Private Lessons
Private Sessions with Professional Singers, Committed Students
My work is to teach you to sing through your body, with ease and power.
We will engage your whole self as a singing, breathing mechanism. We will identify “body mind” imagery to identify old and new places where the voice resides. We will train your inner eye to spot tension and release flow, your inner ear to “feel” pitch. You will learn the singer’s breath and simultaneous inner/outer focus. We’ll practice the release of habitual muscle tension that inhibits free passage of the breath. The result is that you will sing freely with your whole body.
I work with students at any level who are ready to “go for it”, who are ready to be both supported and challenged and who are open to new possibilities. I see my role as coaxing out the best in your voice and giving you concrete tools that will improve your siging.
Workshops
On-going Groups for Voice Students
Practice within a small community of like-minded people. Add value by listening to and witnessing one another. Learn tips on how to strengthen your voice, increase your range and projection. Grow in confidence while making new friends, rehearsing music for appreciation and performance.
Singing for Pure Joy with Lauren Carley
Would you like to continue singing in our choral ensemble? Singing together, like social dancing sets ups that “good” energy: endorphins that counteract stress and strain. The vibrations created in the body truly do heal us on a cellular level, and counteract age and illness-related depression while giving us a chance to learn skills, connect with others, laugh and make something beautiful.
We’ll include the beginners and the more advanced singers in learning songs, rounds, chants and arranged choral music by composers from Becky Reardon to Isaye Barnwell. Session one, you’ll surprise yourself by being able to learn and sing a piece together. By session two, you’ll have two more under your belt. By session 4, we may have five songs to enjoy and perform.
You will strengthen your voice, increase your range and projection, grow in confidence and make new friends as you sing. Come and join us to make a joyful noise!
What: The Joy of Singing
Where: The Oakland Studio
When: 5 Tuesdays from 2 - 3:15 pm. Ongoing.
For start date email Lauren at
lacarley@gmail.com
Fee: $170
Call 510 652-1298 for registration and questions.
Class will take place with a registration of 8 or more.
**Bonus: bring a friend and receive a free 30-minute private session with Lauren to help you stay on track.
“That class was the joy of the year…truly. I would like to attend another. I’m not much of a singer, and found myself quite closed within, but I left the class singing down the street…letting a voice out! It was a miracle. Really.” —a class participant
Call 510 652-1298 for registration and questions.
Sight Singing for Beginning and Advanced Beginners
Two different classes!
Be a better vocal musician in 2010.
Would you like to feel confident holding your part in a choir?
Would you like to be able to pick out a tune on the piano from the sheet music?
Would you like to know how to copy down the tune from a song you like on the radio?
Sight Singing for Beginners is for any vocalist wanting to learn solid basics of how to read a solo and choral vocal score: staffs, clefs, measure numbers, key and time signatures, note values. Practice in a lively supportive atmosphere. Soon you’ll be able to pick out your part at home from the sheet music. There’ll be friends to call for help and congratulations. Impress yourself and others with new confidence in your music skills in just five sequential sessions.
Sight Singing for Beginners - ongoing
5 Mondays • 3 pm
For start date email Lauren at
lacarley@gmail.com
Sight Singing 101 (advanced beginners) - ongoing
5 Mondays • 4:15 pm
For start date email Lauren at
lacarley@gmail.com
Both classes:
The Oakland Studio
Fee $150 for 5 sessions, 1.25 hours long
Bonus: Bring a friend and receive a free 30-minute private session with Lauren to help you stay on track.
Call 510 652-1298 for registration and questions.
Class will take place with a registration of five or more students.
VARIETY PACK COMMUNITY CHORUS
an Oakland-based chorus directed by Lauren Carley
Continues on Thursday nights 7-9 pm
Do you like to sing? Want to improve your vocal skills and have a great time? Seeking a supportive environment and the chance to express yourself musically?
Check out Variety Pack, a supportive, committed groups of singers from all disciplines and backgrounds, who love music and want to learn more about the art of singing in ensemble. Sound like you?
Learn vocal technique, breath awareness, sight singing and performance skills.
Variety Pack sings traditional, folk, gospel, classical, world, pop, theatre, original, a cappella and accompanied music.
Rehearsals, every Thursday, from 7-9 pm in Oakland.
Performances throughout the year.
For more information, call Artistic Director, Lauren Carley 510/652-1298.
Choral Vocal Coaching
Choral play and vocal body exploration for choral conductors, choruses and singers
Open your mouth and allow your body to sing itself!
Sing from every part of your body, even your skin!
Improve overall tone, vocal focus and blend!
Do you want your chorus to perform with exciting sight and sound?
Have you spent all your time teaching the notes and phrasing, good entrances and cut offs, and getting everyone breathing at the same time—but it just seems to lack a bit of pizzazz?
Choral Vocal Coaching is taught by Lauren Carley, singer, choral conductor, and vocal educator. Choral Vocal Coaching is a surprisingly easy, non-threatening way for your choir to move and sing together with more ease and daring. In this two-hour workshop you will bring more vitality into your choir’s look and sound and gain a more consistent connection between chorus and conductor.
Rates dependent on location and size of chorus. Please call: 510/652-1298.
