Online Singing Lessons With Abram Poliakoff
Abram Poliakoff is a singer, guitarist, pianist, teacher, conductor, and composer. He received a Bachelors of Music in Vocal Arts from USC’s Thornton School of Music and has been teaching music for 8 years. He is currently both the Associate Artistic Director and a tenor in the L.A. Choral Lab, which recently released its first studio album Sonic Visions in the fall of 2019. Abram teaches and performs a wide range of genres including Classical, Jazz, Folk and Popular music in the Los Angeles area. He has also sung with the San Francisco Opera and Pocket Opera in the Bay Area. His teaching mission is to help his students utilize vocal technique to find their authentic and healthy voice while maximizing genre flexibility and a naturalness of expression.
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14-Day Vibrato Course With Abram
By Abram PoliakoffWelcome to your 2-week course on developing vibrato! Each day, you’ll learn 2 new exercises focused on a specific aspect of vibrato development. We begin with the foundations of vibrato development, then on to kickstarting your vibrato, next, vibrato control & troubleshooting, and finally the course will wrap up with some real song application. Join Abram as she guides you in learning this exciting and crucial skill!
Vocal Agility Exercises
By Abram PoliakoffFor this lesson we will discuss the necessary skills and principles to achieve better vocal speed and agility. We will also go over a number of fun exercise flows and runs that build off of each other to create effortless agility that can be directly applied to your favorite songs.
How To Develop A Unique Vocal Sound
By Abram PoliakoffDeveloping a unique and authentic style takes a few different strategies that involve critical listening, exercises that break down and refine isolated elements of style, and a willingness to experiment. For today's lesson, I'll provide a framework to help you find your signature sound!
Perform Like a Pro with Abram
By Abram PoliakoffAre you already a singer who regularly performs for an audience? Do you find it hard to find the right warm-ups to get yourself ready? Sometimes our best performance can be in the shower and yet we find ourselves distracted and disconnected when its time to get on the stage. Many professional singers have a warm up strategy to bring their “A game” when it counts most. In this tutorial you will find strategies and warm-ups to help you bring your best performance to your audience.
Performance Warmups with Abram
By Abram PoliakoffDo you have a performance coming up? Maybe an audition? Before it’s performance time, you’ll want to make sure that you warm up your voice. But what kinds of warm-ups should you use? Keep watching for my tutorial on performance warm-ups!
Foundations of Vibrato Part 2
By Abram PoliakoffAre you ready to take your vibrato training to the next level? If so, check out How to Sing with Vibrato: Part 2! We’ll cover common vibrato issues and vibrato usage in different musical genres. See you there!
How to Sing Pop
By Abram PoliakoffWhen I say pop music, what do you think of? Michael Jackson? Madonna? Ed Sheeran? Ariana Grande? Pop music emerged as a distinct style in the 1950’s, although it’s evolved a lot since then, and it continues to change as music evolves. A lot of sub genres could be classified as pop; so for our purposes, we’re gonna take a broad look at pop singing and define some characteristics present in the majority of contemporary pop styles. I think you’ll have fun. Let’s get started!
Foundations of Vibrato
By Abram PoliakoffListen for the difference between these two phrases: [Sing phrase straight tone, then vibrato] What did you hear? The first time, I sang with straight tone [demonstrate], and the second time, I added vibrato [demonstrate]. Vibrato is the natural oscillation that occurs in healthy singing. It adds life and helps us convey emotion when we sing. Although some styles use more vibrato than others, it’s present in virtually every genre. If you’d like to learn more and work on developing natural vibrato, check out this tutorial!
Singing Rock Music
By Abram PoliakoffToday we will go over some vocal routines that help you develop the stamina and range to sing Rock music. We will also hone in on the stylistic elements that often make up Rock vocals as well as some healthy ways to accomplish them.
How To Strengthen Your Voice
By Abram PoliakoffMaking your voice sound and feel strong not only takes developing a consistent routine, but also the right types of exercises that keep your voice well rounded. In this lesson, I'll outline both effective and harmful practices that singers often use in the attempt to strengthen their voice.
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