Coaching
Vocal coaching.
Specialized singing instruction for hobbyists and industry pros. Students range from four to seventy — aspiring session singers, actors prepping roles, songwriters finding their voice, and singers who just want to sing better.
Studio C · Los Angeles · Remote available
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What we work on
Private lessons, vocal reels, and the room you grow in.
Studio C · Lesson in session
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Private singing lessons.
Weekly or pack-based. Voice work, breath, technique, songbook building. Students range from four to seventy — kids with first stage roles, adults who’ve never sung in public, working session singers tuning the instrument between calls.
Studio C · Behind the desk
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Vocal reels.
Half-day sessions to record and mix the working reel singers need before they can audition. Production, takes, edits, the file you send. Most reels are done in one sitting; some take two.
In session · Los Angeles
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Songwriting.
Bring an idea and start building, or finish the draft you’ve been sitting on. Co-writes, structure work, lyric passes. The same hands that hired choirs for Smashing Pumpkins and Neil Young — pointed at your song.
Studio C · At the keys
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Beginner piano and ukulele.
Music school for the singers who never had it — chord shapes, basic theory, enough to back yourself up. Slotted into voice lessons or taken on their own.
Music therapy is its own register — more on that next.
Music therapy
A licensed therapist, in every lesson.
I’m a licensed therapist with twenty-six years of experience working with people with special needs — autism, ADHD, suicidal ideation, brain trauma. I get to use the power of music to help bring about behavioral or life change.
Singing is very vulnerable. You’re opening up the inside of you and letting the world hear it. So I use my therapy techniques as I teach — a lot of people have catharsis while they’re singing.
— Charissa
Charissa
Twenty-five years of session work. Twenty-six of music therapy.
Charissa Nielsen has sung on La La Land, Neil Young’s Earth, Smashing Pumpkins, Post Malone, and most national spots you’ve half-listened to in the last decade. She hires the choirs. She coaches the actors. She runs Studio C — the room she built in Los Angeles — with the same instincts she brings to a million-dollar campaign.
Studio C · Los Angeles · since 2018
How it works
Packs, payment, the small print.
Lesson packs.
Booked individually for a quick tune-up, and in packs of four for ongoing savings. Paid upfront. Sessions reserve your spot on the calendar — once it’s on the books, it’s yours.
Payment.
Credit & debit cards, ACH, Venmo and Zelle options available – expect a small processing fee (3%) on credit cards.
Scheduling.
Pick you preferred times on my online calendar at the time of your booking.
Twenty-four-hour cancellation.
All lessons are billed at time of booking and are non-refundable and non-transferable. Your scheduled time is reserved just for you — if you need to reschedule, I totally get it. Please give at least 24 hours’ notice so we can move your session without penalty. Sessions missed or canceled with less than 24 hours’ notice will be considered completed and are not eligible for rescheduling or refund. Thanks for understanding and respecting both our time.
Sick policy.
If you are ill, please do not share your germs and stay home.
Pricing
Rates.
- 45 min$120
- 60 min$160
Prepping for an audition? Book 60 minutes so we can fit it all in.
- 30 min$75per lesson · $300
- 45 min$110per lesson · $440
- 60 min$150per lesson · $600
30-minute lessons are pack-only, made for weekly students with tight schedules (usually kids in school).
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