T-Shirt Vocals
T-Shirt casual. Broadway powerful.
Serious training needs room to play. Here, you can try something, miss it, adjust, and try again.
The work can be intense. The room doesn't have to be.
About the Studio
Serious training needs room to play.
The T-Shirt Vocals approach means being able to try something, miss it, adjust, and try again without feeling intimidated. There's a sense of play that gives singers room to understand the voice—how it works with the body and how it connects to expression.
This allows us to go as deep as we need to, with training that's intense and highly structured, to work through what's holding the voice back.
From Our Founder
“I first learned to sing with a bag of tricks—morphed vowels, intentional mixing, breath adjustments, changing mouth shapes. Things I had to remember while I was singing.
Then I learned to work from the deep mechanics and fundamentals of the voice. I proved it first on myself, then with my students. Over three decades, it continued to prove itself. And still, singers out there are handed more tricks to remember. They can get so good at doing all those things that the technique becomes the sound.
I don’t want to hear the technique. I want to hear a great singer.”
— Shawn Earl Patterson
Programs & Services
Ways to Train
Private Lessons
One-on-one training built around your voice. We find what needs attention and set the direction, then train until the skills become yours.
Apply HereOnline Courses
Training you can work through on your own, built to expand what you can do—not just what you know.
Explore CoursesMasterclasses & Workshops
Focused work on a specific part of singing, musicianship, or performance, with room to dig in and stay with it.
Coming SoonGroup Coaching
Voice training in a group, with direct coaching as we work through the fundamentals one at a time.
Coming SoonOur Singers
Who We Train
Working Singers
Singers already doing the work—onstage, in the studio, on tour, in local performance, or wherever the voice has to deliver.
Musical Theatre
Performers whose singing has to work with text, character, movement, and the demands of the stage.
In Training
Singers building professional experience as they train, rehearse, perform, and get themselves out there.
Singing for Yourself
People who enjoy singing and practice because they want to get better.
Our Approach
How We Train
Train the Voice, Not the Trick
We work from the fundamentals of the voice itself—how the body, breath, resonance, and coordination work together—rather than stacking on tricks you have to remember while you sing.
Train Until It Belongs to You
Doing something once isn’t the goal. We stay with you until the new capability is repeatable, reliable, and available when you need it.
Sound Like You, Expanded
Helping you expand what your voice can do without training you into a sound that isn’t yours.
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Apply for Private Lessons
Tell us about yourself and your vocal goals. We'll be in touch to discuss how we can work together.
Contact
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