A popular teacher in high demand, Natsuko teaches passionately at two private schools and at her home. Her teaching style is energetic and quite original, based on her strong classical singing training plus prolonged studies with a speech pathologist, Alexander technique specialists and physical activities includes Karate and swimming. Natsuko regularly attends professional development courses in order to maintain the most up to date knowledge in pedagogy of singing. She mainly teachers beginner to intermediate students of classical, contemporary popular and musical theatre genres. "Voice is such a personal instrument and one needs to be in touch with themselves mentally as much as physically. It is noting more rewarding than hearing better sound coming out from my students mouth and seeing their big smile. 

I have been having singing lessons with Natsuko for about two and half years and before that I have been with 3 other singing teachers. I found I work with Natsuko the best due to her pragmatic approach and inspiration from her international performing experience in opera and musical theatres.

 

Natsuko was soon able to point out and tackle my old singing and breathing problems which nobody else was able to find the cause. Her deep understanding of the relationship between body anatomy, our vocal instruments and cultural influences (our habits and the phonetic system of different languages) has significantly helped me to improve my singing techniques.

 

Natsuko is always keen to support her students to take on real challenge by entering us into different singing competitions, exams and giving out real on-stage experience at her concerts. It was also my honour to have the opportunities to perform at her concerts together with other talented musicians; all have become my invaluable experiences.

 

Thank you Natsuko for always being there, your patience and support throughout my singing journey.

 

Jenny Chiu