Voice Sessions

Singers and voice users, I’m so glad you’re here. I look forward to playing and exploring together. 

Let’s Work Together

We’re all in this together. Learning, sharing, exploring, evolving. In my own professional development and performance practice, I’ve been enjoying exploring outside-of-the-box styles of learning. What if we just… throw away all the rules, even just for a little bit? What if all sounds we make are accepted?

We can have specific goals, we can have excellence, and we can start from a place of appreciating all that we already know. 

What if we could show up for a session exactly as we are in that moment—no matter what—and start from there. This philosophy “Here I am as I am” is entirely inspired by Wholeness in Motion; and I am a proud WIM practitioner and wholeness activist. Ultimately, when you book a session, we’re a duo, moving through the session together. Your experience and expertise of your own system (body, voice, mind) is integral. I am here to support you however you want to be supported.

I’d like to book a session!

Scroll down for info on types of voice sessions available. When you sign up for a voice session, you’ll see an intake form where you can share your goals and your story with me — whether it’s preparing for an audition, finding more ease in your voice after a long singing break, singing at an open mic night, or getting support while on tour, I’m here for you. If you don’t know which session you want to book, contact me to chat.

You can upload a score, a script, or a link to your own music if there’s something specific you know you want to work on, but of course that isn’t necessary.

The majority of studio availability is for virtual sessions, but in-person sessions are also possible. Availability is added throughout the year and according to my performance schedule. So, if you don’t see a time that works or if you’re not sure which type of session to book, reach out to me directly.

Types of Sessions

1:1  60-minute voice session

Singing sessions

Age/level: teen-adult; beginner to professional
Genres: Western art music, musical theatre, pop (used here as a catch-all term for pop, indie, folk, rock, etc.)

Explore vocal colours/sounds, shape technique, talk repertoire, develop practice plans, hone storytelling, clarify lyric diction, complement other vocal work that you might already be doing with someone else or in another context. 

Voice, breath, body – embodied voice and movement for all voice users (teachers, public speakers, actors, singers)

Voice care consultation

Support for singers and voice users who might be experiencing a change in their instrument, including but not limited to age, time away from regular voice use, fatigue, illness, or any new circumstances (check out multi-sessions, too, for gigging musicians who want support leading up to an event or project).  See more below.

Voice play

Vocal improv games, and outside-of-the-box singing sessions!

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Multi-session check-in

Designed for someone on contract for a show, on tour, or prepping for a gig/audition/recording. Sign up for shorter, multi-session check-ins to support your upcoming gig or project. Sessions could include warm-ups for tired or post-illness voices, technical tune-ups, pre-show warm-ups, or tour/gig support.

No prior voice lessons necessary. All voices/singing styles welcome. See also voice care consultation info below.

Book session #1 (45 mins), then add shorter sessions via follow-up link in confirmation email.

Maureenbatt.com/contact or maureen@maureenbatt.com.

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1:1 Voice care consultation

Whether you’re looking for voice care consultation in the form of a 60-minute session or a multi-session check-in, use the intake form to indicate you’re signing up for voice care consultation. You’ll then see a Google form to fill out in your confirmation email where you can share as much about your current vocal health/situation as you want.

Select voice care consultation if you’re interested in exploring your instrument after a change has occurred. This is designed to offer support for singers and voice users who might be experiencing a change in their instrument, including but not limited to age, time away from regular voice use, fatigue, illness, or any new circumstances.

A voice care consultation session might look like developing some strategies for your voice care needs through personalized warm-ups and cool-downs, new technical discoveries, voice and movement explorations, and/or discussions around any new circumstances that brought you here.

*I am not a doctor or a medical professional – meeting with me doesn’t take the place of seeing a doctor, SLP, ENT, or other vocal specialist. My hope is that our time together will give you support with new (or familiar!) angles to consider as you’re recuperating or renewing.

Gender affirming voice sessions

Gender affirming voice sessions could include awareness and care around feminizing/masculinizing/androgenizing the voice, peri and menopausal shifts within the voice, and more.  Gender affirming sessions can include exploring speaking or singing or any combination of voice use.

Gender affirming voice sessions are offered on a pay-what-you-can basis. Book here and we’ll follow up to communicate about other details.

If you don’t see a time listed that works or if you have any questions, contact me! maureenbatt.com/contact or maureen@maureenbatt.com. 

Group session(s)

If you and your friends/colleagues/bandmates are interested in working together, please be in touch via the contact page and we’ll set that up. Some examples of this group work could include warming up together then singing for one another in a cozy group format, or could also be a chance for songwriters or composers to share or workshop their work. Another format might be a group of singers wanting to explore similar vocal goals such as belting, singing improv games, singing in new-to-you styles. In all of these group scenarios, I will tailor our sessions to your groups’ goals, and you’ll have the added benefit of shared experiences and learning. Be in touch if you’d like to set something up.

For workshops, you can read more here https://maureenbatt.com/workshops/

Sample group session:

4 weeks, 6 singers

Each weekly session will include working both as a group and individually on Zoom.

Singers, you will have the opportunity to experiment and explore behind your mute button, and then have the option of being invited to share your vocal discoveries with the group.

This sharing might happen through one sound or a full song — you decide!

This group work includes video messaging support, continued voice exploration, and community building throughout the week via a private group in the Marco Polo app.

The primary vehicle for this work will be embodied play. When you sign up, I’ll ask you to define some of your hopes and goals for the 4 weeks. Your goal might be something as specific as preparing a song for an audition or virtual open mic, or as general as just showing up! Weekly themes will be designed in response to your goals.

These sessions are designed to be complementary to whatever you might be working on — whether in your own practice or in the work that you’re doing with another voice teacher.

Select Recent Professional Development

Wholeness in Motion: Living Wholeness – Babette Lightner (2021-2024)

Body Mind Centering – Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen: Embodying Key Embryological & Neural Pathways; Embodying Pelvic, Spinal, and Brain Connections through Movement, Touch, and Consciousness; Embodiment and Expression for Musicians (2024-2025)

Indigenous Canada, University of Alberta (ongoing)

The Nature Summit (May 2023)

Masculinize Your Voice Without Testosterone; Mindful Voice Feminization – Renée Yoxon (2023)

Trans Voice Alteration – Renée Yoxon (2022)

How We Teach; Vocal Instrument101; Voice Ped; Contemp Voice Practicum – Shannon Coates (2020-2023)

LoVetri Institute for Somatic Voicework TM Level 1 (2021)

Wholeness in Motion Professional Development Immersive, Wisconsin – Babette Lightner (2019)

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