Lola - Singing tutor - London
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Lola - Singing tutor - London

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Lola will be happy to arrange your first Singing lesson.

Lola

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Lola will be happy to arrange your first Singing lesson.

  • Rate ₱4,014
  • Response 17h
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    Number of students Lola has taught since their arrival at Superprof

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    Number of students Lola has taught since their arrival at Superprof

Lola - Singing tutor - London
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  • Singing
  • Vocal Coaching
  • Choral Singing
  • Opera Singing
  • Classical Singing

Soprano musicologist | Online voice lessons focused on body awareness and breath work

  • Singing
  • Vocal Coaching
  • Choral Singing
  • Opera Singing
  • Classical Singing

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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Lola will be happy to arrange your first Singing lesson.

About Lola

Hi! I’m a professional singer, musicologist and singing teacher with almost ten years of teaching experience and a PhD specialising in vocal performance and singing style in early recordings.

My work as a musicologist involves listening closely to recordings of singers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly the acoustic recordings made before electrical recording technology. I study how singers actually used their voices—their breathing, articulation, resonance, phrasing, vibrato and other aspects of vocal style.

Being able to listen to singers from more than a century ago has changed the way I think about singing. It has given me a particularly detailed ear for vocal production and, more importantly, made me interested in the many different ways a voice can work effectively.

I bring that perspective into my own singing and teaching. I specialise in classical voice, art song and vocal chamber music, with a particular interest in Spanish and early-20th-century repertoire. I also perform Spanish and Latin American folk music and enjoy exploring the connections between classical and popular singing traditions.

Why I teach

For me, singing is not about trying to make your voice sound like somebody else’s. It is about understanding your own instrument and learning how to use it with greater freedom, efficiency and confidence.

Over the years, I have worked with singers at very different stages—from those with extensive musical training to people who simply love to sing and want to feel more comfortable using their voice.

I particularly enjoy helping singers who feel that something is holding them back: perhaps tension, uncertainty about technique, difficulty with breathing or support, an unreliable range, or simply the feeling that singing takes more effort than it should.

My approach is based on curiosity rather than forcing the voice. I want students to understand what is happening in their own bodies and to discover what allows their voices to work more naturally.

Ultimately, technique is a means of expression. The goal is to develop enough understanding and coordination that you can stop worrying about producing the sound and concentrate on communicating through the music.

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  • English
  • Spanish
  • German

All languages in which the lesson is available :

English

Spanish

German

New Academic Year Special Offer: 10% off lesson packs

Do you love singing but feel that your voice is not working as easily or reliably as it could?

You might want to improve your technique, develop your range, sing with less tension, prepare a performance, gain confidence, or simply understand your voice better. We start from where you are and work from there.

I teach classical voice technique, but the skills we develop can be useful across different styles of singing. My students include classical singers, choir singers, musical theatre and jazz performers, as well as people who simply enjoy singing and want to develop their voice.

What can we work on?

Depending on your individual needs, lessons may include:
• Breathing and coordination
• Vocal support and stability
• Releasing unnecessary tension
• Range and vocal flexibility
• Resonance and projection
• Vocal agility and control
• Developing a more reliable technique
• Confidence and ease when singing
• Applying technique directly to songs and repertoire

What happens in a lesson?

We normally begin with some simple body and breathing awareness work, followed by vocal exercises selected specifically for your voice.
Rather than working through a fixed set of exercises every week, I adapt the lesson according to what you need. We then apply the technical work directly to a song or piece of repertoire, so that exercises have a clear purpose and connection to actual singing.

The aim is to help you understand what your voice is doing and why, rather than simply telling you what to do.

My approach

I believe singing should feel efficient, coordinated and expressive, rather than something you have to force.

Good technique is not about creating a particular type of voice. It is about developing the coordination and awareness that allow your voice to function freely.

And ultimately, technique is there to serve the music. Once you have greater confidence in how your instrument works, you can concentrate on expression, communication and enjoying the experience of singing.

Lessons are online only, so you can study from anywhere in the UK or internationally.

I teach on weekday afternoons and evenings from 3 PM onwards.

If you are not sure what kind of lessons would suit you, send me a message and tell me a little about your experience with singing and what you would like to achieve. We can take it from there.

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Rate

  • ₱4,014

Pack rates

  • 5h: ₱20,071
  • 10h: ₱40,142

free lessons

This first lesson offered with Lola will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.

  • 30mins

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  • ₱4,014/h

Details

Please note that if you need to cancel or reschedule a lesson, I ask that you give me at least 24 hours’ notice. This gives you the opportunity to reschedule the lesson. Cancellations made with less than 24 hours’ notice will be charged.

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  • 1) When did you first develop a passion for music and your favourite instrument?

    I think this passion developed more like a creative need, and it included dressing up, dancing, singing and playing instruments, at around the age of 10, or maybe even earlier. I was creating my own “live shows” for my family or for my toy audience and I was singing and dancing, creating a fantasy world and music was an important part of this. My favorite instrument is the voice, the movement, sounds, rhythm and dance that it offers.
  • 2) Is there a particular type music or artist that you listen to on a loop without it driving you crazy?

    Honestly no. Any music that I would listen to on a loop would drive me crazy. I need variety. When I listen to music, it’s usually a variety of genres. Sometimes I’ll listen to early blues, sometimes piano sonatas, sometimes flamenco, or Mozart arias. Same goes with musicians: I might listen to Janis Joplin, Bobby McFerrin, Victoria de los Ángeles or to Montserrat Caballé – they’re all fantastic and unique – I couldn’t choose one over the other.
  • 3) Explain to us the most difficult or riveting course you could personally give to a student of music.

