K-12 Online Voice Lessons
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Welcome to Young Singers Academy!
Young Singers Academy works with K-12 singers
to help them achieve the voice of their dreams.
We use a unique step-by-step
science-backed approach to sensational singing
proven over the past 20 years.
As a result,
your child builds confidence
and learns to let their inner light shine.
Young Singers Academy is a comprehensive and holistic
K-12 Vocal Training Program that grows with your child.
Designed by the person Carnegie Hall trusted to:
> mentor music educators
> prepare 8th graders for vocal auditions
> lead national workshops
> develop New York City's model school of music education
This is a one-of-a-kind approach and community for young singers
that has revolutionized and set a new standard of voice education for kids, tweens and teens.
*No experience needed - Beginners to Advanced*
*One-on-One time in every lesson*
*Sing what you love*
*Fun, interactive team environment*
Make friends and foster a love of singing for a lifetime!
Develop vocal technique, music literacy, performance etiquette, acting skills and more in every lesson!
YSA FOUNDER
VIELKA
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Founder. Educator. Performer. Mother.
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"This work is my passion and purpose. I'm paying it forward by closing the information gap that exists in voice education for children. I've borrowed from the best - in voice, teaching and learning, child development and music literacy - and built upon it to create a comprehensive, sequential program to train young singers as vocal athletes in a way that simply doesn't exist anywhere else.
With a lifetime in music, I've helped over a thousand beginning singers - including clinically damaged voices - learn to soar and develop clear, powerful voices. 'Shy' kids conquer fear and take the stage. Building confidence, creating a meaningful connection with yourself and others and achieving breakthroughs from a young age...that's what Young Singers Academy is really about."
With a lifetime in music, I've helped over a thousand beginning singers - including clinically damaged voices - learn to soar and develop clear, powerful voices. 'Shy' kids conquer fear and take the stage. Building confidence, creating a meaningful connection with yourself and others and achieving breakthroughs from a young age...that's what Young Singers Academy is really about."
OUR SERVICES
Out of tune or strained? Get healthy and trained.
We offer group and private voice lessons,
to help kids and teens of all styles, singing and age levels:
* learn to sing in tune
* hit clear high notes with ease and strength
* get cast in school shows
* be accepted to all the top performing arts high schools
* refine your craft for industry work
* gain poise and presence
*establish healthy vocal habits for singing and speaking for life.
to help kids and teens of all styles, singing and age levels:
* learn to sing in tune
* hit clear high notes with ease and strength
* get cast in school shows
* be accepted to all the top performing arts high schools
* refine your craft for industry work
* gain poise and presence
*establish healthy vocal habits for singing and speaking for life.
All levels welcome. You just need a love of singing and a desire to learn.
If you can talk, you can sing. It's not wishful thinking...it's science and muscle training.
If you can talk, you can sing. It's not wishful thinking...it's science and muscle training.
At Home. On Site. Online. Now & Always.
THE DANGERS AROUND SINGING
THAT NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT
Rather than perpetuating the silence and hoping you'll never experience the following pain,
I'm accepting my personal responsibility to raise awareness from my personal journey
so you can make the best informed decisions for your family.
Here's a list of the top 3 potential dangers around singing that nobody is talking about...
1. Invisible Emotional Damage
Your child may be like my own 2 kids were...unable to sing in tune and straining for high notes.
Without early individualized voice education,
your child may grow up believing she can't sing or has a terrible voice
affecting her self-esteem and group participation for life.
This pops up in all kinds of tiny important ways...around home, places of worship,
school plays, social media, karaoke, parties, weddings, funerals, social media.
Sadly, I've met hundreds of adults who continue to carry the heavy emotional weight of this lifetime loss
and blow to their self-esteem caused by ignorance while in elementary school.
2. Internal Physical Damage
Your child is praised for belting out songs in a way
that leads to vocal damage
affecting her entire voice - that's singing and speaking.
She won't feel it because vocal folds don't register pain. You know that chronically husky/breathy/raspy sound?
It's a learned behavior of straining and inefficient muscle usage that leads to voice loss, overcompensation,
vocal nodes, polyps or hemorrhaging. I've personally seen nodes in 5 year olds. Ouch.
3. Wasted Time, Money & Effort
Due to pervading myths that you're either born with "it" or not,
compounded by the decline of voice education in the United States,
expectations are low around singing lessons.
In fact, people often are apologetic in describing that their child isn't "good enough" to even start voice lessons.
By definition, shouldn't it be the other way around...that is, taking lessons to get better??
