Singing With Sherry

Sherry has an amazing ability to connect with children through music! My daughter very recently discovered a passion for singing and I wanted to help her boost self-​confidence with some professional guidance. Sherry has done just that and we are so grateful to have found her! My daughter really pays attention to Sherry and admires her talent. We look forward to every lesson and I know that this experience will follow her through life. Thank you!

I am an actor. I recently had a huge audition for a Broadway show that I wasn’t very confident about. I am very experienced with stage, but not very experienced with auditioning for musicals. I had about a week to prepare, so I did some research on Unilocal and a few other sites and booked an appointment with Sherry. Her reviews all seemed very good, and several actors had gone to her for exactly what I was looking for.
Well, Sherry wasn’t «very good». She was AMAZING. First, she helped me find my range, which until now I had never known. Then, she helped me sample some songs that she said were in my range. After we went through a number of songs, she helped me select the two that I needed to audition. We practiced them over and over, with her even playing the music without me singing so I could record it on my phone and practice when I left.
When I left my appointment, I felt extremely confident in my selected pieces, and at our next appointment, she helped me step-​by-​step through each one to add that «spit-​and-​polish» and make my audition pieces my own, changing them from a good, standard representation of the songs into audition pieces that reflect myself and my personality.
Sherry’s patience and musical knowledge are vast, and her personality makes her super easy to work with. Even though I was tentative and somewhat nervous, she quickly made me feel at home and brought out notes from inside me that I never thought were there.
In short, I highly recommend Sherry for all of your «voice oriented» needs! She’s knowledgeable, patient, professional and extremely helpful. What a find!
(Plus, her dog and cat are the best!)

Just got back from my first voice lesson with Sherry and I’m elated. At the expense of gushing, the hour I spent here will not soon be forgotten. She made me feel immediately comfortable and we went right into the work.
I needed help last-​minute for a musical I was auditioning for, and Sherry let me come in the same day. I was hoping to get some practice and some pointers, but Sherry did so much more than that. She helped me break down the song in a way that I’d never thought about. She gave me good feedback in a positive and constructive way.
An hour later, I had a great audition piece that I feel confident with.
FYI, her small dog and big cat are very friendly and cute. Get a pedicure/​wear socks, because it’s a shoes-​off household.
Can’t wait until my next lesson :)

I came to Sherry to build and improve my piano playing technique. I had very specific goals and Sherry was mindful and attentive to all of them. My lessons were exactly what I was looking for and I saw improvement very quickly. Just an awsome teacher!

It is not often that a professional vocal artist, actor and entertainer who is still active in her profession will take the time and effort to coach and teach others to become proficient in these same music and performance arts.
Sherry is a rare teacher who has the talents and professional background with the necessary patience to reach a personal understanding with all her students, from grade school to senior adults. She will find the talent within each person and work with and to help that person experience the thrill of performing on whatever level they can achieve in piano or voice.
Sherry is an active SAG member who has helped other professional actors, vocalists and stage performers to boost their personal capabilities through encouragement and patience. If there is the inner desire to achieve piano playing or singing well, she can help at any level.
Although piano teaching is her main forte, she specializes in helping you or your loved ones with singing pop or classical opera, and Sherry can help you in vocal coaching either for karaōke, recitals and major appearances for stage and screen. If you are trying out for the high school or college musical or want to be the next Susan Boyle or Paul Potts, I believe she can do wonders for you!

When my young daughter started taking interest in singing I begin my search for a singing teacher that can help her development her singing skills. I found Sherry through a friend’s review on Unilocal.My daughter has been taking lesson from her for about 6 months and has increase her vocal range from Sherry’s training and encouragement.
Not only is she great with children she is also excellent with adults. My husband has been struggling with the use of his voice for a few years now. He has been going to throat specialist, done biopsy, and MRI to figure out why he has chronic laryngitis. All these test couldn’t find any reason for his low speech volume. We then approached Sherry to see if she can help gain some volume back in his speech. She taught him how to breath, inhale and exhale just like opera singer do during their performance. This technique has helped him to speak louder and with strength. He is continuing his lesson and enjoys it immensely.
Sherry talent is not only limited to singing. She performs regularly with singing and acting too. She works with my two boys on their acting skills. She gives them monologues to memorized and act out. She brings out their confidences. And also gives insights on how to audition for agents and casting directors. She is great to have as a one on one mentor that will complement with their acting classes.
Sherry vast vocal and music knowledge makes her an excellent teacher and mentor. She is also actively part of the entertainment industry in which she shares her experiences with auditioning and performances with myself and my family. She is honest, motiving and simply the best.

