Victoria Lavan

Style: Pop; Opera; Jazz; Folk; Rock; Classical; Musical Theatre

Title: Director of Vocal Health-Voice Instructor-AMDA College for the Performing Arts

Bio: Victoria Lavan enjoys a varied and accomplished career as a singer, actress, teacher and vocologist. Known for her skills and success in many styles and genres of music, she has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as “…a soprano with first-rate, high soaring vocal skills…and a warm, lyrical, uncluttered way with a song…” (Don Heckman). Favorite collaborations and roles include: the Sundance Institute with San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship Program; Salt Lake Opera Theatre, Rigoletto (Gilda); Opera Unplugged, La Boheme (Musetta); Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra, The Telephone (Lucy); New West Symphony, Ventura Music Festival - Bach B Minor Mass, soprano soloist, Grammy Award winning conductor, Vance George; Jesus Christ Superstar with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson and Love Letters with her late husband, Bruce Liberty, Rubicon Theatre Co.; Glitter and Be Gay: A Tribute to Barbara Cook, El Portal Theatre and regional tour, numerous cabaret and concert performances and several new musical theatre works, including “The Tango Singer” at Theatre West and “Swan Lake the Musical” – a Sold Out concert performance in Los Angeles. Victoria is the Director of Vocal Health and Principal Voice Faculty at AMDA College and Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles and has also served on the voice faculties of Ventura College, Pepperdine University and UCLA. She actively pursues advanced study for the practice of vocology, the habituation of the voice using traditional methods intertwined with current voice science findings and vocal health practices. This unique, evidence-based approach to training the voice creates an instrument with balanced, sustainable technique facilitating a high level of artistic expressivity and freedom. She is also pursuing certification in Estill Voice Work. Victoria is a Charter Voting Member of the Pan American Vocology Association, a member of the Voice Foundation and the National Association of Teachers of Singing where she has served as past president of NATS-LA and NATS regional governor for Southern California. She received the NATS Teacher Enrichment Grant Award in 2013 to pursue studies in vocology at the National Institute for Voice and Speech. In 2017 Victoria was awarded a full scholarship to a 200-hour yoga teacher training program. She is a Certified Registered Yoga Trainer with Yoga Alliance (RYT200) and teaches vinyasa flow and restorative yoga for singers. Victoria also proudly serves on the Vocal Health Committee for the Grammy Awards MusiCares Foundation developing vocal wellness awareness and services for touring and recording artists around the world. As live theatre and music performances emerge from the dark days of isolation the world has endured Victoria’s students are lighting up stages on Broadway: “Hamilton,” “Tina Turner the Musical,” “Caroline or Change,” “Moulin Rouge,” “The Book of Mormon,” and “Chicken and Biscuits,” the West-End in London: “Hair,” in National and International tours: “The Book of Mormon,” “Aladdin,” “Dear Evan Hansen,” “Anastasia: The Musical,” with Disney and Universal Studios worldwide, cruise lines worldwide, touring with rock bands: The Late, Great Charlie Borski, Introverted Funk, Mo5aic and working in recording studios releasing new music in Los Angeles and New York and creating their own notable and recognized artistic work. Indeed, The Lights are UP! CONTACT: vlavan@amda.edu or victorialavan@gmail.com

Voice Type: Soprano

Music Styles Taught: Pop; Opera; Jazz; Folk; Rock; Classical; Musical Theatre

Availability: I am available as a performer; I have a wait-list for private lessons; I am currently accepting private students; I am available as a clinician or presenter; I accept students through a college or university program

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