Award-Winning Voice Lessons In-Person & Online
Book A Toronto-Based Voice Teacher For Your Availability, Interest, And Level
Our Voice Lessons Are For Every Age & Interest
Our skilled, diverse voice teachers methods such as the Singer’s Edge Program with online tools to expand your range, and enhance your unique voice.
Beginner Singing Lessons
Singing lessons for teenagers are encouraging, goal oriented and great for building confidence from sounding like their favorite artists to finding new, authentic ways of expressing themselves.
Advanced Singing Lessons
Most Adult students take singing lessons to relieve stress and bring joy. Whether you want to sing at your own wedding or improve your karaoke skills, your teacher will help you achieve your goals.
Youth Singing Lessons
Kids have fun in engaging and educational games that explore technique, skill and song work in every lesson allowing for children to stay focused and motivated to keep learning!
Awarded Voice Lessons
We’ve won Toronto’s Best Music School yearly since 2013 by multiple awards companies! And not because we’re lucky. We have been continuously upgrading our academy and programming to be the best in the world while easy to understand!
What makes Singer’s Edge unique is our unique focus and range of highly qualified vocal instructors that specialize in Pop, R&B, Musical Theatre, Soul, Jazz, and more.
As well as our amazing online voice teachers, the other feature of our vocal school is our amazing Singer’s Edge Program™, with a wealth of virtual resources for home practice.
The Singer's Edge Program
We have students that travel from across the GTA to use our program, as well as licensed schools internationally that use the program in their music schools as well.
There are four key areas of the program that allow you to progress easily from one vocal strength to the next: 1) Foundations 2) Musicality 3) Vocal Style 4) Performance. Most students choose to learn the Singer’s Edge Program from the beginning, however, many choose to focus exclusively on the areas of singing that are most important to them. Still, some students prefer going through lessons without our program, in an ad-hoc, less structured format.
Our specialized and proprietary program will guide you through all the essential skills needed for singing so you can great no matter what song you sing!
The only singing technique that has added value
“This is the only singing technique that has added value and improvement to my vocal ability.”
- A.J
What makes Us Different?
At Toronto Arts Academy, everyone from the front desk to your chosen teacher cares about you and your music journey to ensure you reach your goals.
Private Voice Lessons
We cater your voice lessons to you and for your voice. Develop confidence, poise, expression, and language skills that drive success.
Free Group Classes
Every week we feature lots of free drop-in bonus group masterclasses for you to get extra learning at no extra cost!
Biannual Performances
Twice a year we put on fun performances so you can get onstage in a supportive environment and gain experience
Various Teaching Styles
Our teachers are flexible in their style and experience for a wide variety of learning styles and goals.
Frequently Asked Questions
Explore the answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about our voice lessons below:
We understand that everyone has unique learning needs. That’s why all of our teachers work hard to tailor their lessons to the age, skill, and learning style of every student that comes through our doors. We choose from a range of programs, and adapt to you and your goals.
We’ve got even more great news for you! While we would love to see you really sink your learning into one instrument you will love, many of our instructors teach multiple instruments, and we have a wide-range of make-up classes that you can drop-in on for every instrument. This means if you are feeling drawn to a new instrument, you’re welcome to try a few others at any time! Since we have over 40 of the best music teachers between in the GTA, you have even more opportunity to try all of the instruments we teach here including: piano, voice, guitar and drums. Some of our teachers even teach ukelele, bass, mandolin, trumpet, and more! Not sure if we teach an instrument? Just ask!
Music lessons at our academy are all private and are usually 30 mins each, which most find is just enough time to learn lots of new concepts and thing to practice on without getting overwhelmed or losing focus. However, more serious students may come twice weekly, or for hour-long lessons. We also feature lots of group make-up classes on rotation every weekend for every instrument and each group, so you can catch up on any missed lessons, and meet new friends, or try new instruments! Really want to grow as a musician? Most of our students choose to participate in our free performances for all levels and ages that we do twice a year (along with walking the red carpet!). Our performances provide the perfect goal to work towards through their lessons. Students find that having a performance goal helps to keep them on track andfocusedd during the lessons and their at-home practice.
