Since 2002, Pop Singing for Girls has been offering year-round sessions for aspiring young female singers. Held at Freelove Music School,  the program emphasizes a popular music repertoire to meet the needs of girls ages 9-13 looking for vocal instruction in the pop music realm. In a supportive environment, students explore vocal technique, the dynamics of blending with other singers and fundamentals of group performance. Girls will build strong musical muscles through a song repertoire that ranges from old pop hits to favorites straight off the radio.

STAFF

Lisa Goulder - director, instructor
Lisa majored in arranging and composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston and has taught jazz, rock, theory, piano and voice classes at the Blue Bear School of Music in San Francisco. She currently teaches at Freelove Music School in Oakland and runs her own piano and voice studio. She is a performing musician and a songwriter/composer whose compositions have received national airplay (see realdreammusic.com). Lisa established the Pop Singing for Girls program in 2002.

Julay Brooks - instructor
Julay studied piano throughout her childhood and also during her time at Sarah Lawrence College, from which she graduated in 2002. She has been playing guitar and upright bass and singing in Bay Area bands since 2003. She plays and sings with the Cajun bands The Midnite Ramblers and The Creole Belles, as well as Bluegrass, Country, Western Swing bands including The Honky Tonk Dreamers, La Bolshevita, and Brooks & Diamant ( see performance.julaybrooks.com). Julay teaches piano, guitar, and voice to 50 students a week in Piedmont and Oakland.