Madonna Forster
Music

Vocal Arts Education
Vocal Connection

What is
vocal arts education?

True vocal education values and explores your love for singing with a personalised and holistic approach to training and developing the voice .

Vocal education is about finding the authentic sound of each individual, and cultivating the true nature of the vocal identity. This approach to vocal education focuses on the individual needs of the student rather than a blanket approach to vocal development.

Vocal connection is about exploring how we think about singing and the voice, and building on what we know and understand. It is about developing connection between what the voice is now and what we believe it can be. This is a developmental journey which focuses on tried and true methods of healthy and effective vocalisation, implementing new and up to date research, cultivated to support the needs of each individual student.

Madonna draws on over 30 years of experience teaching all ages and styles of singing. Her own personal passion for informed, pedagogically sound vocalisation is reflected in every lesson. She will work with you and your voice to help you achieve your vocal and musical goals.

Dr. Madonna Forster has dedicated over 30 years to teaching singing, conducting choirs and vocal ensembles, adjudicating and presenting workshops to all ages and skill levels of vocalists. She believes that every voice possesses a unique natural quality, and her lessons are designed to nurture and enhance the true, authentic sound of each individual.

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Tarwhine Street Manly West Brisbane Queensland

madonnaforster@gmail.com

0438 432 455

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