Both sport and music programs offer many benefits that prepare children for success. In fact, both sports and music engagement provide many of the same benefits including learning and appreciating teamwork, learning discipline, learning to focus on one goal, and improving physical skills like coordination and balance. While sports may provide additional physical benefits including exercise and providing a physical outlet for energy, music provides creative and expressive outlets similar to, but different than in sports. Because sports and music provide similar benefits, as long as you engage in one or the other, that’s all that really matters. Analyses have found a child typically maintains their orientation to one or the other as they age.
One of the greatest lessons one can take away from drumming is understanding the concept of time within the musical framework. It teaches us discipline, to listen and more importantly it teaches responsibility. Drums are a very beautiful yet powerful instrument. Like a lion, who commands the African savanna with its fierce claws, but when retracted becomes the most calm and majestic creature. It takes a lot of will power to stay calm when playing the drums because of its massive sound. As a great philosopher once said, “with great power comes great responsibility” -Ben Parker.
Online drum lessons are a great way to channel your high energy and creativity! Playing the drums is one of the most exhilarating, and physically interactive instruments to learn. As such, many high energy students find the drums a great instrument to learn as they can funnel their energy into the playing of it. Some students find although there is more coordination required by both your hands and your feet, overall, you don’t need to learn pitch notation to get started, like other instruments.
Much research has been made recently in how music affects human development. It should come as no surprise that music has profoundly positive, and everlasting effects on the brain. Some of the many cognitive benefits of learning music includes big increases in short term memory capacity. Those with learning difficulties benefit greatly from musical experience. Music and language are closely tied together across all cultures so that musicians develop more sophisticated language resources.
More intriguingly, brainstems in children who took music lessons are much rebust in adulthood that those didn’t take music lessons! Research has also found that those participate in music make great team players at work! Those individuals with an appreciation for music were found to have lower stress and anxiety levels overall. Further, those who engage with music experience more emotional power and control over those emotions. More importantly, music therapy is found to be profoundly beneficial for all kinds of patients include PTSD patients, war veterans, epilepsy and dementia.
As a parent, you want to makes sure you nurture their development with an eye for the long term. It is the habit of practice that could matter more than the quality, or length of the practice itself. Since most experts agree that 30 minutes a day, every day, provides the strongest foundation and likelihood for becoming a lifetime musician, by getting yourself to the habit of practice, you can set yourself easily to achieve that goal! You can always break that 30 minutes practice time into multiple sessions, to make it easier and to avoid fatigue and burnout. The best way to practice is to focus intently on different sections of music, without over practicing, or under practicing, on just one section.
Vocal Training Leaders
We are an industry leader when it comes to online singing lessons for beginners, as well as professional vocal development. Our licensed curriculum Singer’s Edge Program™ has been used internationally by some of the most respected award-winning singers, music schools and industry institutions.
But don’t let that scare you! Our singing system works with all ages, all levels, all popular music styles, and those with any goals – even beginners! You choose a commitment level and pace that is most comfortable for you. You even earn certificates as your progress the program!
How Do Lessons Work?
What can you expect in your own singing lessons? Upon your first arrival, you will be greeted by our friendly and supportive front desk staff. You will then meet with your assigned coach and discuss your history, desires and goals for vocal training.
After learning about you, we usually jump into a vocal assessment that demonstrates your strengths and areas for improvement. We will then discuss how to create the best training regime for you and your goals to get you on track on your journey.
Then we will jump right away into some customized exercises to get your voice feeling more balanced and stronger, followed by funest part: applying what you’ve learned to singing the songs you love!
Find best Toronto
Voice Teachers
Our voice teachers are carefully selected for their educational background, professional experience, and their warm personalities.
