The YSA Private Program

We offer 20, 30, 45 & 60 minute private lessons
​for ages 3 and up
Month-to-Month Membership

Private Lessons
1:1 Student to Teacher Ratio
includes:
FREE Student-only Events
FREE Annual Virtual Recital
​FREE NYC In-Person Recital

​No experience needed.
Beginners to Professionals
*Sing what you love*
​
​​Rolling admission. Limited spots. 

How It Works

1. TRIAL LESSON

2. PERSONALIZED PLAN

3. SING WITH CONFIDENCE

​​Start with a Trial Lesson Now!

CLICK HERE FOR GR. PK3-PK4-K

CLICK HERE FOR GRADE 1-2 

CLICK HERE FOR grade 3-12+

Semi-Private / Sibling Trial Lesson

CLICK HERE 

Hi, I'm Vielka.

---

As a child, I loved to sing and wanted to take lessons. 
Once I started, it was a long, often confusing path to really owning my voice. 
Now I'm being the change I want to see in voice education.
My mission is to empower others by nurturing confident voices for life.

Vielka, YSA Founder

Building upon your child's love of singing, we develop the skills
​every vocal athlete needs to reach their potential.
​

YSA Program Benefits:
​

​Quality

Convenience

Community

World-Class Mentoring to inspire a lifetime of joyful, artful singing

Weekly Lessons for convenient, consistent training

The Vielka Method™ to simplify singing and get immediate results

Curated Music Materials to support your child's musical growth

Music Achievement Program Preparation to expand repertoire and earn international recognition and certifications

FREE Practice Space App to send info directly to your child and reward practice

​​FREE Monthly Events to build global friendships and performance skills 

FREE Annual Virtual AND In-Person Recitals for Family and Friends to celebrate progress

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Where do I begin. 
It's so much more than just voice class.....
it's a lesson in life on how to challenge yourself,
​how to prepare yourself and how to present yourself.

Rob Mackler, 
​Parent and Producer of Katy Perry: Making of the Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show

Title

/

Company

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

​We could never thank you enough for your support,
expertise and care you continue to provide.
​
​Precious. 

Duncan Davison
Parent and Director of Athletics, United Nations International School

Parent and Teacher

/

United Nations International School

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Our son is thriving at Frank Sinatra!!!! 
He auditioned and got into musical theatre which is what he wanted forever!!!!! He is now working with upperclassmen. He's in such a great place and is starting to open up socially. Thank you for such a great start for him - we will always be grateful for your time and expertise. You're an amazing teacher who gives the students that motherly warmth!!

Sharese Welch
​Parent

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

We found Vielka's touch to be warm, gentle, and genuine: 
My daughter enjoyed the warm-ups, learning how to control her breath, and ‘put over’ a song with enthusiasm, and meaning.  
​We highly recommend her to children of all ages.

Kathy MacGowan
Parent and acclaimed "Best of Off-Broadway" Director

Parent, Director, Professor

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

My daughter's two years of study with Vielka Kelly-Weiss 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 and CEO of the New York Botanical Garden

Parent, Author and Assistant Director

/

 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

We are blown away
​by how you pull it all together and get our children to access something that they (we!) don’t know they have deep inside. 

Anna-Lisa Cohen
Parent and esteemed Professor of Psychology at Yeshiva University

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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 and Tony-Award Winning Producer of Dear Evan Hansen and The Color Purple

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

The vocal techniques my daughter learned gave her the skills to participate in chorus rehearsals for many hours at a time and
sing with confidence without straining her voice.

Sophie Menin
Parent of Young People's Chorus Chorister

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Like most overscheduled kids, ours have cycled through a LOT of activities. I have to say that Young Singers Academy is so, so special and powerful in our lives for helping our kids find and cultivate their voices. AND - it's one of the activities that has actually translated gorgeously to the quarantine context.

Natalia Nehllman Petrzela, Ph.D.
Author, Historian, Co-Producer & Host of Welcome to Your Fantasy

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

Vielka understands the importance of vocal technique and is incredibly well trained in her field.

Her concepts are easy to understand and she knows exactly what to say to get your voice where it needs to be.

​Not only is she a great teacher, but she is a kind and caring person, and I can’t thank her enough for all of the knowledge and opportunities she’s given me.

Lilla Crawford, Actor
Annie in Annie on Broadway
Little Red Riding Hood in Disney's Into the Woods with Meryl Streep

/

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

• 0
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9