There are four ways to work with me!

1. Sign up for a webinar class.
   The webinars take place once a month and give important topical information from Kelly and guest artists.
   
   
2. Sign up for a group class:
   • Teen musical theater lab
   • Adult musical theater lab (Coming SOON)
   • Teen pop music lab (Coming SOON)
   • Adult Singer Style Lab (for pop music)

3. Sign up for the Combo Program:
   • All the webinars
   • The Group Class
   • Plus 30 / 30 minute private lessons per year

4. Audition to work with me as a private music mentor. Preference is given to:
   • Professional singers
   • Semi professional singers
   • Those who have taken the above courses

For webinars: click here

For Group classes:

• Click here for the Singer’s Style Lab
• Click here for the Musical Theater Lab

• Group classes are a great way to get information without paying premium price of 1:1
• We learn better in group settings! You have the opportunity to hear how different voices function in a position, and are more likely to maneuver your voice into that position and retain YOUR vocal identity in the process. 
• We get over performance anxiety when we work the voice in a group
• Group classes become an extended family, community, support system for you!
• Group classes are a great place to network with other people who are singers and performers just like you!
• Getting positive feedback from a group helps you to feel more secure as a performer in front of an audience.  You know that more people respond favorably to your sound and it’s not just your teacher who likes it!

Join me in California!

DATES: June 20-June 24.

TIME: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm (each day)There’s plenty of fun things to do in the San Francisco Bay Area in the evenings!

Location: Pleasanton Middle School, Pleasanton California

• Sign up here.

Estill is a perfect way to JUMPSTART your vocal technique and understanding to the next level!  It’s like getting a “Turbo” button for your voice!

• Water
• Good space to make some noise!
• It’s helpful to have a list of songs on hand that you KNOW, that you can sing portions of to try new techniques. We all have a tendency to blank out on songs when we are asked to sing one (even if we know and perform thousands of them!). The list can really help you through classes. 

• If your voice is healthy, I recommend 12 minutes of vocal exercises each day to target and strengthen the positions that we use.  That should be followed by singing your OWN music and implementing the techniques in that position. 
• The length of time will vary after those 12 minutes depending on how much music you’re performing, and your own personal goals.

Simply put,  YES.  5-6 days a week with a day or two of rest is optimal.  If you’ve had an intense gig or performance,  follow that day with a day of rest.  Then get back to the routine.  This is a PHYSICAL instrument.  So treat your practice like you would train for an athletic event.  If you’re a runner, It’s not enough to know HOW to run, you actually need to run and build endurance.  The same thing applies with your voice. 

• Tickle
• Scratch
• Cough
• Sudden loss of range

  • These are the early symptoms of vocal trauma or excessive fatigue.  (usually excessive fatigue is brought on by improper positioning unless you’re on the road or in the studio and performing for 8 hours a day)

If You are experiencing fatigue or illness, REST!  HYDRATE!  Then come back to reposition your voice and ease into practicing 24-48 hours later. 

If you have the following, consider rest:

• Fever
• Inability to speak (laryngitis)
• Inability to siren through your range, or missing portions of your range after trying to siren and warm up
• Extreme pain
• A feeling of “sting” or “scratch” on the vocal folds

When can I “push it” a little?

Any type of illness will place your voice in a compromised state.  So if you NEED to sing or gig when you’re a bit “under” the weather (which happens when we’re professionals) Do the following

• Warm up more slowly and a bit longer
• Hydrate more than usual (minimum is half of your body weight in oz per day: 75 oz for a 150 pound human)
• Stay with tried and true positions and don’t attempt to expand your range, repertoire or stamina in this state
• Consider nasal rinses (neti pot or neil med rinse)
• Consider using a vocal steamer (I love vicks hand held steamer) to deliver moisture to the vocal folds and soothe inflammation)
• Be extra mindful about using proper technique

The recorded exercises go higher than most people will want to sing (on purpose) when it feels like it’s going TOO high for you, drop the octave and continue on with the exercise.  Don’t push yourself to go higher than you are physically able to do so with correct technique and positioning. The position is more important than the pitch. 

This program is set up on a subscription basis, kind of like your gym membership.  You have the opportunity to utilize as much or as little as you need!  There are months where we have MORE guest instructors, professionals, and presentations, and months where there is a little bit less.  The consistency of a subscription allows us to vary the style and content and keep the rate the same year round.

Summer is a time where many singers make tremendous strides and progress! However, this is also a time where we travel, I get more training and do international voice presentations, and many of you hit the road or the stage for shows. 

During the summer, we stop group information classes, and private lessons and switch to a model of Master classes or Open Coaching. 

What is a master class?
In a master class, you join a small group of people and perform a problematc song for you and receive coaching on it.  You have the opportunity to watch other people receive coaching as well.  This is an invaluable time to grow, because we all experience the same vocal challenges at different times.  If you learn from someone else, you may just avoid that issue in the future.  Zoom allows the opportunity to sing along with the person getting coached and maximize your own learning. Summer master classes also provide the opportunity to work with guest clinicians and performers!   I’ll bring in some of my FAVORITE people for you to experience! 

A “Lab” is a place to experiment and explore.  Every class Lab will have a topic of discussion and then a time to experiment and explore that topic with your own voice. 

Vocal science is a combination of anatomy, isolations and the exact muscles and positions we use to create the sounds you desire.