We Guarantee the Best Voice Teacher for you.
With over 30 carefully selected music teachers between 2 locations, we guarantee to have the best teacher match for you! We aim to provide a great experience for you and your family, or get your money back.
How Do Voice Lessons Help?
Our singing lessons help you build experience and practice. Our voice lessons are based on decades of singing technique expertise. Our custom designed exercises will guide you to sounding like a natural!
- Experience immediate results
- Voice lessons are easy and fun!
- Benefit from time-saving singing techniques.
- In your voice lessons, your voice will be continually assessed.
- One powerfully strong, modern sounding voice with no breaks.
- Discover vocal range you never knew you had
- Sing correctly to support and build your distinctive singing style.
- Sing with confidence and vocal power
- Unparalleled voice lessons help you to uncover potential and style.
- Our voice lessons adapt to your unique needs and desires!
Benefits Of Singing
One study found that group singing lowers stress, relieves anxiety, and elevates endorphins. Group singing has also been found to build a sense of community and shared endeavours.
Through this neurochemistry of music study, singing was found to provide substantial benefits like decreased levels of stress, increased sense of community, and stimulates the release of dopamine which in term creates lower rates of addiction.
This study found that singing helps to increase the use of expressive language, improved cardiovascular function, and improved emotional regulation.
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Perfect place to take voice lessons
“Professional, super well organized, perfect place for my 7 year old daughter to take voice lessons!!! Alvaro is so patient and sweet!!! Front desk staff, and manager so friendly and helpful!!!”
- London Vieira
Conquered All The Obstacles In Singing I’ve Battled For Years
Brandon’s positive affirming spirit and brilliant understanding of music and the voice has helped me conquer all the obstacles in singing that I’ve battled for years. I have been singing principals in west end shows as well, something that has been a lifelong dream of mine. In just under 2 years of voice lessons studying with Brandon, I’ve made phenomenal progress, expanding my vocal range to 4 octaves, building strength in my voice, and giving me the ability and confidence to sing any song from opera to R&B. Brandon’s lively and friendly persona makes my every lesson a real joy to go to every week. Every voice lesson is fun and relaxing as well as enriching and inspiring.
It is with great confidence and expectation of success that I recommend Mr. Brophy
Brandon is an absolutely marvelous teacher… And he’s fast too! Mr. Brophy is an excellent musician and has over the years I’ve known him developed a vocal range that extends to well over 3 octaves. He not only plays piano well but is also very much aware of the various musical styles that different vocal performers use. His voice is free and has a large vocal range with a developed ability to sing with ease and fulfill the requirements within any style of music (pop, jazz, r&b, musical theatre). He shows a strong focus towards his voice teaching career and towards various educational capacities for the Speech Level Singing organization. I believe that he will pull into his voice training work the entire musical prowess experienced in his lifelong passionate focus towards his vocal application. He has the ability to combine not only his performance skills, but also his voice teachers mind for musical education. Being a complete musician he will accomplish success by achieving it himself and encourage and support his students in doing the same. Brandon is one of those peculiar pupils who is so in love with his craft that he wants to extend it towards others in anyway he can. It is with great confidence and expectation of success that I recommend Mr. Brophy. I myself have been teaching for 52 years, and I must say that Mr. Brophy is the kind of voice teacher that we should all be fortunate to be able to work with. If you need any further information, please see my website www.sethriggs.com.
Results In Such A Short Time
I am so impressed with the results you’ve had in such a short time I’ve begun giving out your number to some of my clients.
So Much More Consistency & Way More Confidence
For two and a half months before rehearsals started, I took voice lessons with Brandon and i can’t tell you what a drastic difference it made in my voice. I had issues with disconnectedness and tonal differences between head and chest and not knowing how to blend them… I came away from that short period of time of voice training work with Brandon, with so much more knowledge, how to practice, so much more consistency and way more confidence. I’m so happy with myself and my employers are really happier with me. Thank you Brandon SO much. Can’t wait to see you next summer.
