New Jersey

Melissa Perry

Collingswood, NJ Website: www.melissaperrysoprano.com

Phone: 856-858-6616 Email: melisma@earthlink.net

I love working with students of all ages and all levels, from beginners to professionals. My students have won major competitions, scholarships, entered leading conservatories, sung in major opera houses and on Broadway. I teach a voice technique that is oriented towards breath support and resonance discovered through pronunciation. I have taught for 15 years. During the last 4 years, I have done extensive studies with master voice teacher, Maestro Vittorio Rosetta, of Italy. This Italian based training is helpful to any singer as a solid foundation and for vocal longevity. I am good at articulating clear understanding of voice production and I am a strong advocate of students understanding and maintaining vocal health. I have also developed a technique using Pilates based ideas that link dance and voice technique together, thus taking the mystery out of singing for dancers and giving a practical knowledge that they can rely on. My students are all performing! Their main comments are "Now I sing with so much more ease" and "Can it really be this simple?" The answer is yes it can and should be simple. When the technique is simple and you can rely on it, you'll sing with a heart full of joy!

Steven Schnurman, The Schnurman Voice Studio

Cranbury, NJ 60 North Main Street #6 Cranbury, NJ Website: www.voicelessonsnj.com

Phone: 609-395-0700 Email: sschnurman@juilliardalumni.net

"Successful Techniques That Will Train You To Reach Your Singing Goals And Beyond" The Schnurman Voice Studio has been Central New Jersey's leading and premier place to learn to sing since its inception in 1989. Steven Schnurman, studio founder and lead teacher, received his bacherlor's and master's degrees from the Juilliard School, where he received his vocal training from Beverley Johnson, who taught many of the great singers of the Operatic and Broadway stages. Some of these singers have gone on to teach Mrs. Johnson's vocal technique in some of the major music conservatories of the world. Steven Schnurman is one of these teachers who offers this great vocal technique to singers of all types of music (from popular to opera), to the community of Central New Jersey, although some of his students travel from the greater Philadelphia and New York City areas just to work with him. During his 17 years of teaching at the Voice Studio, Mr. Schnurman has enjoyed training students who have gone on to become successful performers and stars of genres such as Broadway, television, movies and the operatic stage. Among these students are Lacey Chabert, star of Les Miserables (Broadway), Mean Girls (Movie), Party of five (TV Series) and Lost in Space (Movie). He has also trained J.D. Daniels of Les Miserables (Broadway) and The Mighty Ducks (Movie), Demaree Alexander of Les Miserables (Broadway) and the national tours of "Big" and "The Secret Garden" and country music recording, in addition to and many, many other such students.

Those who study with Steven Schnurman or his staff learn how to sing, whether they are beginners or a professionals, younger or older. Mr. Schnurman has taught beginners, who have gone on to enjoy professional singing careers. Therefore, beginners are welcome to fulfill their dream of singing, in a friendly and enjoyable atmosphere.

Renee Corenne

Englewood, NJ

Phone: 201-567-7412 Email: amrentelpasi@verizon.net

My vast experience of over 35 years as an opera singer,singing leading roles as a soprano, with some of the world's most renown singers such as; Pavarotti, Di Stefano,Sordello, Jerome Hines,Samuel Remy and others in Europe and USA, has enabled me to teach and guide young aspiring singers to reach stardom. My approach during the teaching process is, very individual. Each student has different issues needed to be addressed that require a different approach than other students. In fact, it works. The technique which I acquired during my career I now pass on to my students. Some of my students perform in opera houses in America and Europe. In addition to teaching, I am also the Music director of the, "Lyric Opera Of New Jersey" and have connections in the music world and artist's agents, that benefit my students. I had a studio in NYC. in the Lincoln Center area for 25 years, and a year ago I closed it and open my studio in Englewood NJ which is just minutes away from the city. My students who come from all over prefer to come to Jersey for the more relaxing enviroment.

