TEACHING

All Ages/Levels/All Popular Styles of Music 

Now Accepting Students for Spring 2024!

• Offering Private Instruction, Semi-Private Lessons, Workshops and Classes.

  Private Lessons now available in person and online via Zoom and FaceTime. Daria has Taught students worldwide, from Japan to India and all across the US! 

• For online lessons, all you need is a good internet connection and sound.

ABOUT DARIA’S TEACHING: 

Each singer has a distinct sound, set of goals and needs. The technique I teach is based upon extensive training in Bel Canto and Contemporary Vocal techniques, which helps vocalists learn to sing with ease and freedom. I strive to inspire, instill confidence and give students the tools they need to develop their own individual style and artistry as performers.

Singing is my passion and I love performing, recording and sharing my music with audiences. Teaching gives me an opportunity to encourage others and share ideas and techniques that I've learned along the way. It's an endless and fascinating journey!

Whether you have a lot of singing experience or none, you can learn to sing with ease through the breaks in your voice. Blocks that you may have developed over the years can melt away. Proper vocal training will open up a whole new world. It will strengthen your singing and speaking voice and give you the tools to develop good habits. As a result, you will gain a smooth connection between registers, improve pitch and tone, increase range, gain flexibility, agility and endurance. If you apply the principles I teach, you will progress more rapidly than you ever thought possible. If your goal is to perform, I will help you to develop your own style, build a repertoire of songs and work towards a performance or recital to showcase your talents.

“Daria knows how to work with a wide range of students and keep it fun. Her extensive knowledge and experience make her one of the best teachers I have ever worked with. After many years of not singing, I have my 3 1/2 octave range back, and I am finding new strength and flexibility. The workshops that she offers give students practical singing experience and a chance to learn by performing with working musicians, as well as promoting a camaraderie among her students.” – April P.

"When I was struggling to make it through two (plus) sets of intense vocals, Daria showed me how to focus and saved my voice! Totally enhanced my vocal experience. Thank you!!” – Paul Robinson, Guitarist

Daria has taught internationally and has coached singers who are members of successful Bay Area bands, including Avance (Salsa), Creeper Lagoon (Rock) (on Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks label), the Grammy Choir and Robb “Lord” Martine (Bay TV and Mornings on 2, KTVU), Til’ Dawn (Acapella), Velvy Appleton from Spark & Whisper (Folk) and vocalist Tessa Souter (Jazz).

Vocal training includes studies in classical, jazz and all popular styles. Daria studied with jazz greats Bobby McFerrin and Mark Murphy and trained with Seth Riggs, among others. She studied at SFSU, New College of California, where she earned her B.A. in Humanities/Early Childhood Music Ed and an A.A. in Foreign Languages. 

Daria has taught at the California Jazz Conservatory (JazzSchool), Piedmont Piano, College of Marin, Blue Bear School of American Music, The Voice Studio, Marin Theater Company and other locations in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has mentored teens and young students at schools in San Francisco and Marin County. Her students have been accepted to Berkelee School of Music, Boston; Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, SF; Marin School of the Arts, Novato, George Washington University D.C; American River College, Sacramento, among others.

Additional Benefits:

• Build self-confidence

• Improve stage presence and overcome stage fright

• Learn to communicate effectively with your audience

• Learn microphone technique

• Learn to communicate with the band

• Discover your unique sound

• Learn how to improvise

• Learn songs in different languages

• And much more…

Vocal Tips

Can you increase your range? Yes! 😊

First, identify and familiarize yourself with your current range. Your vocal range is the lowest to highest notes you can sing with ease. To determine what your current range is, use a keyboard or piano and compare the note letters with the octave number on the photo of the keyboard below. For example, Locate middle C/C4 and start singing down from there, playing each consecutive note descending while vocalizing to see how low you can go comfortably. Do the same thing from middle C/C4 moving consecutively ascending up the keyboard and sing along to see how high you can go comfortably. Take note of what octave (series of 8 notes) you have reached. Example: C4-G5 (middle C to high G) which would give you an octave and a half in the soprano range.

Here’s a photo of a marked keyboard:

Basic Vocal Ranges

C4 - C6 Soprano         A3 - A5 Mezzo Soprano

F3 - F5 Alto                  C3 - C5 Tenor

A2 - A4 Baritone                F2 - F4 Bass

PLEASE NOTE: 24 hour notice is required for all cancellations.