Teaching

I’m a baritone working across Europe in concert, opera, and recital, and alongside my performing, I also teach singing.

Though I’ve sung as a soloist with groups such as Academy of Ancient Music, La Cetra, and the Netherlands Bach Society, I came to singing by an unusual route: my degree is in computer science, and I moved into music from tech. Most vocal teaching leans on imagery that never quite clicked for my analytical mind — not enough cause and effect.

So I learned the vocal acoustics underneath it all, interrogated my colleagues, and studied with a wide variety of teachers, to make singing concrete and repeatable. The same listening runs through my other work as an audio producer/engineer, where I need to hear exactly what each frequency is doing and why.

In a lesson, this becomes plain, physical explanation of how your voice works — so you understand what you’re doing and can find it again on your own.

Finally, I’m fluent in Italian and French and have worked in Germany alongside German singers, and I love working with students on diction and musical interpretation in a wide variety of periods.

I work with committed singers at any stage — adults building a solid technique, students preparing conservatory and graduate auditions.

• Vocal technique A free, easy sound that’s yours alone.
• Repertoire Bach, Handel, Mozart, Schubert & beyond.
• Diction French, German, Italian, English.
• Audition prep Repertoire, diction, and mock auditions for conservatory, graduate, solo, and ensemble.

Recent students have gone on to the SF Symphony Chorus and to master’s programs like Northwestern.