About
Theresa Koon’s teaching draws on an extensive performance career in opera, music theater, cabaret, symphonic, recital and vaudeville appearances across Germany, Canada and the U.S. Foreign language diction is a particular specialty, as Koon has lived and studied in Germany, France and Italy.
She is a founding member of Opera for the Hesitant, dADa, VOX Spoken Word Ensemble and many other eclectic adventures. Koon’s vocal technique is classically-based, adaptable to a variety of performance styles including opera, music theater, jazz, cabaret and popular genres. The focus of Koon’s approach is to help singers discover and maintain their vocal individuality while developing the range, resonance and fluidity required to express the music, text and emotions within a song. This vocal work enables voices to be strong, supple and free. Here are some endorsements from current and former students:
“Theresa is without question the most dedicated, knowledgeable, respectful, kind, encouraging, and capable instructor I’ve ever had. It’s my honor to recommend her without reservation. I studied music at a prestigious university and am a working composer. So I have had my fair share of music professors. Theresa excels them all, without a doubt. She has the remarkable ability to be fully present in her time with a student. She so invests her entire self into my success that I loose all sense of time in my lesson. Every second is used so fully that each time I walk away feeling like I’ve just discovered new layers of my abilities. It’s profound how her complete engagement with me allows me to completely trust her and open my voice. Theresa’s knowledge of vocal repertoire is unmatched. She knows exactly the right pieces to match with her singers, from across genres. And it’s not about matching a piece to “your voice” it’s about matching it to “you”. She has a unique ability to listen to who you are, and to what your goals may be… and respond with the music that will move you directly forward on your path. So to me she’s also become a guardian and guide for my spirit. Her pedagogy is divinely inspired. She hears “you” in your unique voice and quickly identifies how to nurture “you” to fully embrace your voice. And she guides you at exactly the right pace, the one at which you are most comfortable, and that will best help you achieve the best you can be. Theresa also excels as a pianist / accompanist. She has a remarkable ability to play so well, all the while completely focused on your singing. Her ability at the keys certainly brings a greater musical depth and understanding to the lessons. I am grateful for Theresa in my life, every single day. On days I don’t sing, her wisdom is still with me. Her joy in watching me improve, in embracing my voice is infectious and inspiring. Anyone who is looking to start singing or continue at the highest level will be so grateful for their time with Theresa.” — Sharon Fendrich, Award-winning Composer & Performer.
“My experience with Theresa began as a vocal teacher-student relationship, but has grown over the last decade into a life-long mentorship that has been a keystone of clarity in my creative life. On a singing level, Theresa taught me that I have a voice – an instrument inside me that I simply needed to learn how to use. In a short time, my shakiness was transformed into a real voice, my voice.
Soon into our working together, Theresa began to pour gasoline onto the embers of my interest in writing songs. She completely shaped me as a songwriter. She taught me not just the basics (rhyme, scanning, etc.) but something far more precious: to listen for what’s under the words. My experience with Theresa has gone on to inform my life in profound ways, and was a gigantic factor in my deciding to dedicate my life to music. I’m forever grateful.” –Eli Hirsch, Singer-Songwriter, Lead Singer in Courtship.
You can find more information and endorsements on my website teaching page: https://tikkunmusic.com/teaching/
For a catalogue of roles, resumé and other C.V. details, please visit: linkedin.com/in/TKVocal. Feel free to contact me to discuss what you're looking for and what I can offer you. I look forward to hearing from you.
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