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Singing lessons - Vocal Training - Gallery4allarts

WELCOME!

Vocal Training & Singing lessons

with Nicole Bartos, Soprano

Face to face Bel canto and vocal training with Soprano recitalist. Classical song repertoire grade 4 to 8; breathing technique/ appoggio, messa di voce, leggato & interpretation;

All singing levels welcome including Singer starters. Amateurs.

Semi-professionals and grade 4 to 8.

Lieder, Arias. All other genre and styles welcome.

GIFT VOUCHERS

AVAILABLE FOR EVERY OCCASSION.

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For all queries and bookings, please

Call 07756912911

Email Nicole

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ALL BOOKINGS IN ADVANCE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

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Vocal Training & SINGING sessions

General possible Slots Availability at different venues, Monday to Friday by appointment.

Other neccessary suggestions/ requests for a better lesson:

Please, provide any music sheets copies/ scores or a book for the teache if you come

with a pre-selected speific repertoire.

All music scores to be written ideally for voice and piano.

Thank you for your support and cooperation.

Gallery4allarts

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Location /...Where?

At your residence or public venues, by appointment;

G4 Room, The Old Police Station, 80 Lark Lane, L17 8UU.

Other venues possible to be arranged according to your location, availability and lenght of your tuition period but, there might be an extra charge.

Please, enquire and book a slot in advance.

Fees: (last updated January/ August 2025)

Fees vary from £20/ (30 minute session) to £45 / ( 2 hours) per person,

All depending on topic, level of expertise/ assistance needed, duration and coplexity of the lesson and of course, location. There might be a travel fee charge for longer distances wihtin 10 miles.

Longer term tuition works out cheeper if booked and paid in advance.

First session cost: £35.00/ 1 hour or £40.00/1 hour and 30 min; £45/ 2 hrs

Shorter Sessions, Concessions, Offers, Prepaid Packages:

Offers:£20/ per 30 minutes session/ per person; Concession: £15/per 30 min/pp

£30/ per hour/pp when booking a 5 sessions pack at full price of: £150 or

£250/pp/10 sessions pack

£40/per 1 hour and 30 minutes/ session/pp when booking 5 sessions pack at £200

Special / Other Special Offers (Christmas/ Easter):

£120/ per 4 sessions/pp or,

Concession (retired, students, benefits): £100/ 4 sessions/ pp; £125/ 5 sessions/pp

Other general Concessions (Children): £25 - £20/ per person/ 1 hour session or £15/ 30 minutes/pp

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Topics and Tips for Vocal training & Singing:

Posture alignment. Understanding Breathing and 'support'.

Vocal techniques. Appogio. Warming up exercises.

Natural voice placing / Messa di voce. Vocalisation and agility.

Bell canto. Singing better. Singing easier

What should you be doing for your voice and what you shouldn't

Vocal scales and arpeggios; Vocal Warming up; Vocal Warming Down.

Classical Arias and Lied.

Tips for vocal hygiene; help protecting healthy vocal folds; keep a healthy singing and speaking voice.

Tips for the following topics:

Preparing for a concert. Preparing for a long public speach, a recital, performance, etc.

Breathing techniques and vocal practice - including preparatory helpful gymnastics

Other tips from meditation to body movement exercises, visualisation;

Warm up with posture alignment, relaxation and improve lung &breathing capacity.

Learn about your Breath, Support and Appogio (posture, breathing; using the mind, meditation, relaxation, refreshing your energy)

What approach to take when negative emotions load up and choke, alter or diminish the qulities of your voice and vocal practice?

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ABOUT ME

Bel canto and lyric recitalist with 10 years performing experience, who innitially has studied Visual Arts (MA, BA Hons), and privately, trained as a classical Soprano in England and Europe, is offering Singing and Vocal coaching (since 2018). Her yearly organised music events include baroque, sacred music, opera and lieder recitals. Please, note no webcam teaching available.

