Kingston - Voice Lessons

abby stewart (Voice)

Online Lessons:

Teaching Style: musical

Teaching Day(s): Thursday

Abby Stewart is a 22-year-old singer/songwriter from Kingston, Ontario. She is a graduate of the St Lawrence College Music Theatre performance program and is currently continuing to get her BMT degree at Queens University. She has been singing and performing since she was 8 years old. She has her original music on all streaming services and has many music videos on her YouTube channel. She has opened and/or performed with many talents such as Dan + Shay, Hunter Hayes, Brett Kissel, Jess Moskaluke, Dallas Smith, Tim Hicks, and more.
Abby has been doing private online vocal and guitar lessons for 4 years and is excited
to make the move to Long and McQuade!
Abby charges $26 per half hour.

ari bautista oldale (Piano, Voice)

Online Lessons:

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Thursday, Friday

Ari is a classically-trained pianist, self-taught singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter with over 15 years of experience in many competitive, creative, & educational contexts. Between Ari’s involvement in the youth jazz scene and her classical piano training through RCM (Grade 9), she developed a strong passion for the world of music. While at Queen’s, she decided to pursue her interests in anatomy & the life sciences but continued to do casual freelance piano lessons and explored the collegiate a cappella scene. Between 2014 and 2018, she fulfilled positions of music director and business director for the pop/folk/R&B-inspired ensemble Trillers A Cappella and remained a member until graduating in 2020. During the past few years, her focus was to tap into a unique sound and buckle down to work on writing and producing her debut album, released in April 2023. Now looking to return to the teaching side of music, Ari hopes to use her versatile background in anatomy, music theory, education, and performance to help young pianists and singers meet their goals and have fun getting there. Her intent for future piano students is to help them develop fundamental tools every pianist needs: rhythm, reading music, understanding music theory, and developing a strong technical basis. Her intent with future voice students is similar, with the addition of helping them find their unique sound and exploring their creativity while maintaining a healthy, sustainable, and anatomically-informed singing technique.
Ari charges $26 per half hour lesson.

brittany smith (voice, songwriting)

Online Lessons:

Teaching Style: classical, rock

Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Brittany has years of experience writing, performing and recording music with numerous bands across a wide range of genres. She has been teaching voice, guitar and songwriting since 2011 and recently added ukulele to her teaching repertoire. Brittany's relaxed voice teaching style blends classical and modern techniques with encouragement and positivity to bring out the best in her students. She works with guitar and uke students on chording, rhythm and accompaniment.
Brittany charges $27 per half hour private lesson.

hailiah knight (Voice, Piano)

Online Lessons:

Teaching Style: pop, classical

Teaching Day(s): Saturday

Hailiah is a vocal/piano teacher. Her teaching styles include jazz, classical, rock and pop. She is flexible to her students needs and tailors her lesson plans accordingly. Hailiah has her RCM grade 8 in piano and graduated from St Lawrence College from the Music and Digital Media program. Her background most recently includes directing SONG choir, Burnham Public School Choir and group lessons at Northumberland Montessori School as well as private lessons through Cobourg Long and McQuade. She has been a performing musician in Ontario for the past ten years at such venues as Queens Frosh, Kingston Blues Fest, Harvest Festival, and many more. She has opened for various artists such as Walk Off The Earth, Mother Mother, Lights and other artists. Since relocating to Kingston, Hailiah has been performing locally and is currently writing/recording a solo album of original music.
Hailiah charges $26 per half hour.

patty smith (Voice, Voice, Voice)

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Teaching Style: classical, jazz, pop

Patty is a Kingston singer, voice teacher and choral director (Frontenac Women’s Chorus, 2015-2020) who has performed locally with various ensembles and as a special guest for various choral and orchestral concerts since 1997. She has taught private voice lessons since 2003; taught Applied Voice in the MDM Program at St. Lawrence College (2012-2022), and comes armed with knowledge gleaned from a BMUS (Queen’s University, Voice, Distinction), a College Degree (Humber College, Jazz Vocal, Honours), a certification to teach voice at the highschool level (B.Ed, Queen’s University), many years of private lessons with voice teachers from Kingston to Toronto, plus ongoing research. Having studied and loved many genres, Patty typically performs a mix ranging from 16th-century madrigals and Traditional, to 20th Century art music and jazz/blues/musical standards, to Sting and Joni Mitchel, all in one concert.
Patty has put together a solid teaching foundation that emphasizes good breath support and healthy vocal technique with which to express the student’s unique voice in a free, well-placed, sonorous manner. This classically based technique is used for all genres to keep the voice healthy and supple, to improve range, vocal tone, flexibility and durability, and is based on anatomical knowledge of the mechanisms that support and produce the wonderful phenomenon of singing.
Patty charges $26 per half hour.

sara doyle (voice, ukulele)

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Teaching Style: classical

Teaching Day(s): Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

Sara received her BA from Queens University in music and has studied with the Royal Conservatory of Music. She is currently completing her Master’s of Education. Her undergraduate research interests are in musical pedagogy, specifically working with children with developmental disabilities and sacred music. She has worked with all ages, styles and levels of learning, from young children to the elderly. She has a passion for teaching and immense love for all those she teaches.
Sara charges $26 per half hour private lesson.