I have taught over 20,000 voice lessons.
New York Vocal Coaching is actually
the largest vocal studio in New York City.
I wanted to create a program
that would empower beginning teachers
but also a course where a very experienced teacher
can come and get some really fresh, new ideas.
I took Justin's Voice Teacher Training program in the year 2015.
I took the Voice Teacher Training workshop in 2017.
I was teaching middle school chorus
in a really good New York private school.
I was two years out of college
and I knew how to do things but I didn't know the "why".
I just graduated from the Voice Teacher Training program
in December 2018.
Voice teachers, vocal coaches, music directors
speech language pathologists,
recording studio engineers,
performers,
it's a really diverse community of students
taking our program.
I guess it's for anybody who wants to be able to know
what they're doing and teach voice.
Today's vocalists need to know of new and cutting-edge ideas
like belting, and things like rasp and distortion.
Things that many voice teachers have never been exposed to.
Modern techniques that today's vocalists need.
It equips you for getting ready to diagnose
every single voice student that you meet.
I love teaching singers.
But, I think I love teaching teachers even more.
Enthusiasm, passion, exuberance.
Yeah, that's it. Joyful.
I would say Justin is generous, joyful,
and an extremely savvy guy.
Even though we cover pop, rock, R&B, musical theater, and jazz,
we still don't neglect the classics.
We still talk about opera and vocal technique's roots
in classical pedagogy.
Justin's Voice Teacher Training was truly a revelation for me.
I would say it was a months-long eureka moment.
In our course we don't really believe in teaching a method.
What we believe in is learning what each and every part can do
and treating each singer like they're an individual.
In a way, I believe in creating a method for each and every singer.
I have had amazing breakthroughs
with so many of my voice clients and singers.
When we do the course each semester,
we have students live in New York City
and students joining us online from all across the world.
We've had graduates already from over 30 countries around the world.
In my class alone we had people from
Australia, people from Asia, people from Europe.
It's really special to me to stay in touch after the course is over
so that I can be a part of seeing how these studios are
growing and thriving all over the world.
It's enabled me now to have my own vocal studio.
After the teacher training I felt ready and prepared
to open my own vocal studio.
I've been very blessed and humbled to be able to
help others here in Guatemala with their own voices.
I was given the ability to take scientific vocal technique training
to Indian classical music.
The course has given me a lot of tools that
I can use in my teaching.
I'm teaching at the University and also in my own studio.
As a speech language pathologist and vocologist
it gave me the necessary tools
to develop my own way to work with the singers I trained.
The course is a life changer for any voice teacher.
We also have guests.
Dr. Michael Pitman from Columbia University
is a top laryngologist.
We also bring in guests from the music industry,
from Broadway, and from the recording industry.
Even after you graduate from the Voice Teacher Training program,
Justin has coordinated this online community of voice teachers.
After the course is over, it's not over for us.
I'm in touch with the graduates
and we're seeing, how is your career developing?
How is your vocal studio thriving?
I am teaching now from my home and about to move to a studio.
There are just so many success stories
that have come out of our Voice Teacher Training program.
Justin Stoney's Voice Teacher Training program
should be the standard singing program
for people who want to teach singing.