In working with and building Angelica’s voice and vocal technique, I started with Breath Management. This is Step One of the Eight Steps of Vocal Development- Breath Management and Appoggio. This lays the foundation for all the other steps.

In Step Two, we worked on building a strong lower register, or belt voice. The strength of her lower register is apparent in everything she does to this day, and the foundation was laid when she was five and six years old. Then we worked on her upper register, followed by developing her mix voice- those high, strong, and powerful money notes. We then worked on riffs and runs and style.

Many parents ask me when to start training a child’s voice. My answer is to start as soon as they are willing to practice every day, and when you the parent are willing to implement and supervise practice. You, the parent, have to be very involved. You can’t just leave it to them to practice exercises. Vocal development is similar to developing technique as a dancer or an athlete- it involves lots of exercises that have to be done daily to develop strength. It’s NOT about just singing songs.

And of course, you need to right vocal method. Most voice teaching involves a very haphazard approach of a few “warm-ups”, followed by singing a song a few times, and then you go home unchanged. Our method is very different- it’s vocal development, based on vocal science. It’s called Sequential Skill Building.

If you have a child who wants to sing, and you as a parent are willing to be pro-active with requiring and supervising daily practice, your child might achieve what Angelica Hale achieved as a result of her training at Sing Like a Star, plus her own hard work!”

If you have a child who wants to sing, and you as a parent are willing to be pro-active with requiring and supervising daily practice, your child might achieve what Angelica Hale achieved as a result of her training at Sing Like a Star, plus her own hard work!”