JUNCTION

Voice lessons for Adults & Kids

Understanding support is key to any healthy and beautiful singing. Lets discover what it means for your body to support the singing voice and you will finally experience free and powerful singing! We will also work on increasing vocal range. Learning to sing with or without vibrato, as different emotions and styles call for different approaches to vibrato.  For more advanced singers we will begin to explore resonance and placement.

You can also expect our work to be focused on breath so that you can sing longer phrases. This will incorporate learning how to speak with support so that voice in speach and song don't feel so abstract. Le's Find a natural core voice. From there we can explore affects and style: What does it means to be breathy, raspy, etc. 

Sing higher, louder, and longer. 

Song Writing Classes

Lyrics. lyrics. lyrics. These sessions will hone in on your ability to craft emotional, resonating songs through words. With the lyrics as your starting point, Kaden will then work with you on taking the meaning of the text and reflecting it in the music of your songs: what chords will you choose, what motifs make sense within the song. 

"I believe in starting from the words. Once you know that, the music is easy. Focusing on writing titles, at least as an exercise (Nashville style). Focusing your writing is the hardest and most important part. From the lyrics, working on chords and melodic content. What do the words suggest? What resonated with you?"

Acting Coaching

Work with Kaden on coaching for stage and/or film/tv. This work is tailored to the students' needs, but you can expect to have access with Kaden on: Monologue coaching, audition prep, scene work, and/or role prep.

"We will use Meisner technique, an inside-out approach, and the text work and theatre games used by the Shaw festival. Students can also bring in classical work, and we will work on Shakespeare as well. We will also look at technical aspects of the text (iambic pentameter, vocabulary, verse vs. prose, etc). The goal, however, is to take acting out of the technical and into the natural, let's make it natural and easy like everyday speech. Students can expect to dive into their text, aiming to understand every beat. We will work toward grounded and authentic performance where the student feels free to make different choices every time they come to it in rehearsal, auditions, or performances."

Musical Theatre Training: Nail Your Audition

There is nothing more nerve racking than knowing you want to pursue singing or acting- or musical theatre!- and realizing that to do so you need to nail an audition.  Kaden has not only been there, but has been nailing auditions for years. How else does he book all those gigs. If you are a high school student needed to prep for a competitive program or someone looking to level up your auditions, Kaden is the coach for you.