Coaching Voice in Edinburgh, Scotland Stephanie Vlahos can work virtually and in person to support the development of singers and actors. Having worked professionally as an Opera Singer and Stage Performer she brings years of experience from the Stage and from her work with emerging and recognised performers.
Technique is fundamental, permanent, and ultimately strengthening.
Technique frees your sound and encourages style and passion in your vocals and lets you find the artist in you.
Great singing starts with breath. Lessons begin with connecting the breath with the impulse of singing, freeing the voice while supporting your unique sound.
Technique is about endowing you with the ability to be your own teacher by teaching you to see your voice as an instrument with an infinite range of possibility.
Coaching Voice for performance, auditions and personal development. All styles supported. You can contact me directly using the formbelow, or via Superprof Community
Coaching Voice and Mentoring for Stage
Former students include Broadway singers-Dawn Cantwell( singer/actress, Sting’s musical The Last Ship), top opera singers – Angel Blue (Covent Garden, Met Opera, Proms), Julie Adams (Met Opera winner), Danielle and Alana Haim of Haim, Andrew Chapelle and others.
My coaching work (which is about interpretation and presentation) is extensive.
My students? Pop to classical, but the work is fundamental – organic, core singing with strong intention.
Stephanie helped me find my voice.
Danielle Haim, the band HAIM
She gave me the confidence I needed.
Stephanie Vlahos is a miracle worker for singers and actors.
Julie Adams, Opera Singer
Her approach to coaching material has made an impact on my life.
She has given me many tools that I use today and will continue to use throughout my career.
Stephanie is truly a gifted & versatile teacher. She helped me find my voice in high school and then prepared me for my first national tour. Her ability to keep a pop/rock singer vocally healthy using classical technique is pretty remarkable!
Gabrielle McClinton, Singer/Actress
Stephanie is one of the most important musical and artistic mentors in my life.
Micaela Tobin
She saw a passion and a calling to sing within me at a very young age and helped me grow my instrument and my capacity as an artist to the point that I now have a full-time career singing and making music. I still use her vocal warmups to this day and owe so much to the knowledge she gave tome through our voice lessons.
There is no better voice teacher and artistic mentor!
With Stephanie Vlahos as my guide, I discovered a musicality, expression and tone that I never knew I had. She unleashed what would become my greatest asset and direction.
Sofia Hoops, Singer/Songwriter
Few vocal mentors have the ability to see beyond sound. Stephanie transcends sound and discovers the artist. She found my voice and then let me run.”
Experience
Having been a performer in high-end international operas singing opposite Placido Domingo, Maria Ewing, Frederica Von Stade in my earlier years, I understand the demands of singing onstage from nerves to pacing oneself.
My work as a performance artist led to work with musicians like Danny Elfman, David Was, Van Dyke Parks. My voice is featured in films and commercials, featured soloist for the LA Phil and St Paul Chamber Orchestras.
Stephanie Vlahos works on programmes for Young Performers where recognising the skills and capabilities was critical to the performers success. Her work is ongoing and she assists many performers to strengthen their voice, develop their technique and prepare for auditions for professional and amateur shows.
Coaching and mentoring is a joy as I love to teach. In that role I created an opera project for young artists at the celebrated County Arts High School (LACHSA) in LA.
Stephanie Vlahos
I will often tell my voice students that learning to sing is a little bit like trying to find the light switch in a dark and unfamiliar room. You’ll trip over a few things until you turn on the light.
Stephanie Vlahos
Stephanie Vlahos moved and went onwards and outwards with the students from LACHSA. The young artists project performed in shows in Los Angeles and other locations in China and in Scotland at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival performing “Carmen High“.
It grew from what the students fondly called “the chess club” to a wildly popular project.
I can assist to develop the strength of voice and improve your stage presence.
Develop your performance through Coaching Voice and Mentoring
If you are an actor looking to improve your voice for song or the spoken word, or a singer looking to improve your stage presence, I can assist.
Please contact me using the form below.
Stephanie Vlahos
Master Voice teacher and Theatre Coach with over twenty-five years of experience now offering lessons in the Marchmont (Edinburgh) area. Originally based in Los Angeles and New York City, former students including Angel Blue (Proms, Covent Garden, Met Opera); Andrew Chappelle (Broadway , Hamilton), Julie Adams (San Francisco Opera, Met competition winner); the women from the band HAIM; Dawn Cantwell – Broadway Last Ship and Wicked); and,Micaela Tobin (sound artist, White Boy Scream).
All styles supported.
I love singers from budding pros to enthusiastic amateur musicians! Singers are great storytellers! My experience as a stage director means I bring professional insight into polishing theatre auditions, bringing out the authentic artist in you. Voice lessons are focused on organic singing directly connected to and empowered by the breath. Stephanie Vlahos has a lot of experience with young singers who have a maturity of desire.
Stephanie Vlahos’s life journey included; Yale University; The Juilliard School; LA Opera house mezzo;, director of the Young Artists Programme in Acting at LAO; Equity Stage Director; director and creator of the award-winning Full Circle Opera Project at the Los Angeles High School for the Arts (20 years); taught and directed at CalState Universities; and, USC. Served on Thornton Board of Counsellors USC. CHANEL Diva Award, Nine times WHO’s Who in American Teachers, American Artist Grant, Commendation Stanford University. Commercial and film voice artist, producer, actor.
Bringing voice to the word of Mercury’s Wake for Audible
Through multi-cast narration, Stephanie has collaborated with many. Working alongside Jonathan Medina; Gwyneth Mackenzie;, Julia Fulton; Robin Buck; Daniel Morin; Neal Ressa; William Godfree; Bridget Graham; Benito Borjas; Kenny Ricci; Aidan Moravec; Michael Donald; Heidi Mastrogiovanni; Roger Sherman; Nancy Bleemer; Wesley Moran, Dawn Cantwell; Benno Ressa; Anindo Marshall; and, Mindy Lee. The Journey Continues.