"Singing is an adjustment between mind and movement."
___ Giovanni B. Lamperti
In my studio, I join vocal exercises with movement lessons that improve the singer's kinesthetic awareness. Practicing becomes an opportunity to explore and clarify your sensations. Use what you learn to let the color and vigor of your own true voice emerge!
Each lesson is tailored to your specific needs and objectives and, typically, takes place on my specially designed Feldenkrais table. For example, Feldenkrais Functional Integration® and Awareness Through Movement® lessons are used to clarify the relationship between posture and breathing; the independence of the speech articulators; and in the exploration of resonance and tone color.
In Functional Integration, I use gentle, non-invasive manipulations to stimulate the skeletal connections between the bones and joints. In Awareness Through Movement lessons, the student is verbally guided in a series of movement sequences that are built around a specific theme.
Learn how to free yourself from tension producing habits.
Improve tone production and consistency.
Find ease and increased comfort in performing.
Embody, express, and enjoy the song, the dance, the music.
"Karen is a skilled and articulate teacher who approaches musical training from a deep understanding of the body. Her work is so effective because she looks at the singer not just as a voice but as a whole person." ______Charles Moulton, Choreographer
Fees and Studio Policy
60 minutes: $125
45 minutes: $100
90 minutes: $160
Group Lessons:
2 singers: 60 minutes: $140 ($70 each)
2 singers: 90 minutes: $180 ($90 each)
3 singers: 90 minutes: $180 ($60 each)
For continuing students* sliding scale rates may be available.
*To qualify as a continuing student you must commit to two lessons per month. In special cases where long distance travel is involved, one 90 minute lesson per month may suffice. Payment for lessons is due on the day the lesson is given or lessons may be prepaid in advance.
Weekly lessons paid monthly will receive an agreed upon discounted rate. To qualify, payment must be received by the 5th of each month.
The 48-hour advance notice for lesson cancellation allows me the opportunity to fill your reserved time. If I am unable to do so, the student is responsible for the lesson payment. All lessons missed due to scheduling conflicts for the student or me will be discussed in advance and made up at an agreeable time within the month of the missed lesson.
Please note: No-shows and cancellations of less than 48-hour notice will be charged 100% for services booked.
Emergency cancellations can be rescheduled within the month.
Karen Clark holds vocal performance degrees from the Indiana University School of Music. Karen's voice teachers include: Virginia Zeani, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Martha Lipton, Vera Scammon, Nadine Secunde, and Myron McPherson. In Early Music, Karen worked closely with Andrea von Ramm and Thomas Binkley.
Recently, Karen served as adjunct Professor of Music in the
Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California (Los Angeles) and, at Sonoma State University. Previously, Karen taught in the music departments of Swarthmore College, Westminster Choir College Conservatory, and Princeton University.
In 1999, Karen completed guild certification in the Feldenkrais Method�. Since then, Karen has been successful in presenting the benefits of somatic education to musicians in private lessons, master classes, workshops, and lecture series throughout the United States.
Feldenkrais Guild of North America
National Association of Teachers of Singing
The Berkeley Piano Club
Early Music America
San Francisco Early Music Society
Breath and Posture, Recorder Education Journal, no. 13, 2008
The Impulse to Sing, Feldenkrais Journal, No. 14, Spring 2002
