Professional Singing and Piano Lessons In The West Valley! (Peoria)
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8959 West Acoma Drive, Peoria, AZ, USA near 91st ave and thunderbird
offered in person
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Melissa Black is a Classically Trained Operatic Lyric Soprano, Voice Teacher and Professional Pianist in the Phoenix Metro area. Melissa was educated at Oklahoma City University and The University Of Central Oklahoma. She holds advanced degrees including a Masters of Music Education. She also has advanced vocal training from the Aims Institute Of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. Melissa also holds a valid certificate as a certified sub for The Peoria Unified School District and is an expert in teaching kids and teens and they love her studio and all that she provides! Adults also love Melissa's approach to teaching voice and piano! Plus Melissa can play by ear most of the songs that your kids and teens will already know! Melissa owns and operates the most successful VOICE and PIANO studio in all of Phoenix. Not only has Melissa, who has a Masters Degree in Vocal Music Education, produced an AMERICAN IDOL WINNER (Jordin Sparks) - she continues to produce successful female and male singers that are already making their mark in the music industry. No other teacher can get you ready for THE VOICE auditions or AMERICAN IDOL or even AMERICA'S GOT TALENT auditions like Melissa. She can help you take a song and make it into an audition song that will get you noticed by the producers and judges. Melissa is known for being the best coach for developing the talent of the "GIFTED AND TALENTED" pre-college student as well as kids and young teens looking for a successful career as a professional musician. And adults who study with Melissa love her studio! Most of Melissa's lessons are voice or voice/piano combo lessons - so you get the opportunity to learn both piano and singing! NOTE - for piano lessons, Melissa teaches mainly kids and teens and some young adults but does - at times - take on older adults.
Melissa's piano skills are outstanding in the fact that she can play by ear ALL types of music by ear AND transpose any song she hears to any key and play it to perfection. Melissa is also a studio musician. Melissa is a "classical-crossover" singer, professional pianist, vocal coach, expert music arranger of all styles of music and as an independent musician - she produces, releases and markets all of her own music. plays all of her piano karaoke's by ear and is also able to transpose them by ear to different keys for singers. Melissa has approx. 800 releases by ear - (piano karaoke's by ear as well as vocal releases) with lots more on the way! Her I-Tunes Store has some fantastic new releases!
BE READY TO DO ALL KINDS OF MUSIC! Thats the fun part! Be ready to study improvisation in this studio - you will be asked to not only do songs like the original artists and cover artists - but you will need to know how to make a song "your own"; In other words - change keys - change tempos - change the style of the song - etc... All very important for today's voice competitions - its no longer good enough to know how to sing - you need to know style and most important - "delivery" of the material. Come get started with Melissa! Come see the only teacher in the entire valley who sings and plays all types of music by ear and can teach you to sing all genre's of music correctly! (pop, rock, country, broadway, classical). Melissa also has Perfect Pitch! You will have so much fun in this studio with Melissa!
RATES:
HALF HOUR LESSONS – 50
FORTY-FIVE MIN LESSONS – 60
ONE HOUR LESSONS – 80
When you read this - TEXT ME and let me know your availability and what kind of music you like to sing and/or want to study. All lessons are CASH ONLY and must be paid for at the time of the lessons. I ask that students pay for TWO lessons when they book with me - this cuts down on no-shows and last minute cancellations that are not emergencies. NO mornings or weekends. NOTE - WHEN YOU TEXT ME YOUR INFO - let me know your age - if you are male or female - your singing experience and what area of town you are coming from as well as your availability as far as coming over for lessons. ( I accept children at the approx age of 6 years of age on up) BUT they must have great reading skills since the lyric sheets will be on the piano and they will have to be able to see and read them while singing).
Here are just a few of Melissa's links:
http://musicbymelissa.net/
https://www.facebook.com/melissa.black.9212