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Jack Chang:

“I've taken voice lessons before and had trouble understanding what other teachers wanted from me. This led to frustration and feeling like I would never be able to sing well, but Chantel was able to meet me where I was and explained everything in a way that actually made sense.

Chantel is really encouraging and upbeat and working with her makes me want to pursue singing more! After just a few lessons with her, I'm already a much more confident and skilled singer.”

Strengthen the voice and the musical mind

With a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance, a masters in music education and ongoing experience as section leader for the Sonoran Desert Chorale, I’m well- equipped to help you to grow as a singer.

I specialize in two main areas. The first is in coaching young voices (as young as 10) with an emphasis on vocal health and musicianship training to improve the ear. Ear training leads to better pitch matching, more accurate tuning, and more expressive interpretation as the student starts to hear the underlying structures in the music they’re singing. I also teach technique to achieve a more beautiful, focused sound without damaging the voice.

My other area of specialty is working with adult novices— those who enjoy singing but haven’t really taken voice lessons before. I’m a very patient teacher and employ a wide range of creative imagery, simple movement, and instructions to help each student with their particular struggles. Anyone can learn to improve their singing with practice and proper instruction. Adult lessons also emphasize vocal health and body awareness to make singing feel easy, natural, fun, and free. I also focus on technique to create a more beautiful, vibrant tone without damaging the voice.

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Youth Voice Coaching
10-15 years old

$230/month

60 minutes paired with another student (or 45 minutes alone), with a focus on vocal health, tuning, breathing and audiation.

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Voice Lessons
15-adult

$230/month for 45 minutes or $310/month for hour long lessons. (Pay per lesson option available for adults.)

Continued training in rhythm and tonal solfege as needed, vocal health, and breath, plus more in depth work on vocal production, flexibility and control.

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Sing and Play
10-adult

$450/month

Want to play piano, too? Ninety minutes each week to work on both skills.

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FAQs

  • Each lesson includes “activity time,” in which students hear songs and chants in a variety of meters and tonalities and practice echoing fundamental musical patterns, moving with flow and rhythm, singing resting tones, and improvising with their voice (just as we do in piano lessons). All of this prepares us to sing with excellent rhythm and tuning. We also do structured improvisations of increasing complexity to build musicianship. We practice correct and healthy posture, breathing, and body position to reduce tension and sing with freedom. We spend time “warming up” the voice, which helps us to develop good vocal technique by repeating similar exercises at different vocal ranges. We also learn performance songs, which may be chosen by me or by the student.

  • Practice at home will include listening assignments, warm-ups (patterned exercises across the vocal range to improve strength, flexibility and technique), and repertoire practice (songs).

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