
Jack Wolfe is the kind of artist that you dream of working with as a voice teacher: open, inquisitive, joyful in the work, uncompromising, fiercely intelligent… oh, and wildly talented. You have until 3/1 to catch his devastating Orpheus in ! Bravo, Jack!
The extraordinary Anthony Festa shares his process in a voice lesson preparing to cover Jean Valjean on the national tour of Les Misérables.
01/25/2026
Join us in Seattle in May! I’m honored to be in such distinguished company as a keynote speaker at the Northwest Voice Conference. I’ll be giving a presentation and a masterclass, so I’d love to see you and catch up, West Coast friends and students! The conference is an incredible collab between the U of Washington’s speech & hearing sciences dept, and their division of laryngology in the dept of Otolaryngology. Check it out at: wwwnorthwestvoice.org
Rodney is BACK!! After an incredible B’way debut as Aladdin, and then starring in the Spanish-language production in Mexico City, Rodney Ingram will be starring as the street rat once again at the New Amsterdam! “Are you gonna love this guy!”
01/07/2026
The party is roaring on across the country with this extraordinary cast of THE GREAT GATSBY! Huge congrats to students Jake David Smith (Jay Gatsby), Lila Coogan (Myrtle), Will Branner (Tom Buchanan), and Tally Sessions (George Wilson)! Four of my favorite voices/humans in one cast. 😮💨
01/05/2026
One of the highlights of 2025, to be sure. They always say don’t meet your heroes, (and I’ve been a big fan for quite a while), but Ben is as kind, generous, and hard-working as he is brilliantly funny. I won’t spoil the surprise of what we were hard at work on, but Ben can SING and I looked forward to our lessons every week. What a class act.