My pesonal vocal speciality is high soprano with vocal qualities tendencies of coloratura and lyric spinto soprano and I have gained some experience in singing and performing the following type of song repertoire:

Italian Baroque and Bel canto repertoire selections (Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini (soprano arias selections from: William Tell, The Barber of Seville, Adelaide di Borgonia, Sigismondo; Maometto II; Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra; Semiramide ); Arie Antiche, Baroque and Rennaisance music ( a Lot of Handel (Xerxes, Rinaldo, Almira, Aggripina, Giulio Cesare, ..., Theodora, The Triumph of Time and Truth, Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Cesti, Caccini, Caldara, de Luca, Pergolesi, Torelli, etc),
Operatic / arias (Italian, French,...( La Boheme, Othello, Tosca, Don Carlo, La Forza del destino, Madama Butterfly; Aida, Gianni Schichi, Luca di Lamermoor, The Barber of Seville; Mozart; Saint Saens, Dvorak...);
German/ French lieder (Mahler, Liszt, Brahms, Schubert, Beethoven; Debussy, Bizet, Faure);
Slavonic music (Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky) and a bit from the French opera and songs repertoire, too.

I enjoy studying new music and my voice suits arias and songs from the Early music to the 20th century opera/ classical singing repertoire and to sacred music. I am willing to work with those singers who are dedicated to do the hard work and commit to a long term practice, love to acquire new repertoire for auditions, exams, assignments, recitals, or other private goals/ performace soccassions/ leisure singing orneed to work on some choral parts...

1. ABOUT THE LESSON
3. According to age, vocal ability, singing experience, stamina and repertoire inclination of the student, a general lesson may also involve, some of the following topics:
   - various breathing and warming up exercises; scales;
   - tips for posture adjustments; elaborate demo and practice: support/ appoggio/voice placing/ messa di voce;
   - expanding one's vocal range through scales and arpegios;
   - developing bel canto leggato, clear diction and vocal projection;

Ideally, one must have a love for classical music; repertoire knowledge would be advantageous, and is willing to develop breathing techniques and support, leggato style and vocal projection and have an idea of what specific material would like to work on and share music copies during the first session.

Of course, I also, welcome very beginners that know little about voice and terminologies... and they would like to have a go at singing some easier classical pieces and even, those who focus on the 'non classical' music genres and styles as well are welcome for vocal practice and improvement.

I would be delighted to share my vocal knowledge and teaching experience with you. Lessons are always face to face, only. Novice / beginners to medium advanced: singers, musical theatre performers/ singing students/ performance artists/ public speakers - all welcome.

Some books recommendations and suggestions according to your vocal abilities as a novice or medium advanced singer:
Schirmers' - 24 Italian Songs and Arias of the 17th and 18th Centuries - for Medium High Voice / or, for Medium Low voice as needed;
Vaccai Practical Method of Italian Singing for High Soprano;
The French Song Anthology - High Voice
Schirmers' - Coloratura Arias for soprano
Rossini, Arie del melodramma Italiano, per Soprano;
Liszt, Selected Songs - with original words/ Valogatott dalok eredeti szoveggell

For medium high voice:
Mahler - The Ruckert lieder selections
Tchaikovsky's Six Romances, Op. 6 , They are scored for high voice (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5), medium voice (No. 6) with piano accompaniment:
Do Not Believe, My Friend: Moderato assai (C# minor)
Not a Word, O My Friend: Andante ma non troppo (E minor)
Bitterly and Sweetly: Allegro vivo (A major)
Why?: Moderato (D major)
None but the Lonely Heart: Andante non tanto (D? major);
Stephano Donaudy - 36 Arie di stile Antico/ 36 Arias in Antique Style;

FEATURED TRACKS - NICOLE BARTOS Soprano, live in concert, selected arias

Did you know? :)

"A person's voice pitch is determined by the resonant frequency of the vocal folds."

"In an adult male this frequency averages about 125 Hz, adult females around 210, in children the frequency is over 300 Hz.

The folds vibrate when they are closed to obstruct the airflow through the glottis, the space between the folds: they are forced open by increased air pressure in the lungs, and closed again as the air rushes past the folds, lowering the pressure (Bernoulli's principle)." (exerpt from: https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/vocal_folds.htm)

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