Why You Can Train for Years, Pay Tons of Money, Do Everything You’re Told, and Still Not Access the Voice You Know Is Inside

Discover the Secrets to Overcoming your Blocks, Unlocking your True Voice, and Being the Confident Singer you’ve Always Wanted to Be!

If singing tends to be a frustrating, rather than joyful, experience for you…you’re in good company.

You know you want to sing a song a certain way, but, no matter how hard you try, you can’t quite get it right. 

“Why can’t I sing it the way it sounds in my head?”

You might even be embarrassed anytime you have to sing in front of people and can’t nail a song the way you think you should. 

Your voice starts cracking or is out of tune. Or it feels strained and comes out squeaky or shrill. Perhaps the sound is breathy and your voice feels weak. You never seem to have enough air. You sound like you’re singing in two different voices.  And even though you know it shouldn’t affect you - it does. You just can’t count on what’s going to come out of your mouth when you start to sing. You’re not in control, and that makes you insecure.

If being a singer is part of your identity, if singing is essential to who you know yourself to be, you likely have an innate sense of how your voice should sound. You can feel inside the voice that’s a match for you… 

But the voice that comes out when you sing isn’t that voice!

I went through the SAME thing… 

There I was, in a practice room at one of the best music conservatories in the world, pacing back and forth.

I was working on a song and couldn’t sing it properly. I couldn’t get my voice to do what it needed to do - what it used to be able to do without effort. It should have been easy. I had sailed through my audition and been accepted a year early with a full tuition scholarship. Now, I was desperately trying to follow the instructions of my teachers and do everything they told me, yet after just a few months I began to lose my voice.  

It simply wasn’t working anymore. 

But I needed to use it to perform! I had to be ready for voice classes, auditions, rehearsals, concerts, recitals and eventually the operas - but where was my voice?! The pressure was enormous. 

Singing for me wasn’t just a hobby - it was meant to be my livelihood. It was also my identity, how I knew myself and how I connected with others. Without my voice, I didn’t know who I was. I had no obvious purpose in life. I was nothing.

I felt despair.

After my undergraduate and graduate coaches failed to help me solve the problem, I considered giving up for good.

The Surprise That Saved My Voice

I was so close to giving up. Being a professional singer seemed like a lost dream. Then one day, out of the blue, I was introduced to a voice coach trained in a vocal technique that did not come from the classical singing world. I didn’t take it seriously at first, but all my tools and knowledge had failed, so I gave it a try. I approached the lessons as if I were a complete novice.

The approach she offered essentially stripped away the layers of affect my classical teachers had added to my voice. I hadn’t even realized the extent to which they had trained me to manipulate and contort my singing to force out the sound they thought appropriate. My new teacher helped bring my awareness to these distortions and release them.

I heard and felt a difference right away. The clarity and ease I had lost in my singing began to come back. My vocal range expanded. I identified troubled places in my singing voice, and was given exercises to correct them. It was a truly miraculous experience. 

As I reconnected with my true voice, it began to dawn on me how far I’d strayed from my authentic expression. Had it ever really been my dream to devote my creativity specifically to classical repertoire or had I done so to please others?

I asked myself: What did my voice want to sing?

And as I started teaching beginning singers, inspired by this same training that unlocked my voice, I realized that if you want to unleash your true voice, there are 3 elements you need to make it happen:

  1. The Toolkit - Start using exercises that are natural and healthy, that train your voice rather than manipulating it, so that your voice feels good and does what you want it to do!

  2. The Authentic Voice - Stop trying to sound like someone else! Allow yourself to discover what is unique and special in your voice and to sing in a way that is easy and joyful.

  3. The Removal of Emotional Blocks - Know that your voice is deeply connected to your self-expression and your sense of self. Past experiences and limiting beliefs will come up. You can shift them and achieve freedom, not only in your singing but in every area of your life!

Here’s how I’ve helped aspiring singers reach their potential:

A Classically-Trained Singer Expands Her Horizons

“Our work together gave me better vocal placement, more confidence, and versatility. This has enhanced the services I lead and tremendously helped me professionally. My voice has been fabulous!.”

Cantor Jenna Kramarow

A Narrator Finds the Core of Her Voice

“Ashira has the ability to guide us to find and emulate our own authentic voice. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine getting such breadth, depth, and insight from a voice coach.”

