[Danielle Woerner]
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Woodlark Studio was founded in 1993 by singer and voice teacher, Danielle Woerner. Its mission is to bring the healing power of song to a wide audience through performances, audio tapes, individual instruction, workshops, and written materials.

Danielle, called "one of the shining lights of New York's musical life" by The New York Post, is an accomplished soprano who sings an extraordinary variety of music: classical and operatic, musical theater, jazz, improvisational, pop, folk, and world music. A gifted teacher and workshop leader, she also works with voices in a therapeutic capacity.

She sings with groups as diverse as the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Amato Opera, Big Blue Big Band, Rhinebeck Theatrical Society, Hudson Valley Musical Theatre Company. She even occasionally loves doing offbeat comedy with performance artists Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine, and has been known to sing and play gongs with the Balinese gamelan Giri Mekar, and with Javanese-inspired Gamelan Son of Lion.


Voice lessons:

Unlock the full potential of your voice and discover the joy of singing!

Relaxation and body awareness, along with solid professional technique, are integral parts of this holistic and highly effective approach to singing. Vocal problems and confidence issues can be successfully addressed in a supportive, non-judgemental environment.

Beginning to advanced singers are welcomed, with any and all musical interests, from opera to rock. Danielle has performed and taught classical, musical theater, jazz, improvisational, folk, pop, and rock music.

Audition preparation for NYSSMA, college entrance/scholarships, and shows is available; also, effective acting for singers; sight-singing; and basic music theory and ear training.

Studios in the mid-Hudson Valley and Manhattan.

Danielle is a member of NYSTA, the New York Singing Teachers Association. Contact her for more information.

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Workshops and Conferences:
Danielle has led singing workshops at retreats including the Omega Institute (Rhinebeck, NY), the Discovery Institute and Esoterica (New Paltz, NY), and has given workshops and lecture-demonstrations at such schools as The Academy (New Paltz, NY), Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY), Bates College (Lewiston, ME), Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH), Poughkeepsie Day School (Poughkeepsie, NY), Russell Sage College (Troy, NY), and Ulster County Community College (Stone Ridge, NY). She has presented to professional organizations such as the American Guild of Organists and the Network for Expressive Arts in Therapy (NEXT), and has coached conductors in rehearsal with their choirs at numerous colleges and churches.

She is a member of NEXTh (Network of Expressive Arts in Therapy), and for four years did music and activity therapy with Mental Health Services at Benedictine Hospital in Kingston, NY. Danielle is a sought-after presenter at national and regional conferences on the arts in mental health, given by organizations including NAMH (National Artists for Mental Health) and NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill).

Danielle is available to lead conferences and workshops on a variety of subjects. Topics already available include "The Joy of Singing," "Acting for Singers," "Healing Through the Voice," "Music and Art Intergenerational Workshops" (presented with a visual-arts collaborator), "Helping Your Choir to Sound Its Best," and "Chakra Balancing with Sound and Image" (also available as a joint workshop with a Kripalu yoga instructor). She can also formulate a workshop especially for your group's needs, drawing on her unique synthesis of mind-body work, insight, expert vocal pedagogy, acting and improv experience. Danielle's lively sense of humor helps to create a safe space for workshop participants to explore new territory.

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Woodlark's upcoming workshops...

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Heavenly vocals for your weddings, parties, special events:

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Music To Go:
Woodlark's in-progress series of cassette tapes will include tapes for meditation, shamanic journeying, and for working (and playing) with your own voice.

Click here to indicate your interest in a particular tape, and we'll get back to you with an approximate delivery date. We expect to also be able to provide CD format; if you would prefer a CD, please indicate. Tapes will be $15 each, and CDs $18. Prices include shipping and tax.

Suggest a topic for a tape you'd like us to create. If we take your suggestion we'll give you your own free copy plus your pick of one of the other tapes in the series or one of Danielle's performance CDs.

Title Description Listen to
a Sample
"Essential Vocals" A self-guided tour of your own voice. Learn relaxation and awareness techniques, basic vocal warmups, and exercises that will help you contact your own essential, innately beautiful sound.
"Songs of the Spirit" A guided meditation/visualization tape with a vocal music background.
"Singing Journeys" A different sort of background tape for shamanic journey work. Instead of drums, rattles or click sticks, your journey will be guided by vocal sounds.

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