Whats the difference between a singing teacher and a singing coach?
Well, a singing teacher will primarily work on technique whereas a singing coach will work more on presentation, repertoire, confidence building and audition technique. Singing teachers are themselves singers whereas coaches might be musicians and Musical Directors. You would expect a coach to be able to play the piano but many excellent singing teachers just play with one finger. Although teachers and coaches try to cover all areas. I would not wish to work with a student who is not prepared at some point to see a technical singing teacher. So what kind of regular students are on your books? Singing: mostly people with projects or aims rather than just singing for the love of it. Examples would be performers preparing for auditions and recordings or working on presentation skills for live performances. It’s not a question of ability, though. For instance I often work with dancers who never get through the singing auditions so my job is to build their confidence and help them choose so
