ABOUT CAROL

My name is CAROL KEDDINGTON NEETZ and....I teach folks to sing...plus a few other things. The performing arts is the air I breathe.

I have been a full time voice and piano teacher in Utah, Indiana and Ohio since 1998.  I was raised in Portland, Oregon, but received my BA in Vocal Performance from Brigham Young University. My post graduate studies in Voice were at Butler University and the Jordan School of Music in Indianapolis, IN.

Although I am a trained classical singer, I was fortunate to experience the joy of professional Musical Theater at the age of 16 when I played the title role in "Peter Pan" at the Portland Civic Theater. I still love classical music, but I have developed a deep love for any theater that involves music, singing and dance -- yes, that includes opera. I have been on the stage since age 5 when I started to dance, and it feels as if I never left. What a fabulous place to spend one's life!

I love to teach. My students say I work harder for them than any teacher they have ever had. I actually teach! Imagine that. Many teachers, I am finding, are merely highly paid accompanists. Or they specialize in singing OR performing, but often not both, as I do. Some teachers are not knowledgeable in the classical singing languages:  English, French, German and Italian.  I have a strong working knowledge of all of these languages -- as a language, not just phonetically.                                             .

In addition to classical/musical theater styles of singing, I also teach belt.  I have found few teachers who do both.

Please, take care when choosing a teacher.  Make sure you are being taught, not simply run through a few exercises and then sing a song or two and off you go.  I have had teachers who actually hurt my voice and it took years to over come what they “taught” me.  The responsibility of creating the musician, performer and molding the human voice is a serious one.

I do not believe in a "one technique fits all," which seems to be a very common trend. Or the teacher can only teach the way he/she was taught.  A teacher must utilize every technique, resource and imagery at her disposal.  However, few, if any, teachers are right for every style of singing. We all have styles we know, have performed and understand better than others.  For example, I would not be the best teacher for someone whose goal is to sing ONLY Country Music. 

Learning to sing is largely sensation and imagery. No two human bodies are created the same nor feel things in the same way.  We are not cut out of a mold nor sandpapered into the “correct” shape.  We must create our own "Stradivarius." The singing voice is the only God-made instrument.  I sometimes find that which works great for one student, will not work at all for another.  In fact, just the opposite may work best.  In short, learning to sing is a creative, challenging, and ever so rewarding experience.