Gained That Elusive Confidence In My Voice
After trying many different styles and techniques I can finally say I found the way to good vocal technique. Brandon’s positive attitude and charisma, his in-depth know-how and energy are exactly what I was looking for. The studio is so cozy and the way the light comes through the window is so inspiring, the whole ambiance, amazing. I came to the right environment and the right person which will help me gain that elusive confidence in my voice. If I lived in Toronto I would be there have voice lessons every other day!
More Than A School, This Place Is A Community!
Changed my voice for the better. More than a school, this place is a community! I have been singing since I was eight, I am in my twenties now and had no idea that I even needed proper training till I started with Brandon almost two years ago! His coaching made a night and day difference in my voice. My band members actually saw a drastic improvement in my voice after just two classes with Brandon. My friends, family and band members continue to express how amazing my voice has become in the past few years. It is only up from here! I’ve had such a remarkable 3 year journey with Singers Edge so far. My voice consistently keeps improving and I discover new capabilities with it on a regular basis! My critics, band members and friends now say I sound like a professional singer and I couldn’t be happier to hear that! If you want to be your best and make some amazing contacts in the local music scene, this is the place for it!
Improved My Range & Liberated My Voice
Brandon has helped me improve my range and liberate my voice.
I Have Referred Many Professional Friends
I have referred many professional friends to Brandon- and the list keeps growing. Every time I have referred a singer, they call me and thank me for introducing me to Brandon as he changes their lives by opening up their voices to reach their true potential. He continues to do this with me- always with a smile and open ears.
Bataclan Michelle
Awsome environment and awesome teachers! The techniques they teach are unbelievable. You really notice how much you progress in so little time.
Jsin Sasha
I’m there multiple times per week and look forward to each visit. It’s an awesome environment to learn.
I’ve Never Felt More Confident
I have to say that I am so so grateful for your help. I’ve never felt more confident as I did this morning when we were in Audio. He said I did a great job, and the Audio technician, whom I’ve worked with many times, and who is a very experienced musician, said that he thinks my lessons with you have made a big difference. He said “you have a new skill”. So thank you Brandon. My big bosses will be so grateful too, once they hear the difference.
Vikki Jin
All the staff are super friendly, helpful and welcoming! All the coaches are extremely knowledgable and supportive!! I met lots of talented and inspiring local artists through the school. Love everyone here!! I would definitely recommend it to everyone who loves music and singing <3 <3 <3
Broadened Range, Corrected Pitch & Improved Intonation
My first voice lesson brought to light immediate results. He tuned in to my individual voice and was quickly able to tell me what adjustments I needed to make to improve my singing. Not only have the techniques I learned from Brandon helped me broaden my range, correct my pitch and improve my intonation, but the same techniques have helped me to sing safely through sore throats due to colds. Training with Brandon has greatly enhanced my enjoyment of performing full time. For this I am truly grateful.
Veronica Sabah
The best music school I’ve been to! Amazing people and I always feel excited to attend my lessons !
Best Training I’ve Ever Experienced!
Best training I’ve ever experienced! Within my first few lessons, I had accessed a whole other dimension of my voice that I didn’t even know existed. He has created an open learning environment where I feel comfortable trying new things and exceeding my limitations. He genuinely cares about the improvement of his students and provides incredible opportunities for them to grow. If an “Edge” is what you’re looking for… Singer’s Edge is the place to be.
Robyn Taff Harris
Quality instruction at an awesome studio- this place is a win-win!
Sandy Skaggs-Coop
Singer’s Edge is a great place to learn music! I highly recommend to anyone looking for music lessons!
