About Lessons

20+ years of training (Manhattan School of Music and Aaron Copland School of Music). Credits include Broadway “Les Miserables” and Billboard. Experienced performer, vocalist, guitarist, pianist. Nicola has created a unique yet grounded approach to the art of voice and guitar lessons.

 Voice for All Skill Levels. 

Nicola merges the styles and techniques of genres such as classical, theater, rock, pop, soul, and jazz and focuses on breathing, stamina, posture, placement and confidence exercises, as well as building repertoire. 

• Increase vocal range and stamina
• Build confidence
• Learn how to audition
• Learn proper breath control
• Learn how to properly warm-up the voice
• Create awareness of body and posture
• Improve pitch, rhythm and musicality
• Work on repertoire
• Become a well integrated and compelling performer
• Work on songwriting and composition if they desire

Guitar for All Skill Levels. 

Nicola focuses on building right and left hand strength and dexterity with various exercises, while working on building chord vocabulary as well as additional repertoire, and teaching you how to read and notate chords in guitar tablature. All of this is done incorporating styles and techniques of varied genres such as rock, pop, soul and folk.

• Build a great chord vocabulary 
• Work on melodies and basslines 
• Learn strumming, finger picking and other right-hand techniques 
• Build hand and finger strength and dexterity 
• Improve pitch, rhythm and musicality 
• Learn how to read and notate guitar tablature 
• Work on repertoire 
• Become a well integrated and compelling performer 
• Work on songwriting and composition if they desire