How did you get started in music & singing?
I started as a high school music teacher, I did that for many years, and I was a Jazz piano player. I quickly realized the potential of singing as a way of effecting positive change in music education; I realized that the best tool I had was my voice and the studentsâ voices and I needed to get them singing but I knew I needed to become more confident in singing myself.
I studied some methods around music education and singing, most notably were Kodaly & Orff. Eventually, I became increasingly interested in choral work and made the transition from classroom music teacher to being a studio voice teacher. [Read more…] about Spotlight On Dr. Darren Wicks