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.
TUTORIALS
Vocal Agility Daily Warmup for Low Voice
By Abram PoliakoffJoin Abram for you daily warmup on vocal agility for low voices. In this lesson you will boost your vocal flexibility with fun and effective exercises. Dive into staccato drills, breath support techniques, and daily riffing to keep your voice strong and agile!
Practice Better Breathing
By Abram PoliakoffIn this lesson, we’ll focus on developing better breath control for singing. Through a series of targeted exercises, you will learn how to optimize inhalation and exhalation, sustain longer phrases, and improve your overall vocal performance. The exercises and demonstrations include breath control techniques, breath conditioning, and a final breath control test to push your limits. We’ll also apply these techniques to a folk song, "The Water is Wide," to practice breath management in a musical context.
Agility Exercises for All Genres
By Abram PoliakoffIn this lesson we will cover exercises and strategies designed to help us speed up our voice. We will then apply these strategies to a number of different styles where vocal agility is required.
Building Stronger Falsetto
By Abram PoliakoffIn this lesson series, Abram will guide you through the essential techniques for building a stronger falsetto, an often underdeveloped but crucial vocal range for male and lower-voiced singers. You’ll learn how to achieve proper cord compression, expand your falsetto range, and develop a fuller, richer sound through targeted exercises. By the end, you’ll have the tools to confidently sing in falsetto without straining, improving your overall vocal flexibility and health. Whether you're new to falsetto or looking to strengthen this register, this course will help you master it step by step.
How To Sing In Tune
By Abram PoliakoffHaving trouble matching pitch? In this livestream we will go over some common issues beginning singers have when attempting to sing in tune as well as physical and mental exercises to help fix these issues.
Belting Warmup for Low Voice
By Abram PoliakoffThis belting tutorial with Abram takes you step by step through the process of building a strong, healthy belt that feels powerful but never forced. You’ll start by warming up with light mix exercises, then gradually add resonance, vowel shaping, and twang to unlock the energy and brightness needed for belting. Each lesson introduces targeted warm-ups—from scales on simple syllables like “goo” and “nay” to short lyrical phrases—that strengthen your vocal coordination and help you find a balance between chest and head voice. By the end of the series, you’ll understand how to safely expand your range, project with clarity, and belt with confidence across different styles of music.