In your first lesson, I’ll typically discuss your vocal goals and experience, take you through warm ups, assess your range, etc.  If you are a more experienced singer, we may coach a song of your choosing for part of the class as well.

No.

It depends on your level at the beginning, your practice routine and how you are measuring success/improvement. Sometimes improvement can be immediate, sometimes it can take a long time.  It depends a great deal on the amount of focused time and attention you put in as well as experience singing in different circumstances.

Weekly lessons are recommended, especially for beginners, but I am willing to adapt to any budget or frequency.

- Proper breathing & support
- Pitch precision
- Tone development
- Vocal range extension
- Vocal health
- Working on repertoire

If you are a more experienced singer and are comfortable warming up on your own in order to spend more time in the lesson coaching material, I encourage you to come to your lesson warmed up.  If, however, this is not possible due to time, or you simply prefer to have me do it, I am happy to.  For new singers, I will always take you through warm ups as those are also part of your technique learning. 

Yes! Anyone can improve with practice informed by knowledge and self awareness. 

Not in class.  I am there to help you find the safest way to make sound.  
Outside of class, yes, you must take care of your voice and avoid things that will strain it: talking over ambient noise, yelling, alcohol, dehydration etc.  
There is a difference between regular fatigue and strain.  Think of a good workout at the gym: you are tired at the end and need rest/recovery time but you are not injured.  It is the same with singing.  You may feel tired at the end of a practise session but you should not feel strain or pain. Preventing strain has as much to do with what you do outside your training as during it.

Your repertoire is up to you.  I am happy to work on any style (aside from heavy metal or similar) but it is very helpful if you come in with ideas rather than me choosing blindly or spending lesson time hemming and hawing about song choices.  My area of expertise is musical theatre so if you are interested in that style, I will have more knowledge of repertoire in that area.

A piano or keyboard is really helpful for practising exercises and checking your pitch, or learning your music if you read music but it’s not required.  You are welcome to record your lesson (for your private use only) 

Yes!  I have sung in English, French, Italian, German, and Latin, predominantly. While I can’t provide diction specifications for each of those languages equally, I can still help you adjust pronunciation to get a clearer sound.

For my purposes, not very much!  Vocal coaching typically refers to performance aspects like interpretation, expression, and stage presence, where as voice/singing lessons focus more on technique and health.  All my classes involve both.

In person is preferred, especially at first, but online lessons are possible, provided you have a good internet connection.

My strong preference is to work with non smokers only as smoking (cigarettes or otherwise) is damaging to the voice.  While I do not have control of what my students do outside the studio, how they sound does reflect somewhat on me as a coach and all the technique in the world cannot erase the effects of smoking - though it can definitely help after you have quit!