At Music Plus, our voice lessons focus on many facets of vocal development like breathing, resonance, placement, articulation, volume control, phrasing, registers, vibrato, and the blending of “colors” to create various sounds. Contact us for more help in getting you started!
Do you like country? Blues? Classical? Pop? Theatre? Explore a variety of styles or focus just on one in a quest to develop your best voice.
OUR VOICE TEACHERS
Esther
Voice, Piano
Esther combines “over the top” positiveness with musical rigor to propel her students
toward their musical goals while attending to the needs of each learner.
MORE ABOUT ESTHER
With more than 35 years of experience singing, playing, and teaching, Esther gets to
know her students’ musicality, how they best learn, and how to teach themselves.
Esther is fluent in classical voice, theater performance, gospel singing and playing, and general pop standards.
Esther commits to the care and advancement of her students in pursuit of their goals with a uniquely personal, “people first” philosophy. Esther specializes first in voice then piano. She loves teaching students from the absolute beginner to the more advanced.
She believes in a foundation of classical technique allowing students to access any
musical genre while maintaining vocal health.
Education and Experience:
- 35 years of performing experience as a soloist, featured musician, accompanist, ensemblemember and recording producer/artist.
- Morning Star Baptist Church of Spokane, Director of Worship Arts.
- Northwest Opera, founding member.
- Spokane Symphony Chorale, member.
- Holbrook Unified School District, Arizona, Piano studies pilot teacher.
- Gonzaga University, B.A., Music Education, private study in voice, 10 years.
Janice Wrhel
Voice, Piano, Guitar, Ukulele
Janice combines an infectiously positive demeanor with broad industry experience to work “in step” with students towards musical and personal advancement.
MORE ABOUT JANICE
With a background as a touring musician, educator, and recording artist; Janice leads her students on a journey of discovery and fun as they develop their personal musical character.
From involvement with Paul Allen’s ” Experience Music Project” including a national tour for education and performance, musical curricula development and songwriting training, to studio recording artistry; Janice brings a wealth of insight to her instruction. Despite these accomplishments, Janice is “down to earth” approachable and always full of laughter. Though many of her vocal students pursue popular music, she begins with classical technique to protect and train the voice.
Janice’s musical tastes are diverse from Broadway to folk and everything in between. She gravitates towards rich and emotive vocal phrasing found in popular genres.
Experience:
- Moran United Methodist Church, Spokane, Contemporary Worship Leader.
- Presently involved in freelance studio recording work, multiple locations.
- South by Southwest, Grammy Week, New Orleans Jazz Festival; speaker and seminar presenter.
- Experience Music Project/ Paul Allen (Museum of Pop Culture) “Electric Bus National Tour”, Seattle.