How Much Do Singing Lessons Cost?
The Complete Guide to Singing Lesson Pricing
The Average Singing Lesson Cost:
Singing lessons generally cost between $50-$100 per hour, but costs can vary widely depending on the instructor’s education and performing level, years of teaching, the location, lesson length and whether they are in-person or online.
The average price for a one-hour singing and voice lesson is $65. Live online singing lessons using Zoom or Skype charge between $20-40 for a half hour lesson. Local private one-on-one voice lessons range from $30-50 for a half hour lesson, while in-person group lessons can cost $20 for a half hour lesson.
Singing teachers without a music degree will charge as little as $40 an hour, and professional concert singers with awards and public performance experience might charge as much as $200!
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What Determines Singing Lesson Costs?
Singing Teacher Level
The most basic question is if you want to find your teacher with music degrees or not. Singing teachers without formal music degrees tend to charge between $40-$60 per hour but they do not offer professional instruction.
Voice teachers who have qualified music degrees that isn’t singing related, such as ones with a Bachelor’s in guitar or piano who have some vocal skills, will often charge $50-$70 per hour. They generally have a solid understanding of music, but they don’t have advanced vocal abilities and are very limited in the technical instruction that they can provide. This increases the risk that they will teach beginners bad habits that will be harmful over time.
Ideally, the singing teacher will have at least a Bachelor’s degree in voice performance, and lessons with those teachers range from $60-$80 on average, with teachers with a Master’s or Doctorate in voice typically charging $90-$120 per hour.
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In-Person vs Online Lesson
Another factor in lesson costs is whether the singing lessons are in-person or online. Online lessons are generally the most affordable, with an average increase of about $10-$20 for in-person lessons at a teacher’s studio, and a small additional increase to have the teacher visit your home location.
In-person prices can vary widely though depending on the number of qualified teachers in your area. To find highly-qualified singing teachers at reasonable prices, online lessons will be your best bet.
Recorded vs Live Lesson
If you’re looking for the cheapest possible singing lessons, there is the option of pre-recorded lessons.
These are typically video or app-based lessons that aim to teach you basic singing abilities for a monthly fee. Unfortunately, these voice lessons cannot compare to the quality of live one-on-one lessons where the teacher can customize the material for you, give you live feedback on your playing in real time, and help you become better at practicing and singing.
Any student who is interested in improving singing or becoming a better singer is better off looking for live one-on-one lessons, such as the $30 half hour lessons offered through Lesson With You.
What Do You Learn in Singing Lessons?
Posture and Vocal Articulation
Professional singing teachers are able to give a precise live feedback on the student’s posture and expressions. Students will learn techniques like breathing control and vocal articulation through exercises to help them produce clear sounds by positioning the mouth and tongue correctly. It’s essential for learners to find the most comfortable yet stable position to sing and express music without causing muscle tension and enjoy singing in the long-term.
Reading Music
Professional instructors can guide singing students to read music thoroughly without missing the important details of the music. There are countless musical details that contribute to a high-level performance, and it’s essential for the teachers to remind singers of tempo markings, dynamics, dictions, harmonies and the structure of the music in addition to learning how to read the notes on the page.
Diction
Students will learn how to pronounce individual vowels and consonants accurately, including words that may be difficult to dictate when singing. For songs in a foreign language, singing teachers will explain the meaning of the lyrics and teach students who to pronounce the words correctly.
Musical Knowledge
Top singing instructors have immense knowledge in vocal music and are able to explain the backgrounds of composer and music to the student. Having the historical knowledge of music makes a huge difference in song interpretations, and various singing styles should adjust to match the various styles of the pieces themselves.
How to Find a Potential Singing Teacher
How to Find the Most Affordable Singing Lessons
We surveyed over 100 singing teachers across our own site, Lesson With You, and two other major sites, Takelessons.com and Thumbtack.com, using a random zip code as the location. We specifically looked for teachers who have a degree in voice performance and teach lessons online.
Lesson With You has a set price of $55 per hour and is a far better deal than the two alternatives mentioned, and indeed the value is better than any other site we have found. Each singing teacher at Lesson With You has either a Master’s or Doctorate in voice performance, but the lessons are only $55 per hour, making the online singing lessons an incredible value.
Takelessons had the highest average price among qualified teachers, at $90 per hour. Even finding a teacher who didn’t major in singing, such as one with a guitar or piano degree, did not do much to lower the price. Sorting through the options, it quickly became apparent that many of the top teachers did not have formal education in music, and even those who had a music degree often did not have it for singing, despite charging high prices for music lessons.
Thumbtack has a lower average price, at $75 among the teachers we surveyed. But like Takelessons, many of the singing teachers listed either did not have a music degree or did not major in voice.
Takelessons and Thumbtack both have a very large number of singing teachers, so surely there are some good deals, but finding teachers who’s education and prices matched that of the teachers at Lesson With You is difficult and time consuming.
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Rose Park is a graduate of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University where she studied Piano Performance and Arts Administration, receiving both Bachelor's and Master's degrees before co-founding Lesson With You. As a pianist, Rose was a prizewinner in many international piano competitions and performed at various summer programs and festivals across the United States, Italy, and Japan.