Overview
Explorations in Singing is an exploration of musical theater throughout history, from its historical beginnings as early as The Beggar’s Opera in 1728 through the contemporaries we know and love, including Disney musicals! This vocal course will offer listening activities and song selections that will introduce students to Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and more.
Through our journey, students will learn fundamental singing techniques, healthy vocal technique, and acting through song with musical interpretation and discussion. Valuable performance and audition tips will also be introduced. The class will culminate with a final in-class performance of songs explored in the course.
Students are welcome to repeat the class. New repertoire will be introduced each session!
Program Details
Ages: 13–18
Dates: Mondays, 5–5:45 p.m.
September 22–December 8, 2025 (11 weeks)
Skip Dates: November 24, 2025
Tuition: $360
Location: Mason Community Arts Academy Building in Fairfax, Virginia
Program Faculty
Ashlyn Rock
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Ashlyn Rock (soprano) was born in Boulder, Colorado, and moved at a young age to California and across the country to the East Coast where she currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Sterling, Virginia. Ashlyn started her undergraduate as an English major but was compelled to take voice lessons her sophomore year under the instruction tenor John Aler. She completed a Bachelor of Music with an English minor, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ), America’s oldest and most prestigious honor society. She finds opera and art song contain the poetry and prose she loves in English, and believes classical music is the perfect pairing of her two major passions.
Ashlyn graduated summa cum laude with her Masters at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she studied with William McGraw and Thomas Baresel. She completes her Artist Diploma at CCM with Amy Johnson in May of 2024. Ashlyn has also studied with Ruth Falcon, Danielle Talamantes, and Elizabeth Daniels.
When she is not studying music or teaching, Ashlyn enjoys practicing yoga, hiking, biking, reading, painting, writing poems and working on publishing her own book.
Notes
- Please note that group classes are subject to cancellation if minimum enrollment is not reached.
- Be sure to check our policies and procedures regarding registration, withdrawals, refunds, and more for fall or spring group classes.
- All students will receive a Welcome Letter via email at least one week before the class starts with all necessary details.
- Online registration closes two business days before the first class, however space may still be available. Please contact [email protected] for more information. A $10 late registration fee may apply.
- For additional information, please contact the Academy at [email protected].