Lisa Popeil is one of America's foremost singing experts and has an international reputation as an innovator in the technique and pedagogy of vocal styles. She holds a Master's Degree in Voice from California Institute of the Arts and has taught professionally for over 30 years.
Creator of the Voiceworks® Method and "The Total Singer" instructional DVD, Lisa brings her enthusiasm and long experience to the training of singers around the world.
Beginning with piano lessons at age 4 and voice training at 6, Lisa has sung in every style including: opera, musical theater, jazz, pop, rock, R&B, and country and her voice has been featured on commercials, television and film. In the 1980's, her self-titled album "Lisa Popeil" was a Billboard Top Album Pick. She has also recorded and performed with Frank Zappa and 'Weird Al' Yankovic. In 2006, she received the LA Music Award for 'Career Achievement in Vocal Instruction'.
For celebrity clients, her experience in instant vocal improvement, song choice, audition/performance prep and maintenance of vocal health keeps her in demand as a resource for actors, managers, directors and record producers.
Lisa has appeared on 'LA Ink', 'Home & Family Show', 'Idol Tonight' and 'Starting Over', 'Biography' and Fox News, over 40 radio programs and featured in magazines including Music Connection, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Karaoke Scene, Singer & Musician and Journal of Singing. She presents workshops and research papers at prestigious voice conferences around the world as an authority on belting and commercial vocal styles. Ms. Popeil is contributing to the upcoming 'Oxford Handbook of Music Education'.
Lisa is a member of NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing), is on the Scientific Advisory Board for the the Voice Foundation, VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association), AFTRA (American Federation of TV and Radio Artists), and is a writer-publisher member of ASCAP (American Society of Composers & Publishers) and a voting member of NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences). She is an invited member of the Iberoamerican Foundation of Singing & Speaking Voice and also the British Voice Association (BVA). (from her website)
We admire Lisa Popeil not simply for all she has accomplished as a musician and as a teacher but for her approach to learning and teaching. Her diligence as a student of the science and the art of voice, her openness to meaningful information and techniques, her willingness to explore and learn, and her generosity in imparting her wisdom make her a marvelous fit for this creative community.
