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LOS ANGELES youth

STUDIO

LA’s Exclusive Workshop for the best and brightest young singers to sharpen the most necessary skills for studio singing through sight-singing, ear-training, and recording workshops.


UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

SUNDAY AFTERNOON

June 4th, 2023
IN-STUDIO RECORDING WORKSHOP

2 Hours | Burbank, CA

All Ages (7-18 recommended)

 
 
 

Minuet Workshop: Beginning Level

Ages 6 -10 | $75

Sonata Workshop: Intermediate to Advanced Levels

Ages 11-17 |$145

Recording Workshop: All Levels

Ages 7 - 18 | $145

The Workshop is designed to strengthen the skills and musicanship of talented young singers through practices, games, and group exercises

 
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View fullsize Who’s ready for more sight-singing, ear-training, music literacy, games, and more!? . This coming Saturday, June 13. Zoom. . All levels! 10am-12pm . Pay what you can ❤️🙏🏼 . . . #sing #learntoreadmusic #sightreading #sightsinging #eartraining
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Minuet Workshop

Beginning Level

One Saturday a Month

Start your young singers in an introductory course, or continue their vocal education with this Minuet Workshop, focusing on sight-singing, ear-training, and session-singing basics.

Sonata Workshop

Intermediate to Advanced Level

One Saturday a Month   

Develop your child’s vocal abilities in the Sonata Workshop with more intense training. We focus on sight-reading, ear-training, vocal timbre, vowel manipulation, and session technique, using charts from real industry sessions.

In-Studio Recording Workshop

All Levels

All Ages (ages 8-18 recommended)

Frequency TBD

Our Recording Workshop gives young singers a true studio recording experience in a low-pressure environment, focusing on group studio etiquette, mic technique, writing in changes to your music, understanding the lingo from a composer/director when asking for a particular sound, contractor etiquette, finding your starting pitch, what to listen for (click track, balance, etc.), preparation/what to bring to the session, audiation, singing in harmony, vowel and language modification, shorthand tricks, and more!

MEET THE INSTRUCTORS

LA Youth Studio features two highly trained instructors with more than 15 years experience as professional session singers. Along with extensive teaching backgrounds, Baraka May and Laura Jackman share their technical knowledge and real-world experience directing children and singing in movies -- including movies like Coco, The Grinch, Us, Ferdinand, and many more!

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TESTIMONIALS

“These workshops are beyond valuable… I wish I had that training growing up!

Can’t believe how good Aria’s sight-reading is! Thank you, thank you! She sang harmony the whole time, and she was reading the music! Like NO JOKE. Game changer!!”
— Dawn Walters (Parent)
“It was a perfect mix of interactive games and exercises with talks and teaching moments at the board. It goes by fast but it gave me time to feel like I had really learned.

Instead of being told to just do something, we’re told why and it makes sense with what we’re learning that day.
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— Jack Terbush, 13
“My girls LOVED it!!!! Ella and Ava were so excited when they left, saying, ‘it was so refreshing to be with other musicians who can sing and harmonize.’
They were in absolute heaven and ADORED you both.”
— Jerelyn Newman (Parent)
“Thanks Baraka and Laura! I was walking out of the class, super excited and wanting to learn more. I was telling my mom that I felt like I learned more in 2 hours than I would have in like a year of doing actual music lessons. ”
— Jonah Lietzau, 13
“Aria LOVED the class! She said it was the shortest 3 hours of her life! She’s been showing me everything [she learned] all day! And then she went to my mom’s house and showed her! She just had an amazing time!”
— Dawn Walters (Parent)

Photography courtesy of Frank Hobbs