Overview
This re-imagined voice class will introduce students to important skills in reading vocal music in multiple styles. Students will explore musical theater, contemporary styles, classical, and choral music and ensemble singing. The first half of the semester, the class will explore the fundamentals of score reading and note comprehension, rhythm exercises, key signature and time signature recognition, and aural and sight-reading skills using solfege.
In the second half of the semester, students will apply these skills in songs and sight-reading exercises, learn proper breathing techniques, the cardinal vowels of singing, and performance skills. The class will culminate with a final in-class performance of songs and skills learned in the course.
Students are welcome to repeat the class. New repertoire will be introduced each session!
Program Details
Ages: 9–12
Dates: Tuesdays, 4:30–5:15 p.m.
September 23–December 9, 2025 (11 weeks)
Skip Dates: November 25, 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].