Romy L. — Professeur de chant — Le Village gai, Montréal

Originally from Belgium, Romy began singing and musical training at the age of 13. She discovers and experiences the benefits of the singing voice through classes, concerts and shows. At that time, it was a revelation: she decided that she would embark on a career as an educational singer, in order to in turn share the joys of singing. Thus, she follows a bachelor's degree in opera singing at the IMEP and continues at the Royal Conservatory of Liège to pocket her didactic master's degree with great distinction. At the same time, she is also following a master's degree in musicology at the University of Louvain-la-Neuve to complete her theoretical training. With several stage experiences (as an additional chorister at the Opéra de Liège), Romy never ceases to want to continue learning. In 2020, she discovered the Estill model, a vocal program based on scientific facts that allows you to learn to feel and control the different structures of the vocal anatomy. Accessible to all students (even beginners!), Estill makes it possible to learn to sing both operatic singing and popular singing (twang, belt, speech, etc.). Have you ever wanted to sound like Beyoncé or Lady Gaga? Do you want to understand what's the chest voice and the head voice? You want to try singing, but you think you can't do it? I can help you! I adapt every lesson depending on your needs, with choosing together the songs you like for working with it. We can use a karaoke track or I play piano. My methodology is based on traditional vocal teaching and the Estill model. Depending on your goals, you will learn several things that will help you become more and more independent and, above all, confident. Here are examples on what we can work together : - Work on the body using various tonic and relaxation exercises; - Breathing control; - Kinesthetic feelings; - Learning the 13 figures of the Estill model (a figure corresponds to one part of the vocal anatomy, for example the false vocal chords who can help you to sing without tension in the throat); - Work on the different timbres of the singing voice (lyrical, twang, belt, speech, etc.); - Phrasing of the song (legato, staccato, riffs/vocalizations, ...); - Healthy diction and projection; - Voice support; - Interpretation. I offer you an atmosphere filled with kindness and humor. For me, it is essential that you enjoy coming to class and it is important that you feel comfortable with me :)