GROUP VOCAL COURSES
Teens & Adults
Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced
Build Confidence. Find Your Voice. Perform with Power.
Group & Solo Singing Courses for Adults
Looking to quickly enhance your singing skills alongside other beginners and intermediate students?
Our boot camp is perfect for you!
Learn tried and tested techniques that top singers practice daily to improve their voice.
In this dynamic class you participate in a group singing and receive personalized instruction for a solo song of your choice. Have fun while mastering proper breathing, expanding your vocal range and discovering the secrets of rhythm, dynamics and singing with emotion and conviction. Learn Stage Performance and confidence, how to sing in harmony and basic music theory.
Each session includes a vocal and breathing exercises, a focused topic of the week
Week 1 Breath support
Week 2 Pitch Control
Week 3 Rhythm & Vocal Phrasing
Week 4 Chest voice/ Head voice ( find your range)
Week 5 Dynamics & Song Performance You’ll sing as a group, in duets and solo, with a curriculum tailored to your singing level and experience.
Pick you vocal coach and sign up today for an incredible singing experience! Each coach offers the Secrets of singing and beyond! Classes are held in person at Ripley Grier Studios in a positive and creative environment
Start your vocal journey today.
Open Level
Intermediate
Advanced
Secrets of Singing – Group Courses (In-Person)
Pick you vocal coach and sign up today for an incredible singing experience!
5-week course | In-Person
- Vocal Coach: Tate Chu
- Thursdays: Coming soon
- 6pm-7pm
- Adults | Intermediate Level
- Max: 8 students
Tate is a professional opera singer, vocalist, performer, and voice/piano instructor from beautiful San Diego, California. Classically trained, she has sung the great soprano roles from Musetta (La bohème) and Gilda (Rigoletto) to her upcoming performance as Nedda (I Pagliacci) with Opera New York. Tate has performed in musicals such as Phantom of the Opera (Carlotta), Grease (Rizzo), and Once on This Island (Mama Euralie) and stage directed multiple productions as founder of her company The CoOperative. She has sung alongside Andrea Bocelli (Hollywood Bowl).
She teaches pop and musical theater styles in the group classes
Tate believes that music has the power to bring empowerment, hope, and motivation to all walks of life and could not be more thrilled to be teaching voice at Voice Academy NYC.
Thursdays at 6pm-7pm-Teens & Adults-Intermediate Level-Coach Tate
Only $199 for 5-week course
Drop In Class $49
5-week course | In-Person
- Melanie Scholtz
- New Dates coming soon.
- 7pm-8m
- Teens & Adults| Intermediate Level
- Max: 8 students
Melanie Scholtz is a South African–born, multi–award-winning jazz singer, composer, and educator who teaches all levels from beginner to advanced students in person and online.
Alongside her performing career, Melanie has been a dedicated educator for nearly two decades. She has taught at the University of Cape Town (2004–2005) and contributed extensively to youth development programs in South Africa, including the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown (2008–2014) and the Artscape Youth Jazz Program (2006–2013). Internationally, she has taught at annual jazz camps in the Czech Republic, where she lived for two years.
Since 2022, Melanie has also been an integral part of Voice Academy NYC, where she teaches private lessons, group classes, and workshops, and mentors students in songwriting and recording.
Drop In Class $49 available if you can’t commit to 5 weeks
Tuesdays March 3,10,17 ( Drop In Class)
5-week course | In-Person
- Vocal Coach: Stephanie Lippman
- Wednesdays -March 25, April 1,8,15,22
- 7pm-8pm
- Adults |Open Level
- Max: 8 students (minimum 3)
Stephanie has worked as a backing vocalist for celebrities, such as- Cyndi Lauper, Taylor Dayne, Sandra Bernhard, Nancy Sinatra, Ana Gasteyer and more.
She has performed on Broadway National Tours, European and Regional Tours of musicals, as well as at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. “We sing when words alone no longer suffice.”
“I’m friendly, inclusive and personable- I’m particularly good at being resourceful with a sharp attention to detail and thinking out-of-the-box.”
Open Level – Focus on Vocal Development – Range, Technique, Dynamics, Placement and Control. Group and Solo Singi
Drop In Class $49 per class is ongoing
Solo Singing – Group Courses (In-Person)
SOLO SINGING COURSE (In-Person) Open Level | Intermediate - Adults | 4-week Intensive with Stephanie
Tuesdays | 7pm-8pm
Dates: March 24,31, April 7,14
Course
Description:This Class is like a Private Lesson in a Group Class!Minimum 3 students , Max 4
In this 4-week intensive course, students will choose a solo song to develop and perform. Each week focuses on key elements of singing and performance.
WEEK 1: Song choice & breath support
WEEK 2: Vocal technique & control
WEEK 3: Song Interpretation and stage presence
WEEK 4: Final Performance with Live Mic
Drop In class available $49 per class is ongoing
. 4 week course - $179 - Note: No Refunds -We are offering a make-up class)
SOLO SINGING COURSE (In-Person) Open Level |Intermediate Teen - Adults 4-week Intensive with Tate
Tuesdays | 6:00pm-7:00pm | In-Person Course
Description:
In this 4-week intensive course, students will choose a solo song to develop and perform. Each week focuses on key elements of singing and performance.
WEEK 1: Song choice & breath support
WEEK 2: Vocal technique & control
WEEK 3: Song Interpretation and stage presence
WEEK 4: Final Performance with Live Mic
Dates: Feb 17,24,March 3,10
Drop In class available $49 per class. 4 week course - $179 - Note: No Refunds -We are offering a make-up class).
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All Vocal Group courses are taught at:
520 8th ave New York, NY 10018
Everyone can improve their singing voices so come find out why so many people have trusted Voice Academy NYC to reach and surpass their goals!