Voice Professor

Personal Studio

I am currently accepting students into my Private Personal Studio.

My rates: $85 (60 minutes) $65 (45 minutes) $45 (30 minutes)

If you would like to inquire about voice lessons or coaching, then please send me an email through my contact page.

PLEASE NOTE: my private studio is based solely online. No in-person lessons are available. For in-person lessons, do see my VAM studio listed below.

VAM Studio

I am also on Voice Faculty at the Vancouver Academy of Music (VAM) where they offer an intimate degree program as well as classes and lessons for all ages and levels.

If you would prefer to study with me there, do contact them directly by registering for private lessons through their site.

INFO

As a Voice teacher, Alan’s students have had tremendous success. His students have the following credentials while under his tutelage: Winner at American Protégé International Music Vocal Competition, Provincial Winners at BC Festival of Performing Arts,, Winners of Barbara Clague Festival of Song Competition, Multiple Provincial Representatives, Royal Conservatory of Music Exam Gold Medal Winners and First Class Honours Results, and acceptance into various University Music and Voice programs across North America.

As a singer, Alan has sung professionally throughout North America and Europe. Please visit his performance page on this site. For his directing profile, please visit his directing page on this site. Alan is founder and Artistic Director of Sound the Alarm: Music/Theatre.

As a voice teacher, he believes in guiding students through the discovery of their instrument. Understanding breath, vocal technique, placement (etc) are only tools to help unleash the potential of each voice. As a teacher, he works with each student to develop a dialogue about process that allows for students to internalize and properly understand their voice. Although his expertise is in classical vocal repertoire, he believes that a healthy approach to other genres lends to a deeper appreciation and freeness within one’s own specialized style.

Having started his studies in theatre, Alan eventually received his Bachelor of Music from the University of British Columbia followed by his Masters of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston in Voice and Opera.

Alan also studied as a vocal fellow for two summers at Boston Symphony’s prestigious Tanglewood Music Center where he performed with many of the world’s best artists. There he sang lead roles within Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi under the baton of Robert Spano, and Ramiro in Ravel’s L’heure Espagnole under the baton of Seiji Ozawa.

Alan also studied for two summers at The Music Academy of the West in California which is headed by famed mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne.

As well as studying with the great Mary Morrison in Toronto for two years, Alan was one of 12 singers from around the globe to study in France for a one-year professional young artist program in Marseille where he studied with Yvonne Minton.