InstantForum.NET v4.1.3Discussion Forums/TPModerator@tradingpost.com.auSat, 20 Mar 2010 02:15:00 GMT20/Topic2728-68-1.aspxGo to Eistedfodds and other competitions to hear what people the same age are doing. If you like what you hear, the child's teacher might be there and you could talk to them. Ask around - is there some one at your daughter's school studying music privately? Check out the teacher's lists online of Music organisations, especially Music Teachers Association. Don't be frightened to change teachers if one doesn't work out. (Been there, done that.) <br><br>Because she is so young, it might be too early for her to start studying voice. You would have to find a teacher who could assess her properly and had some experience in dealing with young voices. Vocal chords are very fragile and sensitive and it is very easy to damage them. Once the damage is done, there is no going back. A lot of voices, both young and old, have been wrecked by poor teaching. (On the other hand, properly trained voices that are looked after go on for many decades.) <br><br>You would also need a teacher who understood a broad range of music and would be able to help her voice go where it wants to go, and with her eventual choice of style - from classical, music theatre, jazz, and everything else. AND it will her choice. Basically voices will find what they want in time. You can't tell anyone from day one that they are a soprano, contralto, or whatever. The voice will change over time and discover its own level. <br><br>Too many "teachers" bully their students into doing what they want them to do, not what the student feels is right for them. It is practically impossible to do a good job with something you don't like. <br><br>Don't expect overnight results. The voice takes years to train, as it does to learn to play any instrument.<br><br>PLEASE avoid anyone who pushes kids into that dreadful, screechy, overtly sexual stuff you hear too often in shopping centres, attached to inappropriately costumed child dancers.<br><br>As for the sax - many singers also play woodwinds or brass. Sounds like a great combination to me. May she make beautiful music for a very long time!Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:15:32 GMTthetrybe/Topic2728-68-1.aspxCan anyone point me in the direction of a reputable individual /other for sax & singing lessons for my near 13yo daughter. She's being playing sax for over 1 yr at school. We live near Kallangur Qld 4503 & due to work hours am looking for saturday availability, or alternate arrangements. she has raw & genuine potential if i can find the right tutor/s. thanks <img align="absmiddle" src="/Skins/TradingPost/Images/EmotIcons/Smile.gif" border="0" title="Smile">Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:05:01 GMTfortheloveof