Voice lessons with Bidi are a real pleasure. She is very positive and encouraging and has taught me some easy ways to warm up my voice on a daily basis. My voice range, strength and smoothness has expanded considerably since I began with her almost a year ago. Bidi has given me the voice confidence to play and sing out professionally with a band.” – Alicia L.
Voice lessons with Bidi were a joy as we met virtually once weekly. Exercises focused on my challenge of moving from the lower to upper registers with ease. It was a delight to work together, and I highly recommend lessons with Bidi.” – RF
“Bidi is an absolute joy to work with. In tumultuous times, studying with her is the silver lining to a cloudy day. Bidi helps me to broaden my vocal capabilities and learn songs I love to sing.” – ML
As a teenager, Bidi Dworkin performed as a folk
singer in coffee houses throughout New England.
She earned a M.Ed in Dance Education
from NYU, while performing with the Nancy Meehan
Dance Company.
After moving to a quiet valley in rural Vermont, she
continued her movement studies, becoming a yoga
instructor, training in the US as well as India. Especially
moved by devotional song, Bidi embraced the
musical traditions and techniques of Sanskrit
chanting, and Hebrew melodies, performing as a
cantor.
Curious to strengthen her voice, diversify her
repertoire, and return to jazz, she enrolled in a vocal
workshop taught by Peter Eldridge, which led to
studies at the Vermont Jazz Center, where she met
Jay Clayton and Sheila Jordan, who became her
teachers.
She attended the Summer Vocal Intensive at
California Jazz Conservatory, co-led by Laurie
Antonioli and Theo Blechmann, where she was first
exposed to Somatic Voicework TM. She continues to hone her voice with SVW certified educators (also vocal artists) Jamie Leonhart, Brenda Earle Stokes, Kate McGarry, Andrea Wolper, and Andrea Claburn.
Since 2014, she’s been performing as a jazz vocalist
throughout the Northeast and Canada, releasing her debut album Beautiful Souvenirs in 2020.
https://bididworkin1.bandcamp.com/releases
She is currently teaching Somatic Voicework TM, having
completed Levels 1 and 11 in 2020, and Level 111 in 2021.
3 Reviews on “South Londonderry Vermont”
Voice lessons with Bidi are a real pleasure. She is very positive and encouraging and has taught me some easy ways to warm up my voice on a daily basis. My voice range, strength and smoothness has expanded considerably since I began with her almost a year ago. Bidi has given me the voice confidence to play and sing out professionally with a band.” – Alicia L.
Voice lessons with Bidi were a joy as we met virtually once weekly. Exercises focused on my challenge of moving from the lower to upper registers with ease. It was a delight to work together, and I highly recommend lessons with Bidi.” – RF
“Bidi is an absolute joy to work with. In tumultuous times, studying with her is the silver lining to a cloudy day. Bidi helps me to broaden my vocal capabilities and learn songs I love to sing.” – ML