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
Practice Singing in Harmony
By Abram PoliakoffThis lesson explores how to sing in harmony using the folk classic “O Susanna” as a model. Across five parts, you’ll learn melodic harmonies in 3rds and 6ths, chordal harmonies built from the song’s progression, and how to mix the two approaches into dynamic harmonizations. With guided exercises, scale degree breakdowns, and practice singing both upper and lower harmonies, you’ll gain practical tools to create harmonies that work in a wide range of musical contexts. By the end, you’ll be able to confidently sing harmony parts, adapt to chord changes, and experiment creatively with your own songs.
Confidence Building Warm-Ups
By Abram PoliakoffThis lesson is designed to help you build true confidence as a singer—not by eliminating nerves, but by learning how to channel them into energy, focus, and power. Across five parts, you’ll move through energizing body and vocal warmups, grounding techniques for strength and stability, focus drills for precision, and a final recording challenge that simulates real performance conditions. Along the way, you’ll also practice the song “This is the Time” with lyrics and chords provided, reinforcing your ability to stay present and resilient under pressure. By the end, you’ll have practical tools to strengthen both your voice and your performance confidence.
Singing Higher for Low Voices
By Abram PoliakoffThis lesson series is designed to help low voices expand their range and sing higher notes with confidence and ease. Instructor Abram Poliakoff guides you through five progressive parts, beginning with warm-ups and support connection, then exploring resonance placement and song-based “weight training” to condition your voice. Each lesson combines clear explanations with targeted exercises, culminating in a cool down to keep your voice healthy. By following this program, you’ll build the strength, placement, and flexibility needed to sing higher notes consistently while avoiding strain.
Power Belting for Low Voice
By Abram PoliakoffThis tutorial is designed to help lower voices unlock the intensity and energy of power belting while keeping their sound healthy and sustainable. Across five focused lessons, instructor Abram guides you step by step through the key elements of belting: building forward resonance with twang, sustaining high notes with proper support, and applying the technique in a full song performance. You’ll start with daily warm-ups to prepare your voice, then explore placement, breath control, and vocal balance to achieve a strong, brassy belt without strain. Finally, you’ll learn advanced tricks for sliding in and out of belt smoothly, giving you the confidence to use this powerful technique in musical theater, rock, pop, country, and more.
Classical Vocals
By Abram PoliakoffUnderstand the key stylistic elements for successful classical vocals and the exercises and process to get there! LIVE on 4/14/25
Frustrations for Beginning Singers
By Abram PoliakoffIn this lesson we will discuss some common roadblocks for beginning singers that can discourage us from making progress or continuing our vocal practice. We will focus on reframing our practice as well as specific exercises that can help us overcome these barriers and make big strides towards our goals as vocal artists.
Jazz Vocal Style for Beginners
By Abram PoliakoffIn this lesson we are going over a number of techniques and stylistic elements that Jazz vocalists use while singing. We will focus on exercises that we can directly apply to our favorite Jazz standards as well as tips on improvising when required.
Rhythm for Singers
By Abram PoliakoffHaving trouble singing in time with the music? This lesson will cover how to master finding the pulse and staying in time while singing as well as what it's like to be behind or ahead of the beat.
Emotion and Vocal Expression
By Abram PoliakoffIn this lesson we will go over tips and tricks to bring more emotion into your voice using both vocal technique and some mental tricks used by actors to better stimulate and convey emotions while performing.
Get Back Into The Swing Of Singing
By Abram PoliakoffWe all need a break sometimes. But once that break is over, we need to get back into singing shape. We will show you how to do exactly that.
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