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The Liberated Voice

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The Liberated Voice is a method that values singing practice as a means of developing creative agency and expressive power in ways that extend far beyond music-making.

The practice of singing can support your ability to manifest your intentions.

Not in any mystical-schmystical sense, but in highly practical and tangible ways.

When you experience singing as a carrier wave for feelings, for imagination, and for expressive impulses, your voice becomes an effortless conduit for emotion and storytelling.

Singing methods usually focus directly on engineering the production of sounds, which encourages continually listening to and judging yourself while trying to improve the accuracy and beauty of your voice.

But singing becomes so much more impactful, more satisfying, and even more beautiful, when you cultivate a more direct and responsive relationship between your voice, your body, and your mind, rather than constantly listening to and judging your singing.

When you view singing as a mindful practice of conditioning and coordinating your vocal anatomy, you begin focusing more on reducing friction and promoting flow in ways that are both musical and physical.

Singing becomes more about simply channeling thoughts and feelings through your voice and less about navigating physical tensions and emotional resistance.

It is a practice that is ideally suited to helping you develop the awareness and capacity to pursue what matters to you, respond to what you discover along the way, and participate in creating the outcomes you desire without any need to brute-force them into being.

That is how singing can become a vehicle for cultivating greater freedom of intention and expression in all areas of your life.

Welcome to The Liberated Voice!

About My Voice Studio

I help people develop skill at singing. This can mean very different things for different students, because the voice is an extraordinarily versatile instrument.

It is my great delight to work with singers who sing all different types of repertoire, at many levels of skill. What my students have in common with one another is a love of expression, a desire to discover what their voices can do, and an open mind.

I have a deep understanding of anatomy and biomechanics, as well as respect for how each body and mind develops in a unique way. No two singers engage their voices and imaginations in quite the same way. No two singers have the exactly the same reasons for showing up to my studio.

That said, I do tend to attract three distinct categories of students. There are the relative beginners, who have always wanted to sing and have decided that it’s finally time. There are the more experienced singers, who want to refine or expand specific vocal technical skills. And there are the passionate singers who, like me, struggled to find a pedagogical approach that would finally facilitate the vocal power, ease, and expressive range that they always knew were possible for them.

While it was classical music and opera that initially drew me to singing, I now have a broad appetite for many different styles of music. The mechanics of singing are the same for all of us, but how each of us applies them in order to express ourselves is infinitely varied. I will never tire of learning how to use my own voice in new and interesting ways, and what I love most about teaching is helping each singer explore, expand, and refine their unique vocal possibilities.

**What are the most important skills, for making progress in singing?**

Breath support, projection, and beautiful resonance are not among them. While they’re all important, developing skill at breath, projection, and resonance depends on an even more fundamental set of skills.

I’m talking about focused awareness, interoception, and discernment.

Voice Lessons

I am currently accepting new
voice students.

If you’re interested in working with me, the first step is a complimentary online consultation. This provides me the opportunity to find out more about you and what you would like to accomplish, and provides you the opportunity to find out how my approach to singing technique can help you accomplish it.

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Vocal Fundamentals invites singers of all skill levels to experience the extraordinary things your voices can do, in any style you enjoy. It offers a comprehensive collection of tools and technique that you can explore from the comfort of your home.

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Claudia Friedlander, DMus

From the time I was a three-year-old dancing around the living room to an LP of the Wizard of Oz soundtrack, I longed to sing.

But I was not what you would call a natural singer. As a child, my voice was loud and abrasive; as a young adult, I had difficulty singing in tune as well as limited range, and I concluded that I just didn't have the aptitude to sing well.

Then two wonderful things happened. I engaged in a course of bodywork that helped me release chronic tensions that had been inhibiting my breathing and my vocal range, and I found a teacher who knew how to help me coordinate my newly liberated instrument.

It meant so much to me to be able to sing, after wanting it so much for so long, that I also became fascinated by the concepts and techniques that had helped me, as well as passionate about building on them. I have now been teaching singing for more than twenty years, helping others develop and coordinate their voices and learn to express themselves through song.

Through cultivating my own voice and participating in my students’ exploration and successes, I have come to appreciate the power of singing to not only help us to grow musically but also to help us deepen our awareness and connection to one another and the world we live in, and to enjoy a more expressive, interesting, and impactful journey along the way.

Welcome to

The Liberated Voice