My private studio caters for both adult and school age students. Amongst my students are those at selective performance high schools and tertiary students. Some students are choral singers, seeking to improve their technique. Others simply sing for the joy of it.

My students study mostly classical music, but also contemporary, jazz, music theatre and cabaret. I have successfully prepared students for examinations (including AMEB, HSC and tertiary) and auditions.

Students are also welcome to come for music theory lessons, whether it is simply to improve their music skills or to prepare for AMEB examinations.

 

Am I too young to have lessons?

My students have ranged in age from ten to eighty years. Girls normally begin lessons at the age of thirteen or fourteen years. Younger girls are accepted on audition.

Boys may attend as sopranos, or later once their voices have settled, post break.

 

Am I too old to have lessons?

It is never too late to learn to sing.

 

How long will I need to have lessons?

Learning to sing is a process. It takes time.

Success is not necessarily instantaneous, but with proper guidance and practice, students can enjoy real results.

Remember that professional singers often still have singing lessons, even after many years of successful performing.

Prudence E. Dunstone

Singer, Singing Teacher, Musicologist

Prudence E. Dunstone

I am a member of Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing (ANATS) and of the Musicological Society of Australia (MSA).

I hold a Bachelor of Music (Honours)(Performance), First Class, from the Elder Conservatorium University of Adelaide, and a PhD in Music from the University of Newcastle.

I have been an adjudicator for the National Amateur Song Contest, Lake Macquarie Eisteddfod (2001); Warringah Eisteddfod and The Sydney Angels Singing Competition (2003).

I have taught singing at Pembroke School (S.A.), SCEGGS Darlinghurst, Ascham and Kincoppal (NSW), and at Wesley Institute (NSW).

My repertoire includes that in English, French, Italian, German, Latin, Russian, Spanish and Swedish and my knowledge of operatic repertoire ranges from baroque through to twentieth century.

I have a particular interest in style in relation to different nations and periods, and in historical teaching methods.

My concert repertoire includes works by Bach, Barber, Bellini, Berg, Berlioz, Brahms, Brambilla, Britten, Colbran, Debussy, Donizetti, Duparc, Falla, Fauré, Granados, Grieg, Gurney, Handel, Mahler, Malibran, Mozart, Monteverdi, Poulenc, Purcell, Quilter, Ravel, Schoenberg, Schubert, Schumann, Sibelius, Richard Strauss, Verdi, Weill, Wolf and others.