High impact voice training programs
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Find your voice. Share your song. Thrive.
Sonaura's Singer Studio
The Art and Science of Possibility
The world is waiting for your voice. Let's not keep them waiting.
Collaborative, uplifting learning environment . Cutting edge techniques designed for the modern singer . Dedicated and skilled mentorship . Highly customized training . Warm and welcoming community of singers cheering you on . Overcome vocal obstacles . Discover new vocal colors unique to you . Sing with more freedom and impact . Shave years off the learning curve
What's the breakthrough you've been looking for?
It’s easy to fall into the trap of the wishing treadmill – spinning through the cycles of hope, fear, procrastination and false starts.
Sometimes it just takes the right thing at the right time to break through the barriers.
It’s time to break through.
It’s time to thrive.
It’s time for Sonaura.
A place for singers who want to THRIVE
Because thriving singers change the world
Develop Your Voice
Great singing becomes inevitable with a fusion of art, science and exquisite coaching support.
Nurture Your Spirit
A singer is more than a voice. Trade limiting beliefs for a deep sense of confidence in this safe and creative environment.
Connect with Your Tribe
No one can say what you have to say in the way you say it. Everyone has a tribe. Yours is waiting for you.
Dynamic Voice Training for Passionate Singers
Wanna work together?
Proven Strategies for High Impact Singing . Exciting, Uplifting, Focused Learning Environment . Dedicated Mentorship . Innovation that Inspires
If you are curious about this kind of high-impact voice training and would like to explore the idea of working together, contact me and we’ll set up a time to chat.
We’ll chat through your vocal goals and challenges, and discuss how this training built on a fusion of art and science is designed to help get you where you want to go.
Interested in training with me? Let's Chat!
Unlock your voice
Unleash your singing
Level 1: 6-week Singing Program
A Proven Framework for Powerful Singing
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For professionals looking to work intensively to build mastery level skill for consistent peak performance. Learn cutting edge techniques to enhance your performance and keep your voice healthy & vibrant.
For Voice Teachers, Coaches & Voice Care Professionals
For voice training professionals who want to learn cutting edge tools and innovative approaches to high performance voice training. Learn how a fusion of voice science and practical application can dramatically reenergize and reignite your love of teaching.
Extraordinary Singing & Thriving Singers
A fusion of art and science changes everything
I designed Sonaura to be a place where singers thrive. Singers experience holistic training based on a fusion of of research-based practices, elite performance technique and a deep respect for the artistic soul.
As we train together, you’ll understand your singing at a deep and nuanced level, so you can walk into any performance situation with confidence because you what you want to create and how to create it.
Sonaura’s voice training programs are founded on an eclectic, but rigorous mix of theory, research, philosophy and heavy hitting vocal techniques. They are holistic in nature, laser-focused on both the vocal mechanism (how’s your voice functioning) and the psyche (how’re you feeling).
Sonaura’s fusion voice training is a robust approach that finds its genius in the synergy of art and science. But – if it were broken into its main ingredients, the recipe might look like this:
If you took elite voice training and performance technique, mixed in a healthy dose of voice science and voice care research, added a huge dollop of adult learning and development theory and whisked in a touch of artistic whim, you’d get this kind of high performance voice training.
Location Freedom
Train in New York City. From ANYWHERE in the World.
Vibrant Live Online Studio
Powerful voice training is immediately available to you no matter where you find yourself in the world. Immersive, innovative and super effective.
Our singers come from all over the world. You’ll find them scattered and thriving across the US, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Switzerland and Beijing.
All you need is a good internet connection and a passion to grow.
Manhattan & Westchester Studios
NYC is a haven for musicians from all musical walks of life. Our NYC Metro studios are a perfect reflection of that diversity.
If you’re in the NYC Metro area, choose from our Manhattan and Westchester locations.
Mix It Up
Many of our clients appreciate the option to combine on-site and online training.
Our hybrid approach is a great option for those who need added flexibility because they live outside the Metro area or need to accommodate touring and work schedules.
What can Sonaura's training do for you?
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Learn a strategic process for creating amazing new levels of skill and unlocking endless possibilities. Your future self will thank you.
As you experience compounding micro-wins in your singing, your inner critic calms down and a more compassionate inner dialogue emerges. Voice transformation is bigger than just the sound.
Get clear on what you want in your singing so you can avoid time-wasting detours. Identify the essential next steps to get their and walk boldly into your vision.
Creative souls are a gift to this world. Explore what you are here to say and use your free voice to say it.
Give your artistry wings. Coordinate your voice to immediately deliver the message of your heart. A free and vibrant voice is a gift to your artistic whim.
