The Power of Doing: What I Learned From a 90 Year Old Maestro

Most singers today are surrounded by information. You can find diagrams of the larynx, videos explaining resonance, warmup routines for every genre, and endless opinions on how the voice works. It is amazing how much knowledge is available, but sometimes the noise gets so loud that singers forget the most important truth:

You learn to sing by doing.

My earliest training wasn’t shaped by books or vocal pedagogy. It came from a ninety year old Italian maestro named Mario Laurenti. He taught the way the old world did. No charts. No terminology. No “explain it until it makes sense.” He listened, he adjusted, and you did it again. This wasn’t technique you memorized. It was technique you embodied. It was sound shaped through repetition, instinct, and artistry.

There was a quiet power in his simplicity. You didn’t analyze the breath. You breathed. You didn’t talk about resonance. You found it. You didn’t intellectualize the voice. You used it. And as basic as that sounds, it built some of the strongest foundations I still rely on today.

But as I started coaching singers myself, I realized something important. Not every student thrives on instinct alone. Some need clarity. Some need language. Some need to understand the “why” behind the technique so they can trust the process. My training had given me the soul of singing, but I wanted to deepen my understanding of the mechanics so I could teach from every angle.

That led me to Berklee College of Music, where I earned a Professional Certificate in Voice. The program gave me the pedagogical framework I never had growing up. It gave me the vocabulary to explain what Maestro taught me through feel. It helped me tie together classical technique, modern styles, and the science behind vocal function.

Maestro Mario Laurenti and I.

The combination changed everything.

The Maestro taught me how to be a singer.Berklee taught me how to teach one.

Today my coaching blends both worlds. I guide singers through real technique and real understanding, but I never let them lose the experiential core of the art. Singing isn’t something you can intellectualize into existence. You have to feel it. You have to do it. You have to build it into your body through repetition, exploration, and trust.

That is the power of doing. And it is one of the greatest gifts my Maestro ever gave me.

If you train with me, you get both sides. The old world and the new. The instinct and the explanation. The artistry and the structure. You get a coach who knows what it means to learn by ear, by feel, by discipline, and by understanding.

And together, we build the voice you were meant to have.