This has affected both students and teachers at every level in the system!
You don't know if and when you should hear your child's singing improve.
You'll find voice teachers often have limiting beliefs on what children can do.
Your child can perform in choirs and musicals,
even take voice lessons with "pros",
and rather than sing better, plateau or get worse.
This leads to little to no return
on your family's investment of time, money and effort.
THE YSA DIFFERENCE
Here's the good news. All of the potential dangers and damage above can be avoided. We have the mindset and proven technique to do it.
1. We know if you can talk, you can sing.
Talking and singing use the same vocal process! It's all about air and muscles.
Singers are judged as tone-deaf before they've even developed the capacity to hit the notes!
We use science and sports-oriented thinking.
Not hope, confusing imagery or long-winded technical terms.
2. We can hear what's healthy and what's not.
Vocal acrobatics take serious mental and muscle coordination.
There's a process for developing your voice to hit notes in a safe powerful way.
You'll need a guide and consistent practice.
3. We expect progress toward an unlimited potential.
Just singing songs is not what this is about.
We have high expectations for your child's potential regardless of the starting point.
From small to big wins, you and your child will see and share the success
that comes from establishing healthy singing habits from the start.
The fact of the matter is that in order to level up, your child needs
effective vocal instruction and personalized feedback.
Our singing instruction is like none other:
specialized for K-12
simple and sequential
training as vocal athletes
based in classical technique
applicable for all musical styles
maximizing vocal power with minimal effort
foundation for song and speech
modern and meaningful
includes music literacy
grounded in the latest voice science
20+ years of research and development
Your child will learn technical tools that lay the foundation for healthy voice production. Your child will learn to feel, see and hear the difference.
She will learn how to read music using a hybrid of the best approaches in music education. She'll sing, self-assess and apply the tools learned, so she can take ownership of the process. Along the way, she'll make friends, take risks, increase self-esteem and truly own her voice.
Whether you study privately or in a group, you receive
solo time with personalized feedback in every lesson!
Learn more about our approach here.
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The vocal techniques my daughter learned from Vielka gave her the skills to participate in chorus rehearsals for many hours at a time and sing with confidence without straining her voice." |
FREQUENTLY
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Unless there is physiological damage, your child can learn to sing in tune! Before age 7 is the ideal time to train her singing muscles, while she's still very young and avoiding self-judgment! In time, she'll successfully learn to soar in tune with ease, sky-rocketing her confidence for life.
"It's the same notes as piano!" Students are often surprised to learn that singers read and write music in the same way as other instrumentalists. Singing comes naturally for very young children, whereas finger dexterity for piano is weak until around age 8. So it's much easier to make the connection between symbol and sound with singing first. This means she'll be able to read and sing music exponentially faster than she would on any other instrument. Using the tried-and-true Kodály approach, your singer will achieve music literacy using a fun, musical, whole-language approach to discovering patterns in context...rather than the unmusical, isolated, one-note-at-a-time. Watch your singer beam when she can look and sing the music without any outside help (including the piano)! When she starts playing another instrument, she can just focus on the dexterity since her reading skills will be advanced.
Everyone can improve their voice in just about every way, including the tone and singing in tune. True "talent" is developed over time with proper guidance and consistent deliberate practice regardless of your starting point. Your child will gain confidence by learning healthy singing habits that produce recognizable results. |
NEW STUDENTS
WELCOME!
1Tell Us About
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2Schedule a
Discovery Call |
3Start Singing
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Now Offering Single Lessons, 5 & 10 Packs & Memberships
Tuition includes:
* Weekly Online Lessons
* Virtual Student Recitals
* Virtual Singing Celebration for Family & Friends
To learn more, tell us about your child and set up a complimentary discovery call.
* Virtual Student Recitals
* Virtual Singing Celebration for Family & Friends
To learn more, tell us about your child and set up a complimentary discovery call.
TESTIMONIALS
My daughter's years of study with Vielka has had the obvious effect – that is a remarkable training in voice.
But this training is about much more than singing; the benefit reveals itself in my daughter's increased self-esteem, confidence, discipline, and the satisfaction of professional accomplishment.”
–Carrie Rebora Barratt, Parent & CEO New York Botanical Garden
I just watched the video you sent of the girls and I have to say OMG. I was so moved by how wonderfully they sang and moved in the most NATURAL and COOL manner. They were all having such fun and really getting into their groove. Now I know why our daughter loved going to singing class.”
–Luigi Caiola, Parent & Five-Time Tony Award-Winning Producer
including Dear Evan Hansen and The Color Purple
