LESSONS & CONSULTATIONS

Darlene Koldenhoven will be happy to assist you with these Educational Services. You may choose to learn any or all of these areas which may be blended into each lesson as the situation or need arises. She offers Consultation Services and her Private or Group Lessons with a flexible schedule to meet your needs. Ms. Koldenhoven also lectures and conducts master classes, workshops & concerts nationwide.


All private classes and consultations are held in her beautiful guest house/recording studio and may be taped for the students benefit and review. Accelerated learning techniques are used and taught throughout the study. Students may experience positive changes and developments from the very first lesson.

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Consultations
 Hourly sessions.


Basics: After a sample lesson, Ms. Koldenhoven will evaluate your talent and skills and help you determine what it will take to achieve your goals.


Marketing: Based on your completed vocal or videodemo, Ms. Koldenhoven will assist you in finding more choices and strategies for you to market your talent.


Lessons
 Fees are on an hourly or half-hourly basis, once or twice a week or twice a month


Vocal Technique

  • Shared coordination vocal technique (building singing muscles)
  • Breath management
  • Learning to listen to yourself and your accompaniment
  • Care and maintenence of your vocal instrument-voice, body, mind, agility, flexibility, versatility
  • Increased range, stamina, power, control
Fundamentals of music for singers
  • Basic & Advanced Ear-training
  • Melody
  • Rhythm
  • Harmony in accompaniment
  • Harmonizing with others
  • Vocal Styles
  • Phrasing
  • Finding the center of the pitch
  • Finding your note and when to come in
  • Rote singing
  • Sight singing & Reading music
  • Structure or arrangement of the music
  • Intervals & Chords
  • Group vs Solo singing
  • Basic Piano for singers
Performance
  • Preparing for the audition or performance
  • Choosing repertoire for auditions, competitions, demo tapes, concerts, shows
  • Learning, stylizing, and polishing a song
  • Writing your own charts
  • Songwriting and arranging
  • Conducting and leading a group
  • Emoting a song
  • Improvising
  • Scat-singing & Other "Licks"
  • Making the music come alive & captivating your audience
  • Techniques to:
        -boost confidence levels
        -memorize easier
        -mentally and physically prepare for the event
        -read and sight-sing faster
        -expand your listening awareness further with ease
        -get over fears and stage frights
        -motivate


Marketing yourself as a singer

  • Image
  • Preparing for the stage, road tour, audition
  • Staging and Movement
  • Preparing for studio recording
  • Strategies for finding work
  • Preparing your career
  • Goal setting
  • Building rapport
  • Preparing the vocal demo for record companies, studio work, stage work
  • Targeting your audience
  • Unions
  • Research
Policies and Procedures
  • Available upon acceptance to the vocal studio.
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