Want to work with Sara? Sara is happy to give lessons, workshops, and speeches (educational and motivational). She gives lessons in Los Angeles, online through Skype, or can travel internationally. Sara is on the faculty at the Los Angeles Music Academy College of music, and teaches privately from her studio, Voice Studio LA.
You can have Sara come to your studio, company, school, or set. Just email sara@singingtv.com for more details. To write a letter or send a package through snail mail, write to:
Sara Leib/Singing TV
c/o LA Music Academy
370 S. Fair Oaks Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105
Private Lessons
Please visit www.VoiceStudioLA.com for more information or to make an appointment for voice lessons with Sara at her Mid-Wilshire Los Angeles Studio.
Students should prepare for their lesson by making sure to bring a recording device and a great, hard-working attitude.
Workshops/Clinics/Lectures
Sara has given workshops in countries all over the world, including South Africa, Guatemala, New Zealand, Thailand, and even Nepal! If you are interested in having Sara visit your school or organization, please email with information about what you’re looking for. If you are bringing Sara’s jazz band as well, you may request a concert attached to the workshop, as well as vocal critiques of students. In this case please, have students prepared to sing and bring their sheet music with them. Sara is happy to prepare a specific workshop tailored your the clients’ needs, or feel free to choose from the list of workshops is below:
Jazz Improvisation (Intermediate and Advanced students)
- 7th chords.
- Learning extensions and appropriate use of them.
- Blues, rhythm changes, and following jazz forms.
- 11-7 V7 I maj7 licks.
- Creating musical motifs.
- “Trading” jazz phrases.
How To Lead a Jazz Band (Beginning and Intermediate students)
- Swing feel – what is it, how to feel it, execute it, and write it.
- Writing charts.
- Introductions and cutoffs.
- How to count off a song.
- Blues, rhythm changes, and following jazz forms.
Singing Healthfully – (All levels, especially beginners)
- How to take a proper singing breath.
- Breath support and breath control.
- Study and exercise habits.
- Vocal warmups for specific voice techniques/problems.
- Where to take a breath.
Vocal Riffs/Runs/Melismata (Intermediate and Advanced students)
- The blues scale and its permutations.
- Overuse of riffs–when is riffing appropriate and when is ti overkill?
- Learning some typical riffs.
- Transcribing riffs.
- How to create your own riffs and runs.
