Ep.111 Essential Piano Skills For Singers And Voice Teachers With Brenda Earle Stokes

Today Alexa is joined by the person otherwise known as the Piano Skills for Singers Woman. Brenda Earle Stokes is an internationally recognised pianist, vocalist, and educator who has taught keyboard and musicianship skills to hundreds of singers. She is the creator of The Versatile Musician, a membership that includes the likes of piano training, music theory improvisation, and lots more. Brenda is here to chat about how to build piano skills as a voice teacher and singer.

KEY MOMENTS

‘I like to say my native language is piano’ 
‘Piano is the place where you can get the skills you need to be able to function in a work environment’
‘The purpose of this is that it does not happen in a vacuum’

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast - Ep. Coaching Contemporary Commercial Musical with Kim Chandler: https://linktr.ee/basttraining?utm_source
• Sheet Music Direct: www.sheetmusicdirect.com
• Ultimate Guitar: ultimate-guitar.com
• Keyboard Kraze Blog Post - Best Fake Books for Piano by Chris Senner: https://keyboardkraze.com/fake-books-for-piano/

ABOUT THE GUEST
 Brenda Earle Stokes is an internationally recognised pianist, vocalist and educator. Known far and wide as the "Piano Skills for Singers" woman, she has taught hundreds of singers to find success at the keyboard and to fortify their musicianship skills with her unique methods. A longtime private teacher, Brenda is now an online course creator and her membership The Versatile Musician, which combines piano training with musicianship, theory, jazz and improvisation, serves students around the globe.  Her teaching style is practical, efficient and filled with humour and enthusiasm.

EPISODE RESOURCES

Guest Website:

• pianoandvoicewithbrenda.com

Membership: 

• theversatilemusician.com

Social Media: 

• Instagram: @brendaearlestokes
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrendaEarleStokes/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pianoandvoicewithbrenda

Crash Course in Piano Skills for Singers:  

• https://pianoandvoicewithbrenda.com/crash-course-in-piano-skills/

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