Sonia Aviva Voice — Local services in New York

I came to Sonia as someone with little singing experience, but a fair bit of music experience in general. I wanted to find someone that would give me a solid practical and theoretical understanding of my voice and teach me more than just how to sing louder and more confidentially. Sonia‘s techniques and approaches not only have taught me how to get my voice to effortlessly do things I didn’t know I could do, but her approach gives one a system towards ever expanding and refining one’s vocal toolbox.

I was fortunate enough to try a handful of teachers around the time I started working with Sonia and can say that her wholistic approach immediately stuck out to me. Sonia recognizes that the voice is a part of the body, and not every part of the body can be mechanistically improved or even directly consciously controlled. Instead of a one-size-fits-all approach, Sonia provides tools for figuring out WHY some things might be harder for one individual to sing on a given day/week/season/year, and how to work through that.

I have only been working with her weekly for about two months now but I am excited to say I am already singing more freely than I thought I could before. I am even more excited to say that Sonia’s techniques for diagnosing and correcting tensions in the throat and body has been helping me build a foundation that makes me feel more confident about meeting future vocal challenges and experiments as well. Sonia teaches a lot more more than how to force your throat to “hit notes”, she will awaken you to how to really listen to and grow the instrument you’re born with and open up your future of new musical...

Sonia had offered an intro voice lesson through our local moms group and I had been contemplating voice lessons for a while. I had 1 goal, sing songs to my toddler and not cringe at the sound of my voice. After the intro lesson I was immediately comfortable with Sonia. I signed up for a lesson package and saw so much progress. Very quickly I was more comfortable singing out loud. Through time I learned more tips and tricks of the trade which gave me more and more confidence. The whole experience was better than I expected. I have been extremely reserved about singing in public, let alone in front of an individual. That’s all changed. Now I’m not concerns about joining in to sing happy birthday. I am so grateful for my...

Sonia is a passionate, intelligent, fun, and knowledgeable teacher. She is really attuned to your needs and listens to your goals and desires wholeheartedly. I've been working with Sonia since November 2019 and I have felt big changes to the mental limits that I have had in place that directly affect both my vocal range and ability to express myself, thanks to Sonia's techniques, her encouragement and her insights. I've felt safe to build up confidence and a better understanding of how to visualize my voice as an instrument with its physiological components and ways of working, thanks to the way Sonia has taught me. Her spirit and attitude are so great! I really enjoy my time spent with her because it is...