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Your Western-Classical Degree Did Not Prepare You to Teach Popular Musics

Your Western-Classical Degree Did Not Prepare You to Teach Popular Musics

As a voice teacher, you probably spent four years or more and thousands of dollars on a western-classical degree that was supposed to prepare you to “sing anything,” but as soon as you started teaching voice lessons, you realized the things you learned weren’t helping your popular music style students get the results either of you wanted. Dr. Shannon Coates of the VoicePed UnDegree and The Vocal Instrument 101 sharessome of the things you probably didn’t learn in your classical degree that help you serve your popular music style students.

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NATS Chat – ‘Teaching Very Young Singers’ with guest Shannon Coates

NATS Chat – ‘Teaching Very Young Singers’ with guest Shannon Coates

Shannon Coates was our guest for NATS Chat, presented by Inside View Press, on March 11, 2018. Shannon shared her extensive experience to discuss the special dynamics of teaching very young singers. The lively and informative chat included expectations for very young singers, tools and resources for independent voice studio teachers, and incorporating the instruction of very young singers into voice pedagogy curricula.

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