Sara Kraft

An Educator and Mother Overcomes Her Blocks

“Ashira helped me find my voice and gave me the confidence to create a home filled with song.”

Dr. Sarah Ziitsman

And, if you’d like to unlock YOUR true voice so you can sing confidently anytime, anywhere, you’re invited to join me in the…

Vocal Artists Workshop: 

A 10-month vocal coaching and performance training program for aspiring singers who want to discover their authentic voices and use them to their full potential.

Here’s how I support you:

  • 1. Private vocal coaching

    Two hours per month where we explore your voice in a safe setting, identify your individual vocal challenges, and tailor a set of vocal exercises that will help you achieve your goals.

  • 2. Monthly group master classes

    You learn tools and skills to bring your artistry to the next level as well as workshop songs for performance with a supportive cohort of singers.

  • 3. Intuitive practice

    Guidance through modalities such as journaling and meditation that help you develop awareness of the beliefs that are holding you back and tap into your innate sense of who you are becoming as a person and an artist.

From our working together, you will:

  • Sing throughout your registers with ease, confidence, and power

  • Sound better than ever, with a clear, resonant tone

  • Turn heads

  • Command the room

  • Be able to perform at the drop of a hat

  • Hit the song out of the park every time

  • Identify as a vocal artist

  • Attune to your own vibration

  • Feel happy, joyful, and alive

  • And love your sound!

You will also come away with:

  • A solid vocal technique, knowing and loving your unique sound

  • A roadmap for how to learn any song

  • A repertoire of performance-ready pieces

  • And criteria by which to choose the best songs for your voice.

Here’s Everything You Get In the Vocal Artists Workshop:

Now, if you wanted to study music in a conservatory like I did, it would cost you $50-60k a year.

Working with different professionals like a master teacher, performance coach, songwriting workshop, etc. would run you at least $12k.

Even just ONE week at a summer vocal training program costs $4000.

But I want this to be affordable AND I want you to get the results, which is why you can join me for 10 months in the Vocal Artists Workshop for

one payment of $2400 or 4 payments of $600.

My Commitment to Your Success

I’m confident that if you do the work and allow yourself to be open, creative, and coachable you will get the results you are dreaming of with the Vocal Artists Workshop. If at any point you are struggling or disappointed with your progress and feel like you’ve been giving your all, I’ll be happy to meet with you to create a new game-plan that will help you achieve the results you want.

I am so excited to be offering this one-of-a-kind program! This is an amazing opportunity for aspiring singers to get all the foundational tools they need to step into the next level of being a vocal artist. This next cohort is going to be a small group where people get lots of personalized attention. Next time the group will be bigger and the price will be higher. I won’t be able to offer this price again.

 FAQs

  • Because your voice needs time to develop, reset neural pathways, and get comfortable with a new normal. You need time for these changes to happen and to internalize them.

  • You will see results from day one! You will walk away from your first coaching session with new insight into your voice and how to master it and you will have concrete tools to start shaping your voice.

  • In our entrance interview, I will get to know your background, skill set, and vocal and performance goals. From there I will show you how the Vocal Artists Workshop can move you forward towards your goal of being a great singer and performer. If a different path is more appropriate for now, I will let you know and make a recommendation.

  • Yes, you can! Of course, it is lovely to meet in person, but I have both given and received voice coaching online, with fabulous results.

  • We have the same goal. We want you to love your voice, have a solid vocal technique, and be the best singer and performer you can be. This process is a partnership between the coach and the singer. I will bring my tools, expertise, and commitment to the table, which I know produce results. If at any point in the program you feel like you are not making the progress you want, we’ll talk and make a new plan together so that you do!

    If it turns out that there is vocal damage or fatigue that needs to be addressed by a doctor, your course will be paused until you recover, or it will be canceled as appropriate and you will be refunded the remaining amount. Apart from that, once the program starts there are no refunds.

  • Right away! Once you register, we can get your voice coaching scheduled and you can join the next vocal master class. Plus, you will get all the starting materials and can dive into your Vocal Artists Journal.

It’s time!

You can jump in now, connect with your true voice, and develop it to its full potential!

OR

You can continue tolerating blocks that prevent you from experiencing the freedom, ease, and joy of expression that are your birthright.

If you’ve made it this far, I know there’s an artist in you and a unique sound that can’t wait to be unleashed and shared with the world!

Hop on a call with me and let’s get started!