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Welcome singers! My name is LaShella Sanders, and I'm a certified voice teacher and singer's empowerment coach. I've been gaining the skills I need to serve you as a professional voice teacher for 8 years and counting. I've extensively studied vocal pedagogy, style and performance, and singer's psychology with one of the most leading voice teachers in today's music industry based in New York. As your empowerment coach, I've also completed professional life coach training and certification. I bring over 10 years of my own personal experience sharing valuable principles that I learned during a time when I experienced severe anxiety and panic attacks. I learned to take control of negative thinking and speaking, developed awareness and effective decision-making skills, using mindfulness, accepting and creating change, goal setting, working from a place of purpose, and the like. I believe these are useful to any singer looking to stop the cycle of a limiting mindset and stand firm in face of the challenges they face on their singing journey. I enjoy serving singers of different ages and abilities, and my desire is to help you to achieve your desired singing voice along with a mind of confidence so that you can shine bright wherever you sing. I will make every lesson count! ​ I was born and raised in Dallas, TX, I'm the founder of Ignite Vocal Studio®, a certified voice teacher, a singer's support coach, and an independent recording artist. I also enjoys playing my guitar in my downtime. My musical journey began as a child singing in elementary school programs and church choir. During my high school years, I was introduced to a local producer who helped me gain experience in the recording studio for the first time. After graduating high school in 2009, I attended Mountain View College and studied digital music production where I learned the use of synthesizers, computers, sequencing, music printing software, multi-track recorders, audio recording software (Cubase, Pro Tools, and Studio One), and other MIDI devices in the notation, arrangement, composition, and performance of music. I've used these skills in producing my own music as well as helping other local artists to produce theirs. While spending time in the studio, I simultaneously spent several years as a music teacher for 3–5-year-old students using what is known as the "ColorSoundation" music curriculum which incorporated exposure to a broad range of music genres, as well as an emphasis on listening, singing, and exploring a variety of instruments by utilizing technology and fun character stories. I helped these young students reach a greater understanding of music by focusing on the development of the “ear" along with a “singing voice”, then concentrated on the fundamentals of music notation and rhythm. Over time, this foundation was applied to the study of instruments, singing, and even to basic musical composition and arranging. In 2012, word about my singing talent had began to spread by word of mouth, and I was offered a recording contract with a local record label based in Fort Worth, TX where I gained experience as a recording artist while traveling to perform at various venues ranging from small to large ones such as the Omni Theater, performing radio interviews, and attending artist development events. I've had the honor of being featured and interviewed on KHVN Heaven 97, one of the largest contemporary gospel radio stations serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, and Mid-Day PraiZe Radio. I've led praise and worship for several years. I continued to help other local artists on their music projects, and soon realized that I had more joy serving them in their musical journey rather than promoting my own. There were also several artists that I'd worked with along the way who asked me if Icould teach them how to sing. As a result, I was led to pursue becoming a voice teacher. I took on studying vocal pedagogy with one of the leading voice teachers in today's music industry based in New York. During my training, I worked with students of different ages ranged from teenagers to older adults and received comprehensive instruction on all aspects of the voice, vocal technique, and vocal pedagogy; this includes breathing, anatomy, laryngeal studies, vocal registration, vocal science, resonance, posture and alignment, diagnostics, designing vocal exercises, vocal styles, phonetics, singer psychology, and much more. I discovered a passion for helping others to become better singers.  After completing my studies, I went on to launch my own studio-Ignite Vocal Studio® -which was established in 2022. I reside in Fort Worth, TX with my husband and two young children, and I'm looking forward to building confident singers by teaching voice lessons to students who are ready to conquer self-doubt and build a solid foundation of strong vocal techniques.