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Private voice lessons are offered through a partnership with local voice teachers. Students who are interested in being more competitive (All-State auditions/Solo & Ensemble), want to improve their solo voice, or just want some one on one instruction should definitely sign up for private lessons. Lessons are offered during your child's class one day a week. Space is limited and is on a first come, first serve basis.
Please complete the form to register for lessons. Scholarship funds are available.
Wravan Godsoe
Wravan Godsoe, mezzo-soprano, has been teaching voice for 35 years, including 15 years at RRISD high schools and middle schools. In addition to teaching at MHS, she teaches at Pearson Ranch MS and in her home studio. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from Austin College, where she discovered her love of teaching, and a Master’s degree in vocal pedagogy from Texas Women’s University. She has sung with many choirs in Austin, including Conspirare’s professional and symphonic choirs, Austin Vocal Arts Ensemble and Inversion Ensemble. She has served several church choirs as alto section leader, most recently at St. Louis Catholic Church, and is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
She also co-owns a music publishing company, Baker’s Jazz and More, selling jazz ensemble music to schools and bands around the world.
Kate Winchester
kate.winchester.soprano@gmail.com
Kate Winchester, soprano, graduated from Westminster Choir College with an M.M. in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy, where she studied with Metropolitan Opera alumna Sharon Sweet. She has been teaching for over 15 years and has lived in Austin since 2018; since then she has sent a dozen students to All-State, with several more placing at Texoma NATS, with one going all the way to semifinals in the national NATS competition, and two Heller's nominations for Best Actor in a Musical. A number of her students have pursued collegiate vocal study in education, performance, and musical theatre, and have been admitted to Oberlin, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Marymount Manhattan, and other high-level schools, as well as Texas schools such as UNT, Texas State, and Trinity.
While at Westminster, she was the soprano soloist for the Symphonic Choir in the annually broadcast Readings and Carols concert. She has been a soloist for ensembles in New Mexico, Florida, and Texas, including Panoramic Voices in Austin, where she premiered several new works. She regularly sings with One Ounce Opera in Austin and is on the roster for Austin Cantorum. She presently is a staff singer at St. David’s Episcopal Church in downtown Austin.
Isaac Arterburn
Mr. Arterburn is a native Texan, born in Lubbock, having spent most of his formative years in Waco and at Baylor University, and now a happy Austinite. He studied Choral Music Education and German at Baylor while singing in top choirs and pursuing his love for musical and visual arts, as well as outdoor sports. Now he can be found performing with local choirs, trail running, rock climbing, and indulging his nerdy side with comic books and other media. What excites him most as a teacher is helping students enrich their minds and souls with music and the arts.
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