• WEST SEATTLE VOICE

    Julia Tobiska, M.M., mezzo-soprano

  • Teaching Healthy Technique

    & empowering students to find their unique voice for over 10 years

    Professional Performance Experience

    Opera

    Musical Theatre

    Choral

    Workshops

    Adults

    Breath

    Diction

    Artistry

    Body awareness

    Kids

    Play

    Vocalize

    Ear Training

    Music Theory

  • Lessons for adults

    $80 for 60 min lessons

    In adult lessons, I work with each student to discover and maintain a resonate, healthy, and consistent tone in the musical style and for the repertoire most engaging for the student. We will focus on diction, artistry and the character of each piece. Lessons also include breath work and body awareness as informed by my training and experience as both a voice and yoga teacher.

    Lessons for kids

    $50 for 30 min lessons

    $80 for 60 min lessons

    When teaching young voices, I strive to lay the groundwork for a lifetime of healthy singing. In each lesson we will vocalize and incorporate ear training and basic music theory in the process. I will introduce age-appropriate repertoire that is both interesting and fun for the student! As a member of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing), students have access to local competitions and adjudication.

  • Studio Information

    “My greatest joy, as a teacher, is to help each student gain more confidence, control, and expressive ability through their unique voice.” – Julia Tobiska, M.M.

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    Studio environment

    Warm and bright I offer a learning environment that balances positivity and encouragement with high-level musicianship and attention to detail. Students are encouraged to think deeply about the music they produce and learn to sing in the most healthy way possible.

     

    In addition, I offer coaching in audition preparation and training in theory, sight-reading & ear-training.

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    West Seattle

    Virtual Lessons available

    Please note: due to the on-going COVID pandemic, I offer online lessons only.

     

    Once it is safe to do so, I will again offer in person lessons with the option to remain virtual upon student request.

     

    My studio is located in West Seattle, just up the hill from Lincoln Park,

    near bus lines and an easy commute from downtown Seattle

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    Lesson structure

    New online lesson times available starting mid-October:

    Wednesdays @ 10am

    Wednesday @ 11am

     

    I am happy to talk with you over the phone prior to a first lesson. A positive relationship between student and teacher is essential. First lesson(s) help each of us to determine if we are a good fit. If so, monthly tuition pays for your standing appointment thereafter.

  • About Julia

    As a professional Opera Singer, Musical Theater Performer, Choral Member, Concert Soloist, and yoga teacher, Julia draws on her diverse experience to benefit her students’ equally diverse interests.

     

    Ms. Tobiska received her undergraduate degree from Western Washington University and her Masters Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her Master's degree was unique in that it focused not only on performance but also included a major pedagogical component for both adult and young voices. Certified to teach yoga in 2011, she uses knowledge gleaned from her training and continued yoga practice to help students gain greater awareness of body and breath while singing.


    Julia Tobiska (mezzo-soprano) has been fortunate enough to have been employed by numerous professional companies across the country. Ms. Tobiska's performance credits include mainstage or Apprentice Artist productions with Central City Opera, Opera Colorado, Nashville Opera, the Opera Company of North Carolina, Colorado Light Opera, the Virginia Arts Festival, and others. A partial list of diverse roles include Angelina in Rossini's La Cenerentola, Sister Helen in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, Hansel in Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel, Tisbe in Rossini's La CenerentolaRosina in Rossini's Il Barbiere de Siviglia, Orfeo in Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, Princess Margaret in Romberg's The Student Prince, Hedy LaRue in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Petra in A Little Night Music, and Bloody Mary in South Pacific. Ms. Tobiska’s most notable solo concert credits include The Sound of Music In Concert with the Colorado Symphony, selections by Gustav Mahler as a part of the Colorado Mahlerfest, and as well as numerous recitals across the country.

  • Contact ME

    for more information about lessons and/or to set up a first voice lesson, fill out the message box here, or feel free to call or email me directly