Voice Lessons With Raquela

Specialties

Award winning Broadway singer/​actress, Raquela, teaches One hour lessons, once a week per student. Lesser rate on coaching. Coaching only advise guided suggestions to prepare one song for approx. 3 lessons. Teaching voice does this too BUT ALSO breaks down the voice by identifying the student’s strengths and weaknesses using various exercises. WARNING: Not only is Raquela patient, she is also fun, charismatic, enthusiastic, high energy and loves working with children as much as adults. She supports basic skills: sight-​reading (pitch and tone), vocal control (posture/​breathing) while teaching her top secret vocal techniques. All lessons are recorded and securely emailed (mp3) to the student to review through the week until the next lesson. 1^st introductory lesson is FREE. RATE: $ 60 /​per lesson. HOURS: Tues-​Thurs, 11a — 8p (Google Calendar used for scheduling)

History

Established in 2003.

Raquela began teaching voice privately in 2000. In 2003, she started opening her doors on a regular basis in New York City. After 9/​11, she found it to be more beneficial to her community to help launch several children theater arts schools. In 2000, Raquela was approached by a single mother of two whose frustrations with being completely tone deaf was defeating her dreams. After working with Raquela for 6 months, she went on to being nominated Best One Woman Cabaret by the MAC awards! Her name was Benita Charles and she continues to release successful recordings today. Raquela is proud to be back home in Elk Grove, California hoping to give back to the very community that taught her integrity, ethics and most importantly, music. **1^st introductory lesson is FREE /​/​RATE: $ 60 per lesson /​/​HOURS: Tues-​Thurs, 11a — 8p (Google Calendar used for scheduling)

Meet the Business Owner

Raquela B.

Business Owner

Raquela is an all-​round Singer-​songwriter, vocalist and professional performer. She is also a renowned award wining Broadway actress and Billboard recording artist. She is now back home in California where she teaches privately from her humble small home in Elk Grove, CA. She studied opera (at BIOLA University) for 3 years then receive her B.F.A. in Music and Theatre. Her Broadway (New York City) work spans the course of 18 years. Her extended biography consists of being a 5 time Billboard Dance music charter, a voting member of the Grammy’s, a Former Miss Orange County (Miss California/​America Organization), a 12 times «Best Actress» Off Broadway/​Regional/​Stock (NYC) and a recognized Obie Nominated artist for writing the «Best Electronica Musical». She is a member of AEA, ASCAP, VASTA and NARAS. ** 1^st introductory lesson is FREE /​/​RATE: $ 60 per lesson /​/​HOURS: Tues-​Thurs, 11a — 8p (Google Calendar used for scheduling)