Kirk is currently accepting students remotely
via Zoom.com
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Try a first lesson with Kirk completely currently for free. You can schedule online at https://calendly.com/kirkdougherty
Due to Covid-19 social distancing guidelines, Kirk is teaching all students remotely.
Kirk has maintained a private voice studio for the past 10 years with students ranging from total beginners to professional colleagues. In 2017, while performing as a Resident Artist at Opera San Jose in San Jose, California, he created an online studio for both voice instruction and music theory tutoring. He began by instructing remotely via Facetime, but has since switched to Zoom.com. He also instructs a number of online singer/songwriters who accompany themselves on guitar and also sing their own unique choice of repertoire.
Non-Classical Experience
In addition to private instruction in preparation for traditional solo singing artist career, Kirk is also hired by individual individual singer/songwriters and guitarists for the purposes of freeing their true voice within their specific, personal, and unique repertoire. The majority of his current recurring students are full-time professional artists of this type.
Teaching Experience
Kirk first started teaching voice and theory/aural skills students as a private instructor and teaching assistant in Rochester, NY, while earning thera Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree in vocal performance and the Master of Arts in Pedagogy of Music Theory (MA) degree at The Eastman School of Music. He served as an adjunct instructor of voice at Nazareth College in Rochester, NY from 2001-2003. In 2004-2008, he was an assistant professor of voice at SUNY-Potsdam's The Crane School of Music. Since graduating from The Eastman School of Music, he has also been a dedicated and active performing solo artist in opera. He currently performs with many of America's premiere regional and national opera companies and orchestras.
Since graduating from the Eastman School of Music, Kirk has accepted a number of young artist apprenticeship and resident artist positions, notably an AGMA Artist contract at the Central City Opera House, as well as resident artist contracts at Tri-Cities Opera and Opera San Jose. Since 2009, Kirk has been an experienced independent performing artist and independent contractor, and currently is represented by UIA Talent Agency.
Since graduating from the Eastman School of Music, Kirk has accepted a number of young artist apprenticeship and resident artist positions, notably an AGMA Artist contract at the Central City Opera House, as well as resident artist contracts at Tri-Cities Opera and Opera San Jose. Since 2009, Kirk has been an experienced independent performing artist and independent contractor, and currently is represented by UIA Talent Agency.
Philosophy
Kirk is an encouraging, holistic, and intuitive teacher, whose main teaching goal is to empower his students to reach their highest artistic and personal potential. Kirk believes that singers need not study the traditional repertoire in order to learn from traditional, fundamental techniques of beautiful singing ('bel canto').
Kirk uses his experience as a professional singer to instill real-world knowledge in his lessons. He customizes his instruction based upon the needs of the individual. He believes in constructive, 'student-centered' learning, as opposed to rubric-based, 'teacher-centered' learning.
Kirk uses his experience as a professional singer to instill real-world knowledge in his lessons. He customizes his instruction based upon the needs of the individual. He believes in constructive, 'student-centered' learning, as opposed to rubric-based, 'teacher-centered' learning.