"The best thing ever!"

Paul Cooper

"Wow!"      

Trudy Rosen

"I'm going to be on American Idol!"

Belinda Colley

"Wow!"

Trudy Rosen

"ILana is an incredibly organized and generous teacher."

Yutaka Pianing

"Thank you for telling me to 'trust'."

Sakeria

"This connection feels 'meant to be.' "

Becca Parsons

"A friend recommended this singing school. I couldn't be happier!.."

Rema Monte

"I'm just so glad to work out my vocal issues. I'm finally singing free"

K. Grant

"I feel like I can be my own person. My voice has definitely improved, and the new approaches she has taught me have been valuable."

Nedge Guercin

"I've never had better guidance with my voice."

Shae Fiol

There is no one who makes me sing better."

Mike K.

"I never thought I would have the voice I have now"

Stacie Aamon

"I am really pleased. VWMS has provided me with great direction. I trust ILana's advice regarding the decisions I need to make."

Francesca Vaccari

"Of all the approaches I've studied, this is the greatest by far ."

Christy Thompson

"I really needed it. My voice has improved 100%."

Chris Jeremy

"She teaches you great technique, but also makes sure you find your own voice."

Afua Addo

"I am grateful for the progress, upon a friend's recommendation, I am now with one of the best vocal teachers I've ever had. "

Cherie Lily

"Every lesson I come out feeling..this is so worth it!"

Dayna Lynn

"Out of sight."

Eric Johnson

"So personable."

Mike Boyd

"The "X"Factor - teaching wise."

Fritz Celestin

"Ecstatic teaching - and I went to Harvard."

T. Kamuraa

"...the best vocal teachers in Nyc"

K. Fuqua

"I had always wanted to sing, but I didn't believe I could do it."

Stacie Aamon

"I have access to notes, tones and textures in my voice I never even knew - existed."

Danielle Parente

"Mission Impossible, achieved-;)"

Evelyn Seal

"I was a rapper and now sing on everything."

Semaj

"I love this training! It was so easy to put into my performance."

Terrell Winder

"The best vocal teacher I've had."

Meredith J.

"I am now in confident control of my range."

Shu

"Mesmerizing, thought provoking lessons..."

Erika S.

"I know more about who I can entertain, and as an artist."

Yvonne J.

"I can't say enough. I am always bragging about my teacher to my friends."

Nadine Michel

"I took two songwriting workshops with the school that provided me with the tools, techniques and confidence to harness my style, craft and productivity."

Danielle Parente

"It was so much fun!"

Nadine Michel

"Thank you for providing the opportunity to and for others."

Sakeria

"ILana Martin means business."

Shae Fiol

Vocal Workout Philosophy

The holistic voice lessons given at the Vocal Workout Singing School are taught effectively for more than 20 years. Learn to sing in a gospel singing natural voice three-part pattern.

Vocal Workout instruction builds the singing voice on the kinesthetic knowledge of the body, as how to sing encompasses the mind and spirit’s innate ability to assist a natural voice in singing free and authentic tone. When one learns to sing, becomes ‘me singing,’ the voice opens up to it’s real potential.

It is important that vocal range with those who learn to sing best reflect each individual’s distinct style. Each of our vocal trainers increase range in the vocal instrument as they stress that the singer use relaxed postural alignment flowing from dynamic placement and the technique given by the effective Vocal Workout method.

We know that the human being is made for language, and as a part of that, for how to sing beautifully. Singing lessons encourage the natural voice in the voice techniques used for great facility. All voice warm up exercises are supported by the breath needed to engage each volume and pitch, as breath control is paramount to singing better and more dynamically.

An individual singer has a unique sound and natural voice, much like the hand-print, that never has been on Earth before. The Human Voiceprint is what makes the audience experience of the vocal pro worth listening to, as the listener is transformed by hearing the vulnerability of the singing voice and natural range of emotions through the lyric, as we are put into trance by the “whol-istic” view of another human soul.

The voice is a human, heartfelt, and finally soulful mechanism. What is required for singing free is a combination of great vocal warm up exercises, vocal fitness and the person. Soul singing is never a style genre, it is a form of life experience art.

A vocal trainer from The Vocal Workout Singing School teaches from our singing school with the heart, not the head, and takes the responsibility to impart invaluable knowledge to each tremendous vocal client. Experience for yourself, the aura of “It’s me – singing” at VWMS.

Current Events

Announcing our new – Recession Workout !!! We are offering $65 private classes now through August with our new assistant instructor, Cole Williams! Wishing you compassion, love and belief in authentic music.

Come be a part of the Vocal Workout Singing School Fall Semester! Begins September 21, 2010! With new classes, workshops and more: visit Voice Instruction page for updates.

Be a part of our mailing list: vocalworkout@gmail.com

Policy

  • To be enrolled in a semester elective class, you must first be enrolled in at least monthly private lessons. NO exceptions.
  • 24-hr cancellation policy is strictly enforced.
  • Each student is responsible to bring water, notebook, and recorder to every class.
  • We maintain a policy of fairness, openness, and trust.
  • All students under the age of 11 shall be accompanied by a parent to sessions.
  • A 15-min grace period is observed to teachers for beginning a private lesson.

Method

Originality, beauty, authenticity and simplicity are within.

This unique approach to singing and singing school concept is Vocal Workout method’s foundational principle, which is adopted manually, then psycho-dynamically into the singer’s instruction. Her singing reflexes are then guided by the voice trainer so as to become naturally secondary to the body’s autopilot reflex channel, the most inward part of our muscle memory.

Built from a core foundation of diaphragmatic breath control and intense awareness of placement, a Vocal Workout voice class combines breath, alignment, technique and repetition in a unique bonding method of the whole body to resonate vocal expression.

True musicality in vocals is the capability of a client to own the lyric of a song as a musician, making small dynamic changes in volume, melodic license, and rhythmic interpretation to express their unique life experience.

Technique – taught in a series of ancestral call and response chanting exercises that change the voice and expand the already musical nature of our client – increases our ability to sing every note within their range. Singing freely and effortlessly is a skill and a joy to which our voice lessons, called Vocal Workouts, firmly attest. Recording one’s singing lessons, recording sessions, performance and real life singing are strongly recommended. As a sensible and effective singing school for voice lessons and for the professional singing artist, the Vocal Workout method brings a true talent to finding a way to reach his or her voice’s highest potential.

Our Story:

The Vocal Workout Method was built and founded by ILana Martin. As a private vocal coach over many years in both LA and Manhattan, she established a penchant for hard core solid technique. Characteristically styling voices as she trains, ILana is known for her team of fierce teachers, and her compassion, solid slide technique, and firm call and response improvisation sessions. The Vocal Workout Loft Studio, since 2001- highlights a student’s voice lesson in a zen-like atmosphere, surrounded by acoustic paneling and accompanied by keyboard or synthesizer.

The experience of having a vocal workout is exhilarating, inspiring and engaging to even a beginning singer. The Vocal Workout client is most often a working, experienced singer who wants to become more stylistic ….or become more powerful. Explore your greater possibilities.