I have been taking lessons with Davin for almost a year and a half. Davin is a talented and…read moreinspiring teacher who will help you grow and learn about who you are as a singer. He has a professional demeanor and a friendly ability to clearly communicate with each student on an individual level. He celebrates the strengths and achievements in your process, speaks to habits, and helps break down those walls that we so often put up (I know I do). After every lesson I step out feeling freer, happier, and more confident. There is a great difference in who I am now vocally and who I was when I walked into my first lesson with him over a year ago. Also...Missy is new to Davin Youngs Voice and she is fantastic as well! I have taken a lesson with her and she is personable and professional. She's also crazy-talented and understands why we do what we do and how to enhance our singing technique. She is a great addition!

I've been working with Davin for over a year. As an actor who has also attended an arts…read moreconservatory and has taken singing lessons over the years, he's one of the best vocal teachers I've worked with. Seeking to improve my talents as a vocalist, I've also taken group as well as private lessons at Old Town School of Music. I personally find private lessons to be of much more use than group lessons as it affords much more time to address the technical concerns(bad habits, posture, etc.) that are holding me back. A satisfying one on one dynamic with a private vocal coach can be much more difficult to find. I've had teachers where the lessons don't seem like they're building on anything; the "arc" of the lessons seems disconnected. As a private teacher, Davin is the best I've worked with. What I like about him is that he will keep on me about my bad habits and he's not afraid to be direct with his criticism(another peeve I have about some private coaches is that they are afraid to lose you as a client so they tend to sugarcoat things). Anyhoo, I heartily recommend him as a teacher. I joked with him once that as a starving artist, I have a budget: Rice, Beans and Singing Lessons. And it's true. Finding your voice as a singer is one of the most satisfying and amazing things you can do and with his help, I'm well on my way. Thanks, dude!

I highly recommend Kate Ryan for vocal training! Kate is very well diverse in various Genres of…read moremusic! You will receive excellent coaching on different techniques and styles! Kate has helped develope my vocal skills which has allowed me to perform for audiences I could have only imagined!

Kate is a brilliant voice teacher! Incredibly skilled, kind, and professional. She helps me find my…read morevoice and my breath with ease, strength and confidence. She has helped me get better in every aspect of vocal performance and I'm so grateful to know her!! Can't recommend Kate enough.

I've been singing for a while and never considered lessons until I saw what a little bit of…read moreprofessional input could do. Ben is a wizard! My voice is feeling good (and sounding good) so I'm happy. Looking forward to getting some piano lessons in the mix too. Thanks, BAWS!

I am taking lessons to improve my audition skills and abilities as a performer. I have been…read moreperforming for over 5 years now but never singing, and Benjamin has helped me feel comfortable and skilled in my abilities to audition for something that may require singing. The practice space is in an amazing building downtown and it's very comfortable. Anyone looking for audition and/or singing help or lessons should absolutely see Benjamin. He's a great instructor who cares about your progress and growth.

Somehow took me several years to get here to write a review; didn't even think he was on Yelp…read more Robert has been teaching me how to use my voice as an instrument. How to care for and train it, and how to play it. I went from shower singing to singing in public, performing in public within a year and my confidence and my ability grew along with my repertoire. He is a past master at analysis of strengths and weaknesses, reenforcing the former and transforming the latter. Whether you want to sing in public, need help in finding your voice in business meetings or just want to have fun, Robert is for you, the thinking person's singing teacher.

I've been taking singing lessons for the past 6 weeks and Robert is great. I have never sang in my…read moreentire life (well not in anyway that i thought sounded like singing)- and he has been incredibly confident, kind, and unbelievably knowledgeable in helping me understand where my blocks are (self confidence, sigh) and teaching me that - actually- I CAN sing. My singing lessons thus far have been 1 part knowledge about how the voice works, 1 part practicing technique (and we are starting at the step 1 that is for sure), and 1 part therapy. I am genuinely in awe watching and listening to him do his job. I feel very lucky that I found him as my voice teacher (incredibly enough he was the only voice teacher i found on yelp that actually called me back- it seems it was meant to be). What is particularly cool is that he records all our sessions and then sends them that week for me to practice with over the following weeks and months. Also he makes pretty incredible (albeit interesting) suggestions on how to move through certain blocks (ie go to a shooting range to open my root chakra - which i am fully planning on doing - even as i HATE guns). he just has the knowledge and experience it takes to really make this possible for me- which is really exciting. i couldn't recommend a voice teacher more.

Mr. Richard Schieler is very unprofessional, dismissive and attempted to blame a child about…read morescheduling. He was unable to provide me with the rescheduling policy and stuttered on the entire call where I asked for him to improve his methods and procedures. My son enjoyed his lessons and it is unfortunate to lose money for lessons paid. In the future to improve your business consider the following: 1. Schedule and payment inquiries should be discussed with parents. 2. Rescheduling should be allowed if students are in good standing. 3. Address children as children and adults as adults, this is not difficult. It is evident Mr. Schieler lacks skills in the areas listed above. If you would like to retain clients/students, then improve your approach and get organized. Chicago School of Music is not interested in maintaining good relationships with students and parents. It is VERY UNFORTUNATE because Mr. Jenks was an excellent vocal coach.

In short: unprofessional, dismissive, disorganized…read more I wanted a more structured way to learn piano. I'd taken lessons in the past and hoped that having a consistent lesson programmed by people with advanced skills would help me grow in a more steady and reliable way. That was not my experience. I was a student here for five weeks. My instructor was knowledgeable and kind but the lessons lacked continuity and the scheduling was disorganized. The school sent an excessive amount of communication leading up to my first lesson and when it was time to renew. My fifth and final lesson never happened due to a scheduling miscommunication. When I said I would not reschedule for what would have been the third time, the school refused to give me a refund, and implied I wasn't eligible for one because I hadn't responded to their excessive communications: "I had also emailed you previously and you told me you were planning on continuing. I followed up with you twice and even left you a voicemail but you didn't even respond to those inquiries after you told me you were continuing so naturally I'm surprised to be getting an email requesting a refund." I had a terrible experience with this school, please consider other options.

I started learning piano as a young child, and after a (20 year) break, decided to seriously study…read morepiano again. I interviewed several teachers in Chicago and Betsy was the only one who came prepared with a propose course of study. That said, while she takes the lessons seriously, she is unfailingly kind. I've been taking lessons with her for five years now, and while we've often taken detours from the original lesson plan, I've improved greatly. What's more, I have a rekindled joy from the piano and music generally. Betsy loves teaching piano, and you'll love taking lessons from her!

Betsy is an incredible piano instructor. Our 6 year old daughter has learned several songs on the…read morepiano and gained some great knowledge. Our daughter looks forward to her lessons every week and Betsy is always very welcoming and kind.