Leslie Giammanco - Giammanco Vocal Studios

Fort Lee, NJ Website: www.lesliegiammanco.com

Phone: 212-543-2244 Email: leslie@lesliegiammanco.com

I offer a supportive personal approach to the art of singing. My vocal technique stems from the Italian Bel Canto style. I believe in building a voice from the bottom up. Learn to incorporate a mental awareness and physicality needed in developing diaphragmatic breath support skills. Learn how to sing freely and beautifully with improved vocal power and resonance, expand your range and dynamics, strengthen and integrate the vocal registers (chest, mixed, head), acquire vocal ease through flexibility and confidence while you sing. Enhance your musicality through personalized coaching on song repertoire: musical interpretation, characterization, language, diction, melody and translations.

The many years of singing professionally in opera and Broadway have given me a clear understanding of the vocal demands and pitfalls associated with a professional career. I provide my students with a clear understanding of vocal health and production, integrating the major principles of the mind and body so that the two work together in total cooperation and release.

Rebecca Ruivenkamp

Jersey City, NJ 87 Summit Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07304

Phone: 626-644-8625 Email: singbeckysing@gmail.com

I am a trained Wagnerian soprano who studied with Margarette Harshaw. I can sing in many styles though. I teach all kinds of singers with an emphasis on breathing, breath support and control and proper vocal placement. I can help strengthen your voice no matter what kind of singing you do. My methods are very creative and cater to the individual I'm teaching at the time. The same thing doesn't work for everyone. I am very intuitive.

Ellie Escher

Maplewood and Morristown, NJ

Phone: 973-615-1692 Email: EllieEscher@yahoo.com

I believe each voice student has individual needs and talents and it's my goal to create a singer who has good vocal technique, musicianship and performance artistry. After discussing a new student's goals for taking voice lessons, we work together to find what approach to singing will work best. All of my students work through the basics of correct vocal technique which include posture, breathing, phonation, resonance and articulation. My approach to achieving better technique varies with each student and is usually a combination of learning the physiology of the voice and using imagery and kinesthetics to induce physical responses. I expose students to varied repertoire that serves as a starting point for technical and musical growth. Additionally, I use the international phonetic alphabet to help students learn to sing in any language quickly and correctly. During lessons, we also discuss the characteristics of effective practice. To advance their artistry and technique, members of my studio are offered workshops on yoga, Alexander Technique and acting.I bring a supportive and enthusiastic energy to each lesson, and when a student brings a commitment to learn - success is the result.

Jay Winston

Matawan and Millburn, NJ Website: www.jaywinstontenor.com

Phone: 732-213-2879 Email: jaywinston41@hotmail.com

Having trained with various teachers, each with very specific vocal techniques, and training in the Alexander Technique, I feel that I offer a unique way of teaching and, from the student's perspective, a unique way of learning. Being trained from the vocal and mind/body perspectives, I am able to work easily with singers of all levels, from beginner to professional, and in all musical genres. Teachers include Sunny Joy Langton and Steven Schnurman (teacher of the technique of Beverly Johnson, Renee Fleming's teacher), former Metropolitan Opera baritone, Mark Oswald, Metropolitan Opera conductor and coach, Steven Crawford, and Alexander teacher Ann Rodiger.

Whether you want to be an opera singer, a Broadway singer, or a pop/rock singer, the awareness you'll gain in our lessons from head to toe will allow for free and easy vocal production, and that applies to any style of singing. My students perform a wide variety of music and they can be found singing leading roles in their high school and college musical productions, singing lead in rock and wedding bands, winning classical music competitions, singing at the summer conservatory of The Papermill Playhouse (where I am on faculty), and learning to sing so they can sing with local choirs. I am currently teaching privately in Matawan and Summit area, and I teach at The Pingry School, The Peddie School, The Schurman Voice Studio, and The Papermill Playhouse.

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