I teach singing.

My teaching is guided by the particular questions & goals of each individual student and by the understanding that teaching & learning are collaborative process.  

I am committed to student wellbeing and to the maintenance of a safe, supportive and steadfastly respectful teaching & learning environment. 

My teaching is guided by and celebrates human diversity and seeks better to understand the true (and often hidden and suppressed) diversity of our repertoires of music & text.

Inspired by the history of the singerly craft and by an awareness of lineage, I walk in the footsteps of my own teachers and their teachers before them. 

As a teacher & singer, and in all my activities, I am guided by a fundamental awe & gratitude in the presence of human beings. My awe & gratitude are directed by the principles of the Alexander Technique and its gentle questions like ‘what would happen if I were to allow myself to free…’.

I believe that the study & practice of singing can be life-affirming and that singing can help us to understand deeply & clearly what it is that we wish to say. 

I believe that the study & practice of singing can help us, also, to listen more deeply & clearly. 

In my teaching, as in all my music-making, I work in a community of practice, and I work to engage my students in community. 

If you would like to speak with me about singing, please do connect with me through any of the links below.

Wilfred Laurier University
Beckett School @ Laurier
Contact Daniel via Email
 
 
 

A family tree of Daniel’s own teachers.