Voice
with Carli

Private singing lessons for adults of all skill levels.

Beginners welcome.


Phoenix, AZ


carlinaff@gmail.com

Hello! I’m Carli. I am a singer, songwriter, recording artist and performer with a background in styles ranging from folk to musical theater, to opera, to R&B.

I love sharing what I have learned over the course of 20 years of singing and studying the voice.

I believe that singing is a uniquely human form of expression that we all have access to - i.e. anyone can sing!

My philosophy is that everyone can sing.

I believe that singing is one of our freest and most powerful human forms of expression. The same as laughing, crying or dancing; I believe it is a primal instinct. I believe that everyone can and should sing!

My approach: breathing & being brave

My focus is on healthy and natural singing. How can we get out of our heads and allow our bodies to make the freest sound?

Our main tool is the breath. In our lessons, we will focus on how to release tension from the body and utilize the full capacity of our breath.

Then we can really start to nerd out about other fundamentals like switching between registers, utilizing vowels, getting to know our different resonant chambers, shaping our tone, and more!

What we’ll work on:

Most of our challenges in singing come from mental blocks. Singing is vulnerable, and our bodies build up all kinds of safety mechanisms to protect us, which often block us from our freest sound.

Making a sound that we’re not sure about can be really hard. So I aim to foster a free and safe space to try out weird sounds, especially LOUD SOUNDS, which takes bravery - like jumping off the high dive!

I utilize exercises from a wide array of practices and perspectives ranging from speech therapy, to yoga, to voice for stage acting, from classical, to contemporary, to musical theatre singing and everything in between, to help you make sense of your voice.

My aim is to help you take your voice out of the dark; to help you connect all the different parts of it into one whole voice, and to assist you in developing the muscle memory necessary for the consistency you’re looking for.

All levels are welcome!

I love working with total beginners. Most of my students are learning to locate and navigate the unfamiliar parts of their voices for the first time. Some have never sung in front of anyone before our first lesson!

Some students come in with a bit of experience, maybe they’ve been in choir before or sung in bands, but have never had the chance to focus on technique and develop their own own sound.

And some of my students are already pros! I draw from my own experience as a professional singer when helping an already-accomplished vocalist find healthy ways to expand their range, let go of tension, or find their true, unique sound.

About

Some of my background and experience:

  • BFA in Musical Theatre

  • 7 years of performing in NYC

  • Level I of Somatic Voicework™ teacher training

  • 10+ years of taking private lessons

Pricing

This could be you!

In-person Lesson (55 min)

$80

Ask me about sliding scale payments :)

Let’s make weird sounds!