Vanessa Noel Kemp

The students I have watched make the most profound transformations are not the ones who showed up with the most natural talent. They are the ones who stayed when it felt like nothing was happening.

Voice lessons are an investment, and so often parents send their kids to lessons even though they have a cold or a sore throat. In the USA we have a very strong work culture—a “tough it out,” “walk it off” mentality. This mindset only intensifies on the Wasatch Front and in Utah’s Beehive culture. We are an industrious lot. While those traits serve us well in many areas, they completely backfire when it comes to vocal health, singing with a cold, or attending voice lessons while sick. My hope...