Discover Your Talent Within

Dan Whitley Music Studio is located in Draper, UT. We offer individual music lessons, group bands which include live shows at various venues throughout the Valley. We also offer a professional recording studio for all your recording needs. Dan has authored many method books to help young kids learn musical method. Please feel free to browse the site and be sure to come take a tour of the studio. You won't regret it!

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We follow the National Association for Music Education standards:

1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
7. Evaluating music and music performances.
8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

Piano * Guitar * Voice * Bass * Banjo * Drums

Beginning Music Program using Kodaly Method

Private Voice Lessons

We specialize in voice training, including age-appropriate songs. Our advanced vocal techniques are made simple using adaptations of traditional European opera methods. Our vocal training workbook is custom designed to encourage tracking of individual progress.

Options:

30 minute lesson once a week for beginners

60 minute lesson once a week for intermediate/advanced student projects *

(* option to record a CD or DVD in-house full digital audio and video state-of-the-art recording studio)

Methodology:
Breathing and posture
Vowel placement and bridging
Vocal tone and placement
Diction and expression
Recording technique
Interpretive speech-level- ‘pop/opera/young to mature voice’
Vocal fatigue/damage/illness consultation

Group Voice Lessons

Methodology:
Comparative training in a friendly atmosphere
Passagio training
Breathing exercises- young/the very young/working musician/vocalist
Kodaly method do, re, mi (ages 3 to 6)
Music theory and sight singing
Vast variety of music -song selections (childrens/light opera/pop/folk)
Preparation for performing and recording -
Stage manners, M.C. training, basic broadcasting
Matching tones/hearing/harmony

Group Performances

Public Performances 4 times per year (jazz band/youth chorus/symphony)
Recitals are held by the teachers of private lessons for beginning students
Vocal chorus & Pops orchestra (All Players Sing/All Singers Play)