A VOICE TEACHER WITH A MASTERS DEGREE - A VOCAL COACH WHO IS A PROFESSIONAL PIANIST WITH PERFECT PITCH AND WHO CAN PLAY ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO PERFECTION - BY EAR! ALL IN THE SAME PERSON! MELISSA IS THE PIANIST FOR ALL VOCAL LESSONS AND PLAYS ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS BY EAR - NO NEED TO HIRE A PIANIST!! IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A STUDIO WHERE YOU SING ALL TYPES OF MUSIC WITH A PIANIST WHO CAN PLAY EVERYTHING TO PERFECTION (BY EAR!!!) - THEN THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE. MELISSA CAN ALSO TRANSPOSE YOUR SONGS BY EAR IN ANY KEY TO FIT YOUR VOICE! IF YOU WANT A PROFESSIONAL CAREER IN MUSIC - THIS IS THE STUDIO TO ENROLL IN!
OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY - BACH OF MUSIC EDUCATION (1980)
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA - MASTER OF MUSIC EDUCATION (1984)
AIMS INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL STUDIES - GRAZ,AUSTRIA (POST GRADUATE)
MELISSA IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE "NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING." Melissa is also a CERTIFIED SUBSTITUTE TEACHER with the Peoria Unified School District.
NO OTHER TEACHER IN THE PHOENIX AREA HAS PRODUCED AN AMERICAN IDOL WINNER - ONLY MELISSA WITH JORDIN SPARKS. MELISSA ALSO HAS A GIFT ONLY VERY FEW HAVE - PERFECT PITCH!
MELISSA SPECIALIZES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GIFTED AND TALENED PRE-COLLEGE STUDENT!!! AND NO ONE IS BETTER WITH KIDS!
CONTACT MELISSA
602-770-9685 - SEND ME A TEXT!!
MELISSA'S HOURS OF OPERATION IN HER HOME STUDIO:
TUESDAY - every other week (4 - 6 00)
WEDNESDAY - every other week (2 - 6:00)
THURSDAY - every week (4 - 6 00)
FRIDAY - every other week ( 4 - 6 000
NOTE!!!
THESE HOURS ARE FOR WHEN I AM WORKING AS A SUB FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. IF I AM NOT SUBBING ON A GIVEN DAY - STUDENTS ARE FREE TO COME IN EARLIER!!
MELISSA BLACK owns and runs her music studio and she spends hours a day recording, mastering and distributing cover tunes to her fans all around the world. She is a pianist who can play anything and everything by ear - in different keys - and in many different styles.
Melissa currently has over 700 releases in her Digital Music Stores BY EAR! Rarely do you find a VOICE TEACHER and VOCAL COACH in the same person - but with Melissa - thats what you get!
Melissa is known by everyone to have the most up-beat personality you will ever find!! Melissa is one of the few voice professionals able to bridge the gap between classical “Bel Canto” vocal technique and the demands of a contemporary recording artist, regardless of genre.
BE READY TO DO ALL KINDS OF MUSIC! Thats the fun part! Be ready to study improvisation in this studio - you will be asked to not only do songs like the original artists and cover artists - but you will need to know how to make a song "your own"; In other words - change keys - change tempos - change the style of the song - etc... All very important for today's voice competitions - its no longer good enough to know how to sing - you need to know style and most important - "delivery" of the material. Come get started with Melissa!