The Embodied Voice
with Jessica Munna
Coaching for singer/songwriters, storytelling/auditioning for performers, public speaking coaching for professionals, support for blocked voices, VO coaching for actors, and mental health practices for performance artists & body practitioners.
about me
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rates
private lessons: £40 online | £45 IRL (60-70 mins)
group classes: tiered rates by income (90 minutes)
For parents based in the UK, I have a valid DBS security check. You can alternately book me via Tutorful or FirstTutorsUK.
my background
I have been performing since I was 8 years old and have sung in genres from choral, to barbershop, to gospel, to opera, to rock, to jazz. I love singing, the voice and I love to share my knowledge.
As a trained actor, I have extensive experience in voiceover, public speaking, and performance technique. I’ve spent years teaching students from age 5 to age 70 and have worked with independent musicians, hobbyists, musical theatre performers, professionals, and public speakers.
I began my teaching life in artist outreach & peace-building projects around the world, receiving the prestigious Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship for my work, taking me to South Africa to study, perform, and facilitate community service projects.
My lessons are infused with all of the passion & wisdom of my varied experiences. My teaching style combines 1) classical technique & 2) the philosophy of jazz & actor training.
To begin, 1) our lessons are structured in a way that focuses and gradually layers technique in body relaxation & awareness, breath work, resonance, articulation, and storytelling. While I facilitate the lesson to teach you the rules to the best of my understanding, 2) I encourage you to become an expert in your own instrument and your own taste so that as you develop mastery you will have an awareness of what works for you, strategies to support yourself, a sense of your own taste, and your own creative instincts of how to break the rules that I’ve taught you– thereby cultivating your own creative identity.
I am a certified EFT & EMDR practitioner and lead “Embodied Voice” classes that incorporate the voice into our understanding of the body-mind connection & mental health.
testimonials
Jessica's utterly brilliant, the best singing teacher I had so far! I always look forward to our sessions, she made me feel comfortable and at ease from the start and her teaching style is really unique. She’s incredibly knowledgeable and doesn’t just focus on the vocals but on the mechanics of the voice, how it all ties together and so much more, which I find fascinating and really useful. I wholeheartedly recommend her to anyone who’s either thinking of giving singing a try or getting better at it!
Jessica put me at ease immediately and really helped build my confidence when it came to singing auditions. Soon after we started working together, I had one of the biggest theatre auditions of my career. After going through my song choices together I went into the audition room feeling so much more comfortable than I did before. Her encouragement helped me feel brave enough to make bold choices and interpret the pieces in my own ways to make them work best for me. I didn't get that job, but I did get the next one and the one after that! My belief in myself improved massively when I realised how much Jessica believed in me.
Jessica's prepped me for a VO recording. Her coaching is technically superb while still being accessible and fun! Her approach puts the power in your hands to ask for what you want using her guidance to get to where you need to be.
Jessica is such a natural teacher and doing online lessons with her has totally changed my relationship with singing. She’s helped me find my voice and my confidence. Lessons with her have deepened my relationship with my voice. I really never thought I would get to this point.
Jessica's singing classes are my form of self-care.