VanAlstine Voice

Stephanie is an amazing voice teacher. I took lessons with her at NYU and have stayed with her since. Stephanie always meets me where I am, both vocally and in general. If I'm having an off day, that's totally cool with her and she'll work with me and what I'm able to do that day. She's great at helping me feel comfortable with my voice and never pushes me to be a "certain kind of singer." In addition to private lessons, I've attended her "Freedom Through Flow" workshops and can tell that she really works with everyone's individual voices. Our lessons are always so much fun and I love spending an hour with her every week, away from all my other stresses in life, to just make music! If you're looking to take voice lessons, whether it be for fun or professionally, I would highly recommend Stephanie!

Stephanie is an excellent teacher. She offers so many great techniques and knowledge you can use as a singer, without making it feeling like a work. She makes a lesson fun and enjoyable. She is patient, respectful, kind, positive, pays close attentions to details and works with me to improve at all times. I look forward to my lessons every week. I am in my early 40’s and started taking voice lessons with her, to “find my voice”. I did not have a formal training of any kind of music, but have always enjoyed singing throughout my life. Working with her brought out the artist and singer in me, and I am very much excited to explore “my voice” further with her. I feel very lucky to find her as my teacher.

Stephanie opened the door for me to start trusting my voice after not singing for about 2 years. She made me feel like I was capable of expressing my emotions and my thoughts through my voice in a way that each time sounded better. I started dreaming once again of sharing it with other people and have done it in certain circumstances with more joy and ease than before I worked with Stephanie. Not only does she have a loving, non judgmental, lively energy that makes you forget whatever was going on in your day and just indulge in the magic of singing but she also has tools that help you navigate the intricate voice dilemmas that each person has.

I've been lucky enough to be a student of Stephanie VanAlstine off and on for almost ten years. While she was already an exceptional teacher before earning her Master's degree in Vocal Performance from NYU, her pedagogical studies really turned her into one of the best teachers you'll find in NYC or anywhere else, for that matter. I love singing dearly- but I'm extremely self conscious of my voice, and so I've always been super apprehensive when I take a private voice lesson. I am always so worried about being judged. While other teachers I had never made me feel overtly uncomfortable, Stephanie's style is so kind and encouraging that I've never loved my voice more than when I'm in a room with her. You'll never feel safer or more encouraged than when you're with her- and she will teach you some pretty amazing stuff that will have you absolutely loving your voice in no time. Vocal teachers are on every corner in New York City- but Stephanie truly is one of a kind, and I stand by the fact that she is simply one of the best of the best. Her talent is rivaled only by her empathy and kindness, and I consider myself extremely lucky to be a student of hers. *Oh!! Definitely should have mentioned this: I left NYC a year ago to earn my MFA in Acting at UMKC, but I continued lessons with Stephanie via Skype. They are just as useful as working with her in person.*

Great teacher! She's very supportive and puts a lot of work into her students. I've always had fun working with her and she's gotten me very far along in my vocal training. She's very encouraging and more than happy to help out with song suggestions. I love her classes and always looking forward to the next one!!

I've been really delighted to work with Stephanie VanAlstine. I'm a singer with not a lot of training, and she's really helped to give me confidence and guidance. Plus, she's lovely to spend time with and is so, so informative.