13 to 19 Years Old: Masterclass

Service Description

Budding and seasoned artists enter a trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming space where their voices, questions, and creative choices take center stage. This masterclass offers a window into the advanced skills explored in private lessons and workshops—supporting students as they refine their vocal technique, sharpen their songwriting craft, and deepen their expressive artistry. With guidance shaped by student questions, each session explores topics such as phrasing, vocal mixing, belting, emotional interpretation, and the use of literary devices in song. Students also work on developing a personal artistic style through complex song structures and intentional storytelling. Piano and production tools—including MIDI keyboards and BandLab—are used to support creative direction, arrangement decisions, and musical phrasing. Before each session, participants may submit recordings of their singing or songwriting for personalized instructor feedback. These submissions offer a platform for targeted insights into vocal delivery, lyrical depth, melodic contour, and emotional nuance. Feedback may also include observations on piano and production use when those elements are part of the student’s creative process. During the masterclass, select students are invited to perform vocal excerpts or share songwriting ideas, receiving live, in-the-moment feedback that reinforces key concepts in an interactive, artist-centered setting. Session recordings are provided to help students revisit material and continue building their craft between sessions. Masterclass students may also purchase additional personalized feedback on a first-come, first-served basis between sessions. To ensure fairness, the instructor rotates students for live critiques, with each student receiving at least two live critiques per year. While piano and production tools are integrated into the learning process, students seeking in-depth coaching in those areas are encouraged to enroll in singing or songwriting workshops or private lessons, where those tools are fully embedded in individualized instruction.