Don’t wait for opportunity to start getting ready. Prepare today so you’re ready for the opportunities tomorrow.
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Sonaura’s training system is for anyone who wants a technique strong enough to deliver any whim of artistry and flexible enough to grow as you evolve. If you’re committed to your growth, so are we.
This training is holistic and process-oriented, built upon results-based strategies for long term development and sustainability.
We are particularly well-suited for singers who are:
- Hungry to grow and open to new possibilities
- Ready to roll up the sleeves and explore authenticity
- Curious to understand the needs of one’s own voice (as opposed to a commitment to imitating others)
- Committed to the process of growth and excited about building a momentum of escalating micro-wins
- Passionate about leaving the world better than how we all found it
We are radically inclusive. This applies to voice types, musical styles and to the experience levels of our singers as well. While most of our singers are professional and pre-professional singers, we are open to working with anyone who is serious about growing as a singer.
This training emerges out of a professional voice development framework, which means it is extremely robust.
We are fully equipped to help professionals polish up their technique at the same time we can build voices from the ground up.
If you’re a singer who wants to thrive, you may have found what you’ve been looking for.
Our singers come from a wide variety of musical paths. Take a look at who we currently work with:
- Singer-songwriters
- Musical Theater (across eras)
- Classical (in all its diversity)
- Cross-Over Artists (incl. cross-genres and mixed vocal/instrumental)
- Professional Actors/Dances (stage and screen)
- Electronic-Acoustic Pop Fusion
- Worship Band Singers
- Pop/Contemp/Indie
- Folk/Multicultural Fusions
- Choral Singers
- Music/Chorus Teachers
- Speech Language Pathology
- Holistic Practicioners
- Music Directors
- Voice Coaches
- and a beautiful assortment of singers who defy categorization
Our singers get super excited (and so do we) as they breeze past old obstacles and pick up speed through the momentum of growth. They often freak out (in the best possible way) when the impossible becomes possible. Imagine a singing life where breakthroughs are inevitable.
Increases in:
- Range
- Vocal Presence
- Stamina
- Vocal Color Options
- Flexibility
- Versatility Within and Across Genres
- Consistency
- Evenness through Registers
Overcoming Issues of:
- Vocal Fatigue/ Strain
- Intonation
- Performance Anxiety/ Stage fright
- Confusion about How to Practice
- Voice Cracking and Other Uncomfortable Inconsistencies in the Sound
Other Gains:
- Major Jumps in Confidence
- Voice Dependability
- Feels great to make sound
- Clarity about Self as Artist
- Clarity about How to Approach Interpretation
- Excitement about Cultivating a Vibrant Practice Life
- Strategies for Voice Care
- Optimism about Vocal Possibility
We have active studios in Manhattan, Westchester and our ever-expanding Live Vibrant Online Studio.
Questions about online?
At this point, technology has really evolved. Years ago there were huge glitches in the connection, making it difficult to really hear and discern the subtle details in the sound. Now, as long as you have a good internet connection, both the connection and sound quality are remarkable.
We have been able to test this first hand. A number of our international singers in the online studio meet up with us when they visit the NYC Metro area. While it’s been great to be able to greet with a live hug, the online and in-person lessons feel like a seamless continuation of the training experience – from the energy, to the essence and to the quality. …although, after that we did figure out how to give virtual hugs. 🙂
We grow singers and help them thrive anywhere in the world through our Vibrant Online Studio. And we’re super grateful for it – we meet the most remarkable human beings that way.
A Note on Tech Specs:
You don’t have to get fancy equipment to train in our Vibrant Online Studio. Lots of singers use their laptops, tablets and even phones. With tools like Zoom (for our live virtual sessions), built-in & external webcams, built-in & external mics, private online member sites (provided as part of our studio) it is possible to experience high quality training and deeply connected mentorship.
We take this philosophy to heart:
Sonaura’s Fusion programs are specifically designed to help singers find their own personal best through a highly customized and robust training process. That means we don’t teach to a specific aesthetic – we don’t try to make you “sound like” something or someone. We help you find your perfect balance so your voice is free and responsive – so you can sing what you love without feeling like your voice is holding you back expressively.
So, in proud defiance, we never contort the voice into a perceived obligation or dishonor it by forcing it into imitation or comparing it to another singer. It is always about the thrill of what YOU bring to the table and the celebration of being better today than yesterday. It is always about balance, freedom and the vocal colors that are uniquely yours. This is what we believe unlocks singers and creates dynamic, impactful, thriving artists.
Once you find balance, you find freedom. Once you find freedom, you find power. And once you find power, you discover you can fly.
~Kristen Ruiz