    The most difficult course that I could offer would develop a deep awareness of how your body sings as a whole. In this course you would learn to focus on your own instrument and achieve expressivity and confidence while using your own voice.

    Part of the course would involve learning how to be aware of what is involved in singing on a physical level. Learning elements of anatomy and the process of singing in theory is important, but the course would focus on taking this information and bringing it to a personal level. How do you experience singing? What is going on inside your body? What are your instrument’s needs, qualities, setbacks? The course would take on these questions in order for the student to really understand and experience their own voice. No two bodies are the same, hence no two voices are the same. Each individual experiences breathing and singing in their own terms, and the course would teach you to learn to be aware of how this process takes place within you, specifically, and to learn to sing in the most natural and accessible way possible for you.

    Once awareness is present, the next part of the course would focus on the process of consciously directing how you want to sing, what sounds and vocal qualities you want to put forth, and what aspects you want to develop more. Unlike any other instrument, the human voice is in constant change, and as singers we need to approach our instrument as such and learn to listen to it and be able to change aspects accordingly.

    This course would help you take care of your voice by being mindful of the changing qualities it has and how to approach your singing without effort.

    Finally, we would use the knowledge acquired to truly express through the voice. Singing is an art form, it is communicating a message, telling a story, expressing the huge array of emotions we are capable of feeling. A fundamental part of this course would involve finding ways to place forth what it is you want to say through your voice, your truth, and finding the freedom to express it.
  • 4) What do you think is the most complicated instrument to master and why?

    Is this a trick question?! I’d say the human brain, but maybe that doesn’t count as an instrument. Any instrument can have extraordinary levels of mastery, and it requires a symbiosis with the instrument player or the singer to achieve this mastery. Mastery of an instrument or of the voice is up to the instrumentalist or singer so my answer would definitely be: the human mind.
  • 5) What are your keys to success?

    Personally, I think that being consistent is key to achieve any goal. In music, part of the process is “showing up” every day to practice your craft. With or without so-called “talent”, a musician has an ongoing relationship with music-making and the deeper this relationship is, the better the music. I see it as a love-hate relationship, where there is a constant dialogue to be had and compromises must be made for all involved (!).


    I also believe we need to enjoy the process of learning and not be constantly reaching for a specific goal. I’ve learned to find a balance between being driven to achieve certain milestones and giving myself time to rest and enjoy the process of getting there. Meditation is key.
  • 6) Name three musicians you dream of meeting in your favourite bar in the early hours of the morning. Explain why.

    I’d choose Mozart because I love his music and his character and I’m sure late night bar conversations with him would be a blast! My first research project was on his work so I have a few pending questions. Two: Jeff Buckley. Truly amazing musician, artist and loving person – freedom and creativity in human form. He left too soon and I’d love to spend hours listening to him and playing music nonstop. Three: Victoria de los Ángeles, probably my favorite singer of the lyrical world. She personifies true musicianship, a humility and honest craft that few have achieved. She has a deep connection to music, and I’d love to learn from her. Probably not a night owl, but maybe I could ask her about how she feels and senses singing from within.
  • 7) Provide a valuable anecdote related to music or your days at music school.

    When I finished university, my first job was as a music teacher and choir director of a school within a small community. These kids were under-privileged and in a very difficult situation socially and economically. I would visit the community once a week and teach them about music and we developed a choir ensemble. These kids had little knowledge of solfège or pitch, but they taught me that the true purpose of singing was to bring joy to their lives. Something that you tend to forget when you attend a music school, but music and singing brings joy and happiness and this is probably the most important aspect of music making.



    We had a concert, and I was at the front directing the choir. It was our first concert, and we were all nervous. I had put on a fancy flower on my head, we were all dressed up and the kids were having a blast. Suddenly, in the middle of a song, some of the kids were giggling, the giggling spread and they couldn’t help but laugh in the middle of the song because that fancy flower I had on was falling down! I was so nervous myself, but I simply smiled and had a laugh as well, let the flower fall, and continued with the song. Music is not confined to perfect notes and perfect pitch. Music-making is not to be suffered or tied up to strict rules of conduct and achievement. Music’s best use is when it expresses that which lies within, be it joy, sadness, love, or fear. Music, these kids reminded me, is human imperfection at its best.
  • 8) What are the little touches that make you a Superprof in music?

    I find that I can relate to my students very well and create a safe space for them to feel at ease while singing. I also avoid the “seriousness” of teaching and find ways to make the lesson fun! Singing is not a drudgery, yes it takes discipline, but it is something to be enjoyed! During a lesson, I create the space so that we can work on technical issues, develop vocally, and I make sure that the students feel at ease. There is always room for conversation and solving questions, always open to dialogue and creative ideas.



    Also, since a lot of the work is geared toward an awareness of the body, the lessons usually bring an hour of concentration on a physical level which helps the students develop other areas of their life, too.



    We tend to be shy about singing to others, especially to “the teacher” and I make sure this is not a hindrance to singing freely and enjoying the experience of song. I try to look for ways to help each individual student, based on their personal interests and their individual instrument. I listen carefully to their voices so I can offer the best exercises and input to help them advance and achieve their goals.
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