Are you a singer who is:

* looking for more ease & freedom in your voice?
* troubled by changes in your aging voice?
* wanting a solid technical foundation for your singing goals?
* wanting to expand or integrate your vocal range?
* curious about how your voice works?
​* aching to be in charge of your own vocal journey?
* experiencing frustration & discouragement from a lack of progress?
* experiencing regular vocal strain or suffering from a vocal injury?
* wanting a teacher who will honor your unique sound and artistry?
* wanting to experience more joy & emotional connection through music?
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Yes? Book your ​FREE Exploration Call today!

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Hi! I'm Sarah Jebian!

• I believe that everyone can sing, It's my passion to help you find and develop your voice, your unique sound.

• I believe that our voices are our most human, vulnerable, expressive part of who we are, and that singing is a whole body-mind-spirit experience. I recognize that you are a live human being who has bad days, fears, trauma, and also joy, curiosity, and passion. I love that about you and will meet you where you are on any given day!

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• I am committed to making my studio a space where you can bring your whole beautiful self, including racial, cultural, ethnic, gender, and sexual identities, and neuro & physical diversity. This commitment includes my continual learning through books, coursework, and mentoring.  Also, there's no such thing as the 'right' music for learning to sing. The music you love to sing is 'the right music"!

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• I specialize in teaching contemporary music styles and musical theater. I include performance coaching as part of our learning, not just vocal technique.  After all, songs are stories set to music and we are the storytellers.

I work with singers:

• Ages 14 and older. (For younger students, I can recommend some great teachers.)
• In person and online. My home studio is located in Mountain View, CA. For online students, all you need is a laptop, a phone or tablet, and maybe a Bluetooth speaker (though it's not 100% necessary).
• Who love to learn how things work. I am obsessed with the science behind how our voices function and love to share that passion with my students.
• Who want to work on musical theater and popular music. (If classical music is your jam, I can recommend some great teachers.)
• Who want to work hard and who take responsibility for their own artistic journey. I teach from a student-led, evidence-based pedagogy, using principles of exercise physiology to train the muscles involved with vocal production to achieve your desired tonal outcome.​

What does student-led, evidence-based pedagogy mean?
Simply put, you are in charge of our time together. You pick the music we work on. You set the agenda for the lesson. I'm simply a guide on your path to a greater understanding of your unique voice. Your experience is led by you, with guidance from me as needed. The truth is, you likely already know what to do. You just don't know how to do it consistently and on demand. I'll help you unlock the door through expert guidance, grounded in the latest voice science as we understand it. As vocologists learn more about the vocal instrument, so do we! Yay SCIENCE!

Questions? Ready to Get Started? 

STEP 1: BOOK YOUR FREE EXPLORATION CALL

We'll talk about your goals and how we might work together to achieve them.

STEP 2: BOOK YOUR FIRST LESSON!
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We'll do a voice assessment and develop a plan to get you where you want to go.

STEP 3: DISCOVER YOUR UNIQUE VOICE!

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Start your lessons and be delighted by your own growth as an artist!​

CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR CALL TODAY!

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THE BRAINY STUFF

EXPERIENCE

• 35+ years as a musical theater, classical, pop & rock performer
• 15+ years as a private teacher, choral director and guest lecturer 

CERTIFICATIONS
VoicePed (Un)Degree Class of 2024 - Dr. Shannon Coates Voice & the Art of Teaching

• Curriculum included: Student-centered Pedagogy Principles, Diagnostics, How We Learn & How We Teach, Universal Design for Learning, Classical & Contemporary Sounds, Child/Adolescent/Aging Voices, Building Inclusive Voice Spaces, & Neurodiversity-Affirming practices in the studio. 

Maddie Tarbox Vocal Academy      

•  Vocal Function 101 

• Mechanics of Mix & Belt

CCM Vocal Institute, Shenandoah University

• Musical Theater Repertoire 1900s - present day
• Anatomy of the Voice & Respiratory System
• The Fundamentals of Functional Voice Training
• The Injured Singing Voice: Tools for Every Singing Teacher
• The Vocal Athlete’s Guide to Vocal Fitness & Wellness

MY LIBRARY
I'VE READ IT!

• The Vocal Athlete: Application & Technique for the Hybrid Singer (Marci Daniels Rosenberg & Dr. Wendy LeBorgne)
• The Singing Teachers Guide to Transgender Voices (Liz Jackson Hearns & Brian Kremer)
  
• Discover Your Voice: How to Develop Healthy Habits (Oren Brown)
  
• Complete Vocal Fitness: A Singer's Guide to Physical Training, Anatomy & Biomechanics (Claudia Friedlander)
  
• The Artist's Way (Julia Cameron)
• Belting: A Guide to Healthy, Powerful Singing (Jeannie Gagne)
• Diagnosis and Correction of Vocal Faults (James McKinney)
• ​Vocal Technique: A Guide for Conductors, Teachers & Singers (Julia Davids)
• Teaching With Respect: Inclusive Pedagogy for Choral Ensembles (Stephen Sleck)
• The Anatomy of Tone: Applying Voice Science to Choral Ensemble Pedagogy (James Jordan, Kathy Kessler-Price, Sean McCarther)
• Training Contemporary Commercial Singers (Elizabeth Ann Benson)

CURRENTLY READING!

• Singing Through Change (Nancy Bos, Joanne Hayes Bozeman, Cate Frazier-Neely)
• Money Notes* (Meredith Colby)
• The Musician's Mind* (Lynn Helding)

IN MY QUEUE!

• Trauma & the Voice (Dr. Emily Jaworski Koriath)
• Music Essentials for Singers & Actors: Fundamentals of Notation, Sight Singing & Music Theory (Andrew Gerle)
  
• Body & the Voice (Marina Gillman)
  
• The Evolving Voice (Karen Brunssen)
• Finding Your Style & Artistic Voice (Jessica Baldwin)
• Fat Liberation in the Voice Studio (Elizabeth Benson & Kate Rosen) (article in Voice & Speech Review)