Leela - Opera singing tutor - Los Angeles
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Leela - Opera singing tutor - Los Angeles

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Leela

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Leela - Opera singing tutor - Los Angeles
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  • Opera Singing

Experienced tutor in Opera voice in Los Angeles, Leela offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

  • Opera Singing

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Leela is a respected tutor in our community. She is highly recommended for her commitment and the quality of her lessons. A trusted partner on your learning journey.

About Leela

International opera singer and vocal pedagogue Leela Subramaniam has more than seven years of experience teaching voice and is on faculty at the Angeles Academy of Music in Los Angeles, CA, where she maintains her private studio. She received her Master of Music and Professional Studies Certificate in Vocal Performance from the Manhattan School of Music and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California - Los Angeles in Art History and Music (Vocal Performance). Teaching students of a variety of ages and levels - from complete beginners to the more advanced - the success of all of her students is grounded in her belief that singing with complete freedom and ease is possible for everyone. She is deeply dedicated to developing a healthy vocal technique and confident musicianship skills in all of her students. She enjoys teaching a variety of genres, from classical, pop, musical theatre, to jazz.

Ms. Subramaniam has sung on the world's most prestigious stages, including the Bavarian State Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Irish National Opera, LA Opera, Carnegie Hall, Gartnerplatztheater in Munich, Theater Basel, Opera Theater of St. Louis, as well as in international festivals with the Prototype Festival in NYC, Donizetti Festival in Bergamo - Italy, and Chamber Music of Northwest. Passionate about contemporary music, Leela has performed in three world premieres and frequently collaborates with living composers. She speaks German, French, Italian, and Spanish conversationally.

Leela is passionate about helping her students build confidence and greater self-awareness through singing. She strongly believes that learning how to sing better helps all other aspects of life, teaching us a deeper connection to our mind and body and reducing overall stress.

I enjoy helping my students find their own individual voice and watching them grow week by week. Through expanding their range and helping my students produce more beautiful tone quality, I love watching the excitement in their eyes when they experience a greater sense of release in their singing.

I started teaching in New York while I was at the Manhattan School of Music, maintaining a small private studio. After several years of performing abroad in Germany, I then came back to teaching while being on staff at the Angeles Academy of Music in Los Angeles.



I have my Masters and Professional Studies Certificate in Vocal Performance from Manhattan School of Music, as well as my B.A. from the University of California-Los Angeles in Vocal Performance. I have done several young artist training programs, including the Bavarian State Opera Studio, Opera Theater St. Louis, and the Chautauqua Institution Voice Program. 

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  • All levels
  • English

Languages in which the lesson is available :

English

Typically with a new student I assess what their goals are for taking voice lessons, what experience they have with singing, and what repertoire they already like to sing. In every first lesson I begin with showing the anatomy of the voice and explaining in a general sense the usage of breath control, and we begin with doing some exercises. Then, the student will sing something they already know and feel comfortable with, and we go from there!



I have worked with students as young at 5 years old to those in their 60s. I have worked with absolute beginners who have never taken a voice lesson before / need help matching pitch and claim they are "tone deaf," to those that already frontline in bands or are professional opera singers. 



I would say (and I know this seems obvious), but make sure your teacher knows how to sing well. Listen to them if they have anything up on youtube or their website. See what their students have to say about them. Then, try them out, and see if you feel comfortable with them!



Once I was working with a student who was extremely emotionally distraught due to the pandemic. She felt targeted by her peers for being Chinese, and she had difficulty making any type of sound in our lesson because of her emotional state. She burst into tears. We talked together and I was able to bring her back up and to help her find a way to make her singing propel her forward and reshape her perspective. She was able to find release. 

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  • R821

Package rates

  • 5h: R4105
  • 10h: R8210

free lesson

The free first lesson with Leela allows you to get to know the tutor and discuss your needs and expectations.

  • 1h

online

  • R821/h

Details

$70/hour, $50 for 45 minutes, or $40 for a half hour. I now also offer monthly discounted lesson packages.

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