Although singing has always come naturally to me, i could hear in my voice a lack of focus and strength that professional singers have. Only one lesson and I notice a marked improvement in my voice. Looking forward to more classes and more improvement.

Sherry was amazing! I had 3 days to prepare for an audition that required learning a song and she helped me significantly with my singing and did so in such a quick fashion that I was shocked.
In addition to being extremely kind and professional, Sherry gave me the confidence in my ability that I needed and which allowed me to confidently go to the audition and perform at my peak ability. I would recommend her services to anyone looking to get better at singing, learn an audition piece or improve their vocal ability. She was fantastic and helped me tremendously so if you want singing help, call Sherry.

I was looking for an activity my daughter could do that would develop a sense of discipline, build self-​confidence and give her an artistic outlet, and I decided to try singing lessons.
I’m so glad I found Sherry because she helped her do all of those things. She is an extremely supportive teacher, and super patient and kind. My daughter is so excited to take her weekly singing lesson and practices all the time. It’s fun for her and at the same time she is learning so much. She’s always been a little shy, but Sherry has been inspirational to her, and she’s been building confidence and courage.

I’ve always felt very self-​conscious and shy about singing in public (in spite of loving music, and plenty of solo singing in the car, not to mention, the shower!), and even avoided and dreaded the ever-​popular karaōke bar. It wasn’t until I met Sherry that I felt encouraged enough to try lessons because she made singing easy and accessible. An accomplished singer and talented performer herself (
) Sherry breaks down the fundamentals of singing into bite-​sized pieces, and literally walked me through fun building-​block exercises that then cumulated into yours truly singing (gasp, shock!).
In her vocal studio, Sherry first had me stand and connect to my body via hissing like a snake, and more specifically, my ribcage, to work on supporting the breath. As a yogi, this connection to the breath became instant for me, and I was surprised to experience how powerfully long I could sustain sound (must be all the kundalini meditation chanting I’ve done)! Next, she asked me to hum — another powerful yet totally simple tool in learning to sing. Sherry then had me try «bubbling», which reminded me of making motor sounds with my mouth as a kid; sounds totally easy, right? Yet, bubbling turns out to be an important method in exercising breath control.
We next tried several «vocalises,» aka vocal warm-​ups, with Sherry on her electric Yamaha keyboard
, and me standing beside her. I was surprised how much concentration and focus I needed, in order to remember supporting my breath with my ribcage, controlling the amount of air coming out, and listening to the piano scale in order to sing along. And yet, it all felt super chill, almost meditative, and totally easy to do under Sherry’s guidance. With each warm-​up she helped me get in touch with areas of my face, mouth, and jaw to correctly place the voice in my mask. The great thing about singing is that I hear the difference immediately, with each slight tweak and adjustment, and, using a nearby wall mirror, I helped adjust my mouth’s shape. We worked on «legato» or smoothness, and also in preventing any hard glottal sounds in order to give my singing a smooth beginning of each phrase. With each vocalise, Sherry encouraged me, and reminded me to relax my shoulders and neck.
Aside from teaching total beginners like moi, Sherry specializes in helping tone deaf folks match pitches, and karaōke singers improve their performance and mic technique. She’s even able to train you in classical singing, art songs, and opera, not to mention vocal jazz, and Broadway singing. Wow!
We ended the lesson by tackling a song — yes, me, singing a song, in front of another person! — utilizing all the tools she’d taught me (humming, bubbling) to grasp the lyrics and melody of the song. It was really fun singing alongside with Sherry, and even now, I’m humming the tune inside my head. Besides, my diaphragm got a total healthy work out, and I got to be out of my head for a structured amount of time (which is always a good thing!). I can’t wait to return and progress, because singing is a beautiful, natural gift most of us have (unless you’re mute???). Your voice is powerful and lovely, and under Sherry’s encouraging guidance, you too can be singing in no time — for your own pleasure or in public. I highly recommend you try this coaching — I got so much out of it, and now feel way more confident!