Biography Carl Franzen, Voice Teacher and Operatic Tenor San Jose, California For as long as I can remember, I was always singing. As a child, I sang endlessly with my mother's phonograph records, ranging anywhere from Mario Lanza to Nat King Cole and the classic musicals like Carousel and Oklahoma. My grandmother was really the one to encourage me to find my musical talents. In Elementary school I wanted desperately to play a musical instrument. I really wanted to play the piano most of all. But I didn't get a piano until my senior year of high school. The first instrument the music instructor gave me was a flute, which was a failure. Next...

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I am currently accepting new students for online lessons, and also usually offer in-person lessons from my home studio in Morgan Hill. I have been studying many areas of music for the past 20 years, and knew from the first moment that I was in it for life. I studied voice professionally for over eight years with various coaches, and am able to teach every style of voice, including musical theatre, opera, jazz, folk, pop, and other modern styles. I also studied piano for nearly 20 years in many different styles, and have found great success both as a piano teacher and as an accompanist. I attended a performing arts conservatory called The Hart...