Amazing Coaches, Wonderfully Skillful, Fun Teachers
If you’re looking for a fun and comfortable environment to learn to sing or to improve upon your singing skills, Singer’s Edge is your goal! Singer’s Edge has amazing coaches, wonderfully skillful, fun teachers as well as amazing staff. As a current student, Nevon and other coaches at Singer’s Edge, have taught me various vocal warm ups and technical exercises to train my voice. As a constant supporter and experienced musician, he truly tailors the lessons to the individual. If you’re looking to amp up your vocals, look no further.”
Amazingly Talented Coaches, Friendly Environment
Amazingly talented coaches, friendly environment, a great place to meet fellow artists from the city. It’s is hands down the best place for music in Toronto!
Very Friendly Staff
Very friendly staff that are easy to approach. The quarterly performance opportunities are great and I love that the studio arranged photo sessions for the students and gave us free copies. Keep up the great work 🙂
Knowledgeable And Helpful, Cheerful And Friendly
Matt is very knowledgeable and helpful. The front desk staff are cheerful and friendly.
Lesson Plan Was Consistent With My Goals As A Guitarist And Singer
I thought the lesson was very comprehensive, and I liked how my teacher, Toby, was able to make a lesson plan that was consistent with my goals as a guitarist and singer.
Your Singing Coaches Put Their Hearts Into Their Work And Authentically Care
Professional and friendly. Your Singing coaches put their hearts into their work and authentically care about the people they are working with. Adrian brings a great deal of creative and business insights into our discussions. Joanna is excellent at motivating my son into expanding his creativity and view during his songwriting Thank you
Group Classes, Performances, Concerts
Coaching one on one, group classes, performances, concerts!
Always Friendly, Always Professional
Always friendly. Always professional. Singer’s edge is a supportive community unlike any other that I am happy to be a part of.
Great Staff And Support
My vocal trainer is awesome! Singers Edge has a great staff and support.
The Community Vibe And Ability To Network
My coach rocks! The flexibility to focus on material of interest. Group classes and recital opportunities. The community vibe and ability to network with other artists.
Eric Greenero
As an intermediate level guitar player, playing both rhythm and lead, I decided after many years, on a whim, that I wanted to sing with the various ‘fun’ bands I played in. Playing Blues, Rock, 60’s to 2000’s. Anything we liked. I tried some backup vocals at first, and then soloed while playing my guitar. It was a lot harder than I thought. However, over the last few months with a great instructor, and challenging Practice Modules, I have found my ability to both sing and play the guitar together getting, far easier, in so many ways. I feel I’ve only scratched the surface, and am motivated to continue.
Sheri Rhines
Everyone was super kind and welcoming. It helped me not be so anxious about trying to do something I have always wanted to but never did because I was self conscious, especially being that I am older. You are never to old to try! 😊
jay kim
For anyone seeking a better singing voice I would highly recommend this place and I would highly recommend Christian to teach you. All the staff are very friendly and communication was very easy.
Steve B
I highly recommend this place! I have been cursed with a terrible voice, but always had an overwhelming desire to sing. I am very happy I started to take lessons after resisting for 30 years. After some extended time focusing on developing my vocal skills, I ACTUALLY got better and can sing in pitch/key. I feel the 1.5 year investment I’ve made so far has given me gift 1000% worth the investment and is something I know will be engrained as part of the rest of my life.
For reference, my music teach is Matt – he’s great! Tatiana & Katie at the front desk are super nice too! 🙂
If you’re considering lessons and have a fire for signing, DO IT and stick to it. A couple times I felt I didnt have progress, but some of that was just in my head and it’s worth working past that…out of nowhere you may find yourself pleasantly surprised at what you can do. Suddenly you may find yourself surprised about how much you’ve developed.
Nen Paget
Coaches and staff are always supportive, friendly, and helpful. A relaxed yet highly informative learning structure which moves at the student’s own pace. Singer’s Edge has helped me so much in my musical and vocal development; I highly reccommend aspiring musicians to give it a try!
I like the website, this prompted me to book a lesson. Lizzie is a fantastic teacher – and Tracy at front desk is super nice. Everyone who works here represents the company well!