Singing is inherent to human communication.
When language isn't enough, we sing.
We live in a time that needs more connection, and singing is the best way I know to create it.
Singing has real cognitive and physical health benefits across the lifespan. It builds community, cultivates resilience, and connects us to something larger than ourselves. The voice is both the most personal instrument and the most universal one.
The Studio
I am Assistant Professor of Voice and Vocal Pedagogy at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and Director and Faculty Member of the Vocal Pedagogy Professional Workshop (VPPW). I am a voice teacher informed by science, grounded in the history of singing pedagogy, and driven by the belief that singing is essential to human flourishing.
I teach vocal pedagogy at the graduate level, supervise original research, and teach voice privately across classical, musical theater, and contemporary styles. I teach courses in the structure and function of the singing mechanism, the history of vocal pedagogy, and thesis research methodology. The principles I bring to the studio are tested, refined, and connected to the broader world of voice science and pedagogy.
The Co-Investigation Model
You and I observe together. I observe your sound, your movement, your expressive connection. You observe what you feel, what you hear from the inside, what shifts. Neither perspective is complete alone. We are co-investigators, not master and apprentice.
You take responsibility for your own goals. You are a craftsman. I bring tools, a trained ear, and a framework. You bring curiosity, honesty about what you notice, and a willingness to explore.
Resonance Made Audible
I am an overtone singer, and I bring that practice directly into my teaching. Overtone singing makes the acoustic properties of the voice audible in a way that no diagram or explanation can. When I sing an overtone series for a student, they hear what resonance actually sounds like. They hear how small adjustments change which frequencies ring out and which recede.
This is not a party trick. It is a pedagogical tool that trains the ear to hear warmth, brightness, and balance in real time. Students learn to listen for these qualities in their own voices, which is the foundation of self-directed vocal development. The science becomes something you can hear, not just something you read about.
Studio Culture
Warm, High Expectations
The studio is a place where you are supported and challenged. We celebrate wins, laugh when things crack, and always keep moving toward the target.
No Wrong Sounds
There are no vocal faults. There are aesthetic targets, functional targets, and shots on goal. Every sound teaches us something about your voice.
Easy, Not Squeezy
We build from what's free and flexible, then add complexity. Ease first, always. You will learn to hear and feel the qualities that make your voice work best.
Head, Heart, Hand
Every lesson attends to intention (head), expression (heart), and function (hand). Singing well requires all three.
Identity-Affirming
This studio welcomes singers of all gender identities. Your voice is yours. How you want it to sound, what feels authentic to you, what goals you set for your instrument: these are yours to define. I teach many trans and non-binary singers, and my approach begins with listening to your experience of your own voice and body, not imposing expectations from outside.
Between-Lesson Support
The lesson is just the beginning. In this studio, you get a support system designed to keep you growing between sessions.
Lesson Debriefs
After every lesson, you receive a written summary of what we covered: what we worked on, what shifted, what to carry forward. We are not relying on memory alone. You have a record of your progress that builds over time.
Practice Plans
Alongside each debrief, a practice plan with every exercise, its functional purpose, how it connects to your repertoire, and what to listen for while practicing. You always know why you are doing what you are doing.
Whole-Singer Reflection
A simple check-in before each lesson: what you noticed in practice, your vocal load for the week, how your voice feels, questions for the next lesson. Your input directly shapes what we work on.
Progress Visibility
Three acoustic assessment sessions per semester track your vocal development over time. You see your growth in plain language: range expansion, dynamic flexibility, voice quality trends.
Repertoire Tracking
Every piece moves through a learning scaffold from translation and characterization through performance-ready. You always know where you are and what comes next.
How It Works
Everything you see in the portal is generated from our actual lesson work: your recordings, our conversations, the exercises we do together, the observations I make while teaching. AI assists with drafting practice plans and lesson summaries, but the content comes from me and from what happens in our lessons. Nothing is invented.
Your lesson recordings are transcribed locally on my computer, never sent to a third-party transcription service. When transcripts are sent to AI for drafting, your name is replaced with an identifier, and the AI provider (Anthropic) does not use any of this input for training their models. I review everything before it reaches you.
This is technology in service of teaching, not a replacement for it. The tools save me time on documentation so I can spend more time listening, thinking, and preparing for your next lesson.
Who This Studio Is For
This studio is for people who want to get better at their craft and are willing to take responsibility for their own goals. People who are dissatisfied with their current operation and know there is more to be had. People who want more facility, more singing, easier singing.
This is not the right fit for someone looking for a guru to establish their goals for them. You are the expert on your experience. I am the expert on the instrument. Together, we figure it out.
Student Achievements
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2026Karima Haddouch NATS NE Regional First Prize, Advanced Musical Theater
Studio Tools
The studio is equipped with tools that support the co-investigation: overtone singing for live resonance demonstration, RespTrack respiratory analysis, Voce Vista real-time acoustic display, Praat acoustic analysis, and a calibrated recording setup. These tools serve the teaching, not the other way around. They make the invisible visible so we can observe together.
Get in Touch
Interested in studying voice? Have questions about the studio? I would love to hear from you.