TEACHINGThe goal of a good teacher will be to enable to student sing ‘well’ within an established technique.
The goal of a great teacher will be to aid the student to find their authentic voice.
Rebecca Sacks is a Philadelphia-based voice teacher who maintains an active online voice studio focused on a foundation of breath, body-awareness, and vocal exploration. She seeks to help her students find their authentic voices by keying into the sensations that surround the acts of sound and music making.
Rebecca has presented masterclasses both in the U.S. and abroad in Costa Rica as part of an artistic cultural exchange program with the University of Oregon. She additionally has experience working with students with chronic illness and vocal injury and believes sincerely in the ability of music to aid in recovery and therapy. She takes a trauma-informed and mindfulness-based approach to singing and is especially interested and experienced in gender-affirming voice care. |
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“she has... given me the confidence to be proud of myself not only in our lessons but in my everyday life.”
Rebecca maintained a voice studio while a performance fellow at the University of Georgia where she received her Master of Music degree.
She additionally holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from Stanford University and a Master of Public Health degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Oregon Health and Science University. While in Portland, she worked as a teaching artist with Portland Opera’s outreach program, Portland Opera to Go where she brought opera into elementary, middle, and high schools across Oregon and Southern Washington. She currently works as a voice teacher and mentor for sINgSPIRE, a program through the Breathe Bravely Foundation that provides free voice lessons to patients with Cystic Fibrosis. |
“Rebecca is beyond patient, kind, fun and really wants to see her students succeed. She is great at getting me into my body and out of my head, even though I seem to be in my head a lot.”
teaching philosophy
The foundation of great singing is great breathing.
In the studio we first learn to breathe in a way that is supportive of all styles of singing, speaking, and sound making. We then map sounds onto breath in a way that makes sense to the student's body -- always being certain that the student is cued in to the sensations that they are experiencing.
A voice teacher can play a pivotal role in a singer’s life and career — as a mentor, a coach, and a guide. I have been gifted with teachers who have guided me and taught me beautiful lessons, and I take my responsibility in this role seriously.
My teaching style is supportive, breath-based, and most of all focused on helping each singer find their own individual voice. I believe a solid, fundamental technique matched with a deep understanding of one’s own sensational map of sound-body connection will allow one to create full and beautiful sounds in any style!
In the studio we first learn to breathe in a way that is supportive of all styles of singing, speaking, and sound making. We then map sounds onto breath in a way that makes sense to the student's body -- always being certain that the student is cued in to the sensations that they are experiencing.
A voice teacher can play a pivotal role in a singer’s life and career — as a mentor, a coach, and a guide. I have been gifted with teachers who have guided me and taught me beautiful lessons, and I take my responsibility in this role seriously.
My teaching style is supportive, breath-based, and most of all focused on helping each singer find their own individual voice. I believe a solid, fundamental technique matched with a deep understanding of one’s own sensational map of sound-body connection will allow one to create full and beautiful sounds in any style!
