Vancouver - Voice Lessons

cordelia donovan (Voice)

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

Cordelia Donovan has been captivating audiences as a professional vocalist for over a decade. With a wide-ranging musical background, she wears many hats: bandleader, backup singer, vocal coach, event coordinator, bassist, and percussionist. Her notable performances include taking the stage at the Winnipeg Jazz Festival with her original jazz project Connor and Cordelia, playing percussion at the Vancouver Jazz Festival, headlining Emo Night at the Rickshaw Theatre, and performing at the historic Fort Garry Hotel.
As a vocal coach, Cordelia is passionate about helping students develop healthy vocal techniques that promote sustainable singing. She tailors lessons to each individual’s unique interests and goals, with the aim of unlocking the confidence to truly enjoy the art of singing. Whether it's jazz, pop, soul, classical, rock or even experimenting with vocal effects, Cordelia embraces all styles of music.
Cordelia holds a background in classical and jazz voice, as well as classical percussion, from Brandon University. She continues to evolve as an artist, studying extended vocal techniques with various vocalists. A fan of improvisation and artistic exploration, she runs local jam sessions and loves pushing the boundaries of sound in creative ways. Cordelia’s rate is $30 per half hour.

emily kelln (Voice)

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Teaching Day(s): Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday

Emily Kelln just completed her Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from the University of Regina. She recently moved to Vancouver to continue her education and will be starting her post-graduate artist music diploma at the Vancouver Academy of Music this fall. She believes that it is important to always be learning and developing her own skills so that she can be the best teacher for her students. Emily also holds a Royal Conservatory of Music (RCM) Grade 8 voice, RCM Grade 6 piano, and RCM advanced rudiments. Her goal as a teacher is to provide students with the technical skills to approach any piece of music. She does so by providing engaging, educational, fun, and rewarding lessons. Emily has taught for a number of years at Long and McQuade in Regina, Saskatchewan and is very excited to join the Vancouver location.
Her rate is $32 per half hour.

kian jafari (Piano, Theory, Voice, Composition, Conducting)

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Teaching Day(s): Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Kian Jafari is an award-winning performer and composer with over ten years of teaching experience. He is classically trained and holds a bachelor's degree in Applied Music with a focus on Jazz and Contemporary Piano, as well as a master's degree in English Language Teaching. An active musician in Vancouver’s music scene, Kian has studied piano with Sharon Minemoto and Dr. Emily Morgan, composition with Dr. David Duke and John Korsrud, improvisation with Laurence Mollerup and Chris Parks (a former student of the legendary Barry Harris), and conducting with Gerald Van Wyck.

Kian has played with various bands in styles such as Jazz, Pop, Rock, Iranian music, Prog Rock, and Prog Metal, both locally and internationally. He offers instruction in piano, voice, keyboard, theory, improvisation, and composition across multiple styles, including Jazz, Classical, Iranian pop music, and Rock. Kian also teaches group lessons “Introduction to Improv” and “Harmony from Scratch,” and leads the L&M Chamber Music Ensemble.

Fluent in English and Farsi, Kian’s rate is $37 per half-hour session

sara hajduk (Voice)

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Teaching Style: classical, jazz, rock

Teaching Day(s): Saturday

Sara has been studying, performing and competing for over a decade in voice and piano. Throughout the years she has learned valuable skills that broadened her repertoire through studying under UBC professors and various conductors such as Dr. Jim Sparks, Kari Turunen, Lesli Dala, Jacques Lacombe and more. She has competed at the Provincial Music Festival in voice. As a member of the Vancouver Bach Children's Chorus for 13 years, she is also the recipient of two Merdith Murdock music scholarships. Sara is also a recipient of a BC Arts Council scholarship. She has worked with the prestigious BC Youth Choir and with the Vancouver Opera. Sara has worked for the Vancouver Opera in the productions of Turandot (at age 11), A Midsummer's Night Dream and The Magic Flute (both at age 17). Currently, Sara is a member of UBC Opera Ensemble. Apart from Classical art songs and opera, Sara also enjoys singing in musicals and was a lead role in a rigorous musical theatre course in highschool. Sara has also danced for nearly a decade, including classical, jazz, modern, contemporary ballet as well as traditional Balkan dances. She enjoys singing different styles and genres. Music is a language through which people communicate and connect with each other, and Sara believes that by listening to each student's needs and adhering to teaching methods suited for the student, they are able to thrive and develop a love for music. Sara's Rate is $29 per half hour.

tresor otshudi (Voice, Piano, Guitar, Theory, Composition, Conducting)

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Teaching Style: jazz

Teaching Day(s): Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Tresor is an award-winning singer, composer and conductor who has more than 20 years of experience performing in 4 different continents. He is also a Band and Choir Educator at École Gabrielle Roy, in Surrey and a Music Director at Tresor Music. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Trinity Western University, in Langley, a Musical Theatre certificate From Choreia, in Paris, France, and a Business Diploma from Pigier, in Lille, France. Tresor teaches all ages, styles and abilities, with a focus in Classical, Jazz and Pop music.
French is his mother tongue. His rate is $36 per half hour.