Sheila Dugan Voice And Speech Studio

Professional training unlike anything else in st. louis – As a former MUNY kid and MUNY teen who has gone on to perform professionally throughout the country including three Broadway shows to date and attend one of the three major training programs for musical theater (CCM), I assure you that the ONLY person in St. Louis offering the proper vocal training forvthe MUSICAL THEATER performer is Sheila Dugan. She trains the vocal instrument to be both healthy and vibrant, while incorporating savvy techniques and her own contemporary sensibility. She offers the musical theater singer versatility and longevity. I would not be the performer I am today without her.

I am a Musical Theatre performer. I had been studying voice privately for eight years in St. Louis and at college, but it wasn’t until I studied with Sheila Dugan that I fully understood a more organized and grounded way to produce my voice. It wasn’t that my other teachers were wrong exactly, but she used explanations based in the study of anatomy and her own creative guided imagery to explain how to better control my instrument, making me a far more versatile singer than I had ever been. All of the ill-explained techniques gave way to an entirely new way of singing, and in turn, I produced many new sounds that I had never heard or felt before, all without abuse! I learned how many more characters/roles I potentially had in me, using the new technologies that she taught me! I was only in town for few months, but after weekly hour lessons with Sheila, in that time, she completely changed the way I approach my craft, and for the better. I only wish we could have worked together longer before I moved to New York to begin my professional life. I learned so much from her.