About the studio
Singing for musical theatre for teens and adults in Pleasantville, NY
If you've been told to 'sing it more classically', but what you actually want is to belt a Hamilton number or nail a pop audition, you're in the right place.
Spotlight Vocal Lab is a private voice studio in Pleasantville, NY, specializing in musical theatre and contemporary music. Lessons are one-on-one, built around your voice and your goals, and grounded in one core belief: the music you love is the best tool for learning to sing.
Who Are These Lessons For?
If you see yourself in any of these, you’re in the right place!
You're a musical theatre performer, or you want to be. You're preparing for auditions, a school show, or a youth production and you want to feel genuinely ready, not just rehearsed.
You've been trained classically and it's not quite clicking. You want to learn how to belt, mix, and sing in a way that actually sounds like musical theatre or pop, not an opera recital.
You've always wanted to sing but you haven't started yet. You're not sure if you're 'good enough.' (Spoiler: you don't need to be. That's what lessons are for.)
You're a teen or adult who wants to work on music you actually love, not repertoire that was assigned to you.
How lessons actually workWe work on the music you're actually preparing: a song from your audition list, something you heard and couldn't stop thinking about, a piece that feels just out of reach. That's not the easy route, it's the most effective one. Real technique gets built through real music, and you learn faster when you care about what you're working on.
In a typical lesson, we might work on your breath support using a verse from your audition cut, use a chorus to explore where your chest voice and head voice connect, or find out what happens to your sound when you stop trying so hard and just sing.
The goal of every lesson: you know exactly what to practice, and you're already looking forward to next week.
We work on the music you're actually preparing: a song from your audition list, something you heard and couldn't stop thinking about, a piece that feels just out of reach. That's not the easy route, it's the most effective one. Real technique gets built through real music, and you learn faster when you care about what you're working on.
In a typical lesson, we might work on your breath support using a verse from your audition cut, use a chorus to explore where your chest voice and head voice connect, or find out what happens to your sound when you stop trying so hard and just sing.
The goal of every lesson: you know exactly what to practice, and you're already looking forward to next week.
Every lesson starts with where you are, not where a method book says you should
What’s included in every lesson
✔ Instruction built around your voice: your range, your goals, your current repertoire.
✔ Modern vocal technique: belting, mix voice, registration, breath support, dynamic phrasing... the skills behind the sounds you hear in musical theatre and pop.
✔ Audition preparation: song selection, cuts, performance coaching, and the mental side of walking into a room and delivering.
✔ Sheet music and practice tracks provided so you can keep working between sessions.
✔ A clear practice plan at the end of every lesson, so you always know what to work on and why.
Pricing
The Full Year
Annual Tuition is enrollment in a full year of 45-minute weekly vocal lessons: 34 guaranteed lessons, three bonus weeks built into the season, materials and Full Voice workbooks, a spot in the recital, and access to your own student portal, all working together toward one thing, real growth over a real season.
Tuition isn't priced by the lesson, so it doesn't stop working just because one week doesn't go as planned. The three bonus weeks aren't a backup plan, they're proof the season was built with real life in mind from the start. Whatever the week looks like, your enrollment keeps moving your progress forward.
$4,440 for the year — your whole year investment.
Payment options include 12 installments of $370, paying in full, or asking about other arrangements.
Enrollment is for a full year. That's what lets me hold your weekly time for the whole season and actually plan the growth we're working toward, instead of starting over every few months.
The Punch Card
$500 for four 45-minute lessons, valid for six weeks from purchase.
Sheet music is included. If you'd like to be part of the recital, that's available for a small additional fee.
Book at a consistent weekly time, or fit lessons in as things come up.
Single Lessons
Sometimes you just need one lesson, before an audition, during a busy month, or to see what working together actually feels like.
$140 per 45-minute lesson, booked and paid as you go.
Already enrolled in tuition? You get a lower rate: $105 for any extra lessons you want to add, like a session before a big audition.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Not at all. Beginners are welcome, and honestly, sometimes easier to work with, because there are no old habits to unlearn. Lessons are always tailored to where you are right now.
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Mostly musical theatre and pop, the styles you actually want to sing. We’ll work on belting, mixing, and the kind of singing that sounds like the artists you actually listen to, using repertoire you care about to build real, transferable technique.
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Absolutely. Many of my students start with no formal training at all. Our free intro call is a great way to meet and see if it's a good fit, no commitment required.
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Once you book a free intro call and we decide to move forward, I’ll send you a scheduling link to choose your lesson type and set up your time. Lessons are available in-person in Pleasantville or over Zoom.
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None of the three lesson options include traditional makeup lessons. Consistency is what actually builds vocal progress, and tuition already includes three bonus weeks built in for exactly this reason. I ask for as much advance notice as possible if you know you’ll need to miss a lesson; it helps me plan my week, though it doesn’t change your enrollment.
Ready to find out what your voice can do?
Start with a free intro call: 20 minutes to talk about your goals, your experience, and whether Spotlight Vocal Lab is the right fit.
No pressure, no commitment. Just a conversation.
Prefer to send a message first? Fill out the form and I'll be in touch within 48 hours.