New York City Music Teachers
Samantha H Lucas – Voice Teacher
Instruments and Services
Singing Lessons | Keyboard Lessons, Piano Lessons | Theory Lessons, Online Lessons
Location
601 West 149th Street, New York, NY
will travel to you please enquire.
Qualifications BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY -- Berea, Ohio Degree: Bachelor of Music, Voice Primary Major: Music Theatre and Honors; Baldwin Wallace University Honors Program 2018-2021 ; NATS National Musical Theater Competition Semi-Finalist (2024), Hal Leonard Vocal Competition Finalist; ESTILL VOICE TRAINING Foundations Course Certification Dec 2022 Hybrid Level 1 and Level 2 Course Certification Joanna Lott and Tom Burke - Estill Mentors and Course Instructors May 2023
StylesMusical Theater, Classical, Jazz, Pop/Rock, Vocal Technique
SuitabilityPreference is Pre-Professional to Professional, but teaches all ages.
Bio
Samantha H. Lucas is a professional actor, vocalist, and experienced vocal instructor based in New York City, New York. Samantha holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Theater Performance, Honors from Baldwin Wallace Conservatory out of Berea, OH. Her education abroad has included both Det Danske Musicalademi-Danish Academy of Musical Theater, and Barefoot Theater in Zambia, Africa. She has had the privilege of singing and performing with the Cleveland Orchestra, The Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, Front Porch Theatricals, and Tony and Grammy Award-winning, Billy Porter (Pose, Kinky Boots). Samantha has worked with New York Industry and Casting Professionals including Merri Sugarman and Claire Burke—Tara Rubin Casting, Chad Eric Murnane—Binder Casting, Barry Shapiro—Herman & Lipson Casting, Victor Vasquez—X Casting, Duncan Stewart/Luke Schaffer—Stewart and Whitley Casting. Recently, Samantha finished her Honors Senior Thesis Project: “Resilient,” and has been honored to receive praise from John Caird (Children of Eden), Stephen Schwartz (Children of Eden, Wicked, Pippin), and Michael Cole.
Samantha has been teaching students of all ages and levels since 2015, in diverse styles and teaching methods geared toward the goals of her students. Some styles include Musical Theater, Classical, Jazz, Pop/Rock. Samantha has a unique skill set centered on education, professionalism, and passion, and dedication for education in the arts. Samantha encourages her students to develop a strong technical foundation, a keen sense of the body in relationship to the voice, an appreciation for the art form, and a deep appreciation for their unique artistic expression. She seeks to provide each student with a concise and reliable skill set that will allow her singers to be successful and confident in their abilities.
Mission:
- To enhance each singer’s unique sound.
- To provide each singer with performance opportunities that will allow them to build confidence and leadership skills.
- To strengthen each singer’s overall musicianship skills.
- To encourage each singer to discover their most creative and artisticself-expression.
Teaching Info
Introduction:
As an artist and educator, I approach my lessons with positive energy, passionate integrity, and open curiosity. I provide an atmosphere that is structured, but at the same time allows students to experiment, question, and feel comfortable taking risks in order to communicate their fullest expression. I encourage active learning, personal inquiry, experimentation, and critical thinking as tools for artistic growth. I believe that singing can stimulate both intellectually and physically. I teach to inspire, connect, communicate, share my knowledge, and express my joy of the art.
Aspirations/Goals/Objectives:
As a teacher, I encourage my students to develop a strong technical foundation, a keen sense of the body in relationship to the voice, an appreciation for the art form, and a deep appreciation for their unique artistic expression. To reach these goals I will incorporate the following methods into my lessons: a technical and mind to body-based warm-up that each student will commit to memory, an educated and informed process that each student may use to take with them to their artistic endeavors (other studios, auditions, jobs, etc.), and exercises that will be based in creative improvisation and collaboration.
Mission:
1. To enhance each student’s unique sound and find the most freedom in their instrument.
2. To provide each student with performance opportunities that will allow them to build confidence as well as leadership skills.
3. To strengthen each student’s overall musicianship skills.
4. To encourage each student to discover their most creative and artistic expression.
Interaction with Students:
“Form, ease, beauty, and a sense of the whole” (Michael Chekov).
I am passionate about the artistic growth of each individual student and artist. Using a combination of these four principles, I will approach each student differently depending on their individual needs for growth.
Conclusion:
In accessing the progress of each student and individual artist, I look forward to learning, growing, and improving my teaching abilities as I strengthen each student’s technique, knowledge, discipline, artistry, body, and mindset.
