What sets Darlene Koldenhoven, this beautiful tall blond Grammy® Award winner and three-time nominee, apart from the rest . . . It could be her worldwide 1.5 billion viewing audience on PBS as the memorable vocal soloist in Yanni, Live at the Acropolis . . . It could be her work in the war-torn jungles of Sierra Leone, West Africa where she met and coached musicians and singers whom she took on her tour of the US and Canada . . . Or the fact that she is one of the few classically trained singers with a five-octave range who vocally improvises in classical and non-classical styles, produces, composes, arranges, plays keyboards, and writes lyrics.

At the core of her remarkable musical gifts is a voice for the ages. Angelically clear and expressively strong, Ms. Koldenhoven's soul-stirring voice is a mesmerizing wonder, the touch of a celestial goddess on the souls of all. This is the woman who brings all people together from classical purists and jazz hipsters, Christians, New Agers, to rockers and video gamers. Ms. Koldenhoven has appeared on-camera singing: with Robin Williams in the Academy Awards 2000; The Young and the Restless; Studio 60; in three American Idol specials; and as the beloved tambourine-waving choir nun and real life vocal coach/musical director of both Sister Act films with Whoopi Goldberg. Darlene's voice has graced a plethora of albums from pop giants Barbra Streisand and Rod Stewart to jazz legend Ramsey Lewis to progressive rock icons Pink Floyd to soloing with London's Royal Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to singing for President Clinton. Her most recent vocal contributions include rocker Neil Young's Living With War CD and a song with her ethnically diverse children's choir (Young Vocal Artists of Los Angeles) by rapper/producer will.i.am (of the group Black Eyed Peas) for the soundtrack of the 2007 film Freedom Writers (starring Hilary Swank). And she gets major "cool points" with young people for her soaring vocals on the video games Baldurs Gate (for Sony Play Station II) and Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets.

In addition to her career as a recording artist, Ms. Koldenhoven is a respected music educator with a magna cum laude Master's Degree in Voice and a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Chicago Conservatory College. She feels it's essential to open her professional recording studio in Los Angeles for classes and private lessons, to distill her vast knowledge of the voice, singing, musicianship, and music therapy to an array of students from non-singers to name professionals. In the age-old model of giving back, she has formed a professional children's choir, the "Young Vocal Artists of Los Angeles." Participating children have the opportunity to learn from and sing on a wide variety of professional recording sessions, benefiting from Ms. Koldenhoven's many contacts in the industry, the likes of Disney and Paramount.

Koldenhoven emphasizes, "Singing is a learned experience and often people are afraid to open themselves to the uplifting energy of singing and the powers of music. By creating the Tune Your Voice program, it allows me to reach everyone, empowering them to enhance the quality of their life by experiencing the joy and nurturing effects of singing and appreciating music. It's like they have their very own personal voice coach. I am very proud of Tune Your Voice. It is a comprehensive body of work that trains the mind's musical ear both consciously and sub-consciously, enabling pitch challenged individuals to open up and find their voice; refining and developing the ear-to-voice connection of the natural singer or professional; and preparing the mind to audiate (to think musically) which is fundamental to writing music, playing an instrument by ear and singing." .

Tune Your Voice

ntroduction Let's Get Started How to Use Tune Your Voice Helpful Things to Do Section 1: Exploring the Mind's Musical Ear: Chapter 1: Audiation Chapter 2: Causes & Solutions for Inaccurate Singing Chapter 3: Stages of Development Chapter 4: Pitch & Rhythm Discrimination Section II: Cracking the Code of Music Chapter 5: 12 Tones Chapter 6: Intervals Chapter 7: Scales Chapter 8: Rhythm Chapter 9: Harmony Chapter 10: Form Section III: Coming Out of Silence Chapter 11: Singing Achieving Your Goals Resources Tips for Using Tune Your Voice with Infants, Toddlers, and Young Children

Tune Your Voice is the essential, comprehensive resource for vocalists of all ability levels. Learn correct vocal techniques and strengthen your confidence with this course that includes five teaching CDs, one listening CD and one singing CD. The course is packed with examples for singing voices and is perfect for private study, classroom or home-school use. Tune Your Voice will help you sing in tune, sing in harmony, prepare you to compose and sight-read music, learn any instrument faster and/or by ear, and become an all around better singer and musician. It is an interactive “listening” exercise/lesson book & CD series for exploring the space-time code of music to develop the mind’s/voice’s musical ear. It simplifies and focuses one’s surroundings as well as musical sound and its aspects, affects, and elements. Because music registers in different parts of the brain, tune your voice is produced to allow you to learn both consciously and subconsciously. Tune Your Voice is an experiential program to tune your body with your voice, express yourself with the beauty and healing powier of 'your' sound, balance energies, improve emotional and physical health, learn deep breathing, improve resonant frequency range and pitch accuracy – supports toning. Learn the space-time code of music while expanding your mind's musical ear – consciously and sub-consciously . . . and more. Activate and enjoy the many benefits of music with the power of the human voice – yours.

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