🎼 Learn Sight-Singing with Confidence
Instructor: David Jayden Anthony
Professional Voice Coach • Former Choral Director • Musical Theatre Educator & Ensemble Specialist
👨🏫 Why Learn Sight-Singing from Me?
- Former choral director at top performing arts schools, including OCSA and university-level programs
- 20+ years of experience teaching voice, music theory, and ensemble musicianship
- Trained hundreds of singers in solfège, rhythm reading, and part independence
- Specialized in preparing students for college auditions, All-State Choir, NYSSMA, and musical theatre callbacks
🎯 Who Is This Training For?
- High school and college students auditioning for musical theatre or vocal performance programs
- Choir members who want to become strong section leaders or prepare for honor choir placements
- Private voice students who want to build confidence reading music independently
- Musical theatre performers preparing for callbacks with sight-reading components
📚 What You’ll Learn in Sight-Singing Lessons
- Solfège Fluency – Master movable-do and fixed-do systems
- Rhythm Reading – Internalize beat subdivisions, syncopation, and compound meter
- Pitch Navigation – Intervals, leaps, and key modulations
- Two-Part & Four-Part Reading – Harmony lines and SATB sight-singing
- Audition-Specific Practice – Simulate real audition excerpts and time pressure
🎵 My Choral & Musical Background
As a seasoned choral director and voice educator, I’ve:
- Directed advanced SATB choirs and chamber ensembles at OCSA and other California-based programs
- Music directed major musical theatre productions and benefit concerts with live vocal ensembles
- Arranged choral works performed by award-winning high school and community choirs
- Coached sight-reading and musicianship at the collegiate level for aspiring voice majors and theatre students
I bring this extensive experience into every sight-singing session, whether you’re prepping for an audition or building long-term skills.
🎓 Step-by-Step Sight-Singing Curriculum
| Skill Area | What We Cover | Why It Matters |
| Pitch & Key Recognition | Key signatures, solfège, scale practice | Helps orient you before you start singing |
| Rhythm & Pulse | Clapping, counting, subdividing, tempo changes | Reduces rhythm-based errors in auditions |
| Interval Training | Visual and aural recognition of steps and leaps | Improves tuning accuracy and harmonic independence |
| Two-Part & Four-Part Reading | Practice with duets and SATB scores | Prepares you for ensemble and callback work |
| Real Audition Simulations | Timed reading, cold sight excerpts, stress-reduction | Boosts performance under pressure |
💬 What Students Say
“David helped me go from scared to confident. I passed my college sight-singing audition and actually enjoyed it!”
“His system made rhythm finally click for me. It’s not just music theory — it’s music *fluency*.”
📅 Ready to Train?
Book your first sight-singing session now or schedule a free consultation to assess your level.
📘 Book a Sight-Singing Session
Have questions? Email me or include your goals in the contact form.
✨ Build Real Musical Independence
Whether you’re preparing for an elite program or just want to stop fearing sheet music, I’ll teach you how to see music, hear it, and sing it — all at once.
Let’s turn you into the kind of singer every director loves.