In Celebration of the Human Voice - The Essential Musical Instrument

Shalee Schmidt

Vocal Coach

Shalee Schmidt

Shalee Schmidt's radiant voice is equally at home performing on the musical theater, opera, operetta, and recital stage. Her specialty is the character role where she excels as a musical storyteller. Her opera and operetta roles include "The Duchess" in The Gondoliers, "Papagena" in The Magic Flute, "Erata" in Orpheus in the Underworld, "Ludmilla" in The Bartered Bride, "an innkeeper" in Merry Wives of Windsor, and "Birdie" in scenes from Regina. Shalee's musical theater roles include "Dolly" in Hello Dolly, "Sister Hubert" in Nunsense, "Dominique" in Lucky Stiff, and "Rapunzel" in Into the Woods. She has been a lead singer for a Brazilian band. Shalee loves singing and acting in stage and film productions, and recording vocals and voice-overs for all types of projects for companies such as Brite Music, Franklin Covey, Voce Productions, NuWorlds Productions, InAChord Productions, and Southwest Airlines.

Shalee Schmidt graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance. She will complete her Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance with an emphasis in language diction this year at the University of Utah. Shalee was a departmental scholarship recipient and a finalist for the prestigious national Presser Scholarship for Music Majors.

Shalee is the co-founder and past Executive Director of the Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts. She is the co-founder and artistic director of Utah Light Opera, Gottasing Vocal Studios, and Voce Productions. She and her husband, David, are the co-creators of the "Voice Lessons with Dave and Shalee" CD set and "Gottasing.com" DVD series. Shalee enjoys teaching privately as well as, conducting performance and voice masterclasses at universities, high schools and music organizations and more. Shalee and Dave are the parents of four fabulous children.

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Shalee & David Schmidt : Gotta Sing Voice Lessons

Review: Gotta Sing is the most comprehensive vocal training series available. The techniques and training in this series will take you from beginning techniques and skills to advanced professional exercises and capabilities. Whether you are just beginning or are already an experienced vocalist, you will enjoy learning from our professional training while improving your singing voice. DVD 1 will teach you the basics of singing. You will learn to stand like a singer, how to use your breathing in the most efficient way, how to sing on pitch and the basics of vowel formation. Lessons include: Singer Alignment, Breath Management, Matching Pitch, and Vocal Tract Tuning. DVD 2 takes you to the next level of your vocal development. You will learn to get through the "break" in your voice, sing longer phrases and how to articulate words for clarity. Lessons include: Onset and Release, Articulation, Legato, Passaggio and Vocal Registers. DVD 3 teaches advanced skills of singing to be learned after you have mastered DVD 1 and DVD 2. You will learn how to develop your vibrato, sing in different dynamic levels and to move quickly from note to note. The series ends with tips on performance routines and how to overcome stage fright. Lessons include: Vibrato, Messa di Voce, Coloratura, Stage Fright and Performance.

Chapters: Singers Alignment, Breath Management, Matching Pitch, Vocal Tract Tuning, Onset and Release, Articulation, legato, Passaggio and Vocal Registers, Vibrato, Messa di Voce, Coloratura, Stage Fright and Performance