1:1 Virtual Vocal Coaching
Shayna Steele is a professional jazz vocalist, bandleader, and recording artist whose work spans all stages, big and small and the recording studio. She has performed with symphony orchestras and big bands in the U.S. and abroad, with credits ranging from live performance to studio and screen. Shayna has over 30 years of professional experience and holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Music Studies from Berklee College of Music (Summa Cum Laude)
After a vocal injury in 2003, her teaching is grounded in technique, vocal health, performance and mindset. She has studied with renowned voice specialist Joan Lader and currently trains classically with Deric Rosenblatt, creator of Vocal Power LLC, and has worked alongside some of the music industry's top vocal coaches and vocal producers. That foundation shapes how she approaches breath, tone, technique, and interpretation and brings that to each of her students. Individually crafted to each students unique situation, Shayna will prepare you for anything you might have on your plate: the theatre audition, the studio session or just creating a consistent vocal practice that keeps a singer healthy for the long run.
Her virtual studio brings that professional ear into your living room. Lessons are engineered for real sound quality, so the work goes deep whether you're building fundamentals or refining the professional singer. You'll study with someone who does this for a living and is up-to-date on the most current practices within the professional world of the music industry.
Lesson inquiries, please email, assistant@shaynasteele.com
Studio Singing
Learn Studio Ready Skills
Singing in a recording session is its own craft. She will coach on what a studio singer needs to succeed such as mic technique, singing to a click, building harmonies, doubles, sweetening and delivering clean, usable takes under pressure. Shayna brings her expertise from years of studio singing demos for artists such as Jennifer Hudson, Bette Midler and Rihanna plus the many movie soundtracks she's either contracted or been hired to be part of such as the Wicked Movie, K-Pop Demon Hunters, The Bourne Movie franchise and Disney live action features such as Snow White and Beauty and Beast.
Live Performance
Command the stage
With a career fronting quartets, large ensembles and orchestras, Shayna coaches what it takes to own the stage. You'll work on stage presence, working with a rhythm section, shaping a set, connection with the audience and storytelling. Shayna's most notable live performances have been with the San Diego Symphony, Rochester Phil, the Monterey Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival and as guest vocalist with Grammy Award winning trumpeter, Chris Botti and Grammy Award winning Snarky Puppy on their Family Dinner, Volume 1 album.
Vocal health and technique
The Foundation
Everything starts with technique. Breath support, tone, range and register are the keys to healthy singing and longevity. It's all about developing a voice that free and flexible. Shayna shares all of the tricks and techniques with her students that have helped her consistently deliver top quality vocals for over 30 years.
