The Fiore Music Studio provides professional voice lessons, piano lessons, music instruction, and performance coaching in Austin — it’s the Live Music Capital for a reason! Instructor Julie Fiore commits to bring well-rounded knowledge and experience to make sure you reach your personal goals.

The focus of each individual’s lesson depends on several factors:

• age of student (younger students, on average, only require thirty minutes; adult students usually benefit from a longer lesson time)
• level of ability
• student’s goals (increase range, strengthen vocal production, work on harmonies, learn new and challenging repertoire, prepare a church solo or open mic set or audition, explore a new hobby, combat stage fright, pick up some applicable piano and music theory training, develop deeper appreciation for music, etc.)
• availability

Bottom line: Your lessons are tailored to your needs, wants, and goals. No two students are alike, so no two lessons are, either!

Julie also offers beginning to intermediate piano lessons and private music theory instruction.  You can add one or both of these skill-building activities to your regular voice lessons for enhanced musical training.

If you wish to prepare an upcoming event or audition, Julie is a trusted performance coach and audition specialist and works with many singers “onsite” in recording studios, rehearsal spaces, and concert halls. In addition to audition coaching, Julie also coaches interview technique — come perfect and practice your skills for your next big job opportunity!

Julie is the Founder & Artistic Director of One Ounce Opera,  the Creative Strategist of the Listening on Purpose podcast with Timothy Myers, and was named to the Austin Texas Musicians Advisory Panel in 2022, along with remaining an active and versatile performer.

FMS students have access to Julie’s established relationships with various venues, directors, producers, managers, photographers, bloggers, musicians, and organizations here in Austin and beyond. Students are often recommended for projects and gigs, and are given one-on-one support when seeking new opportunities to perform.

In addition to her private studio, Ms. Fiore spent over a decade volunteering for Kids In a New Groove (now part of Partnerships for Children), a local non-profit organization that provides no-cost music lessons for children in foster care, and was a faculty member at Armstrong Community Music School. She spent four seasons with Austin Opera as their Director of Digital & Audience Experiences.

NOTE: Fiore Music Studio has limited openings for long-term weekly students at this time. Short-term lesson cycles or one-off sessions may be more readily available. 

Fiore Music Studio offers the following:

Private Music Lessons (weekly):

• Voice, in-person
• Piano, in-person
• Online Voice or Piano Lessons
• Integrated Voice and Piano
• Ongoing Repertoire or Audition Prep

Drop-In or One-Time Private Lessons

Most drop-in slots are requested for these services:

• Repertoire/Vocal/Performance Coaching
• Specific Audition Prep
• Music Theory Tutoring
• Collegiate Music Audition Process Consulting
• TMEA All-State Choir Music Prep
• Private Interview Technique Coaching/Prep
• Private Speech and Presentation Coaching/Prep

Questions? Contact us.

Group and Additional Offerings

Julie would love to work with your band, organization, or production!

• Dramatic Interpretation Workshops
• Group Voice Classes (great for bands w/ several singers, homeschool groups, praise and worship teams, UIL Ensembles, etc.)
• Performance Psychology  and “How to Audition” Workshops
• Musical Theatre and Opera Scene Direction
• and much more!

Inquire on the contact page. We look forward to hearing from you!

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*All lesson and coaching rates are for sessions that occur in Julie’s home studio, located in the Windsor Park neighborhood, or those that occur online.  A travel fee will be assessed for offerings that happen off-site.

Ms. Fiore worked for over a decade as a music mentor and program builder with local non-profit Kids in a New Groove. Her teaching was featured in the Austin Chronicle. She was also featured giving a piano lesson on YNN Austin’s “Forever Families” segment with reporter Jennifer Borget.

*****

“(My daughter)Taryn loved Julie as a vocal coach. Taryn’s vocal range and technique improved very much. She always said that Julie has a knack for being able to hear what you’re doing wrong, and then explain very well how to correct it…. Although my daughter has had other well-qualified instructors, Julie has always been her favorite.

I also had the opportunity to take some lessons from Julie over a couple of summers. I agree with my daughter that Julie is a very good instructor. She also is very good at helping you choose songs that work best with your voice — a real plus for auditions.
  I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Julie Fiore to you for vocal instruction. She’s a fine instructor and a wonderful young woman.”
–Susan S., mother of Taryn S.

*****
“After a lifetime (at 29 years old) of just assuming that I was 
incapable of singing, I decided to try voice lessons to see if I
 could, in fact, learn how to sing. Singing was always an embarrassing
 and physically awkward activity for me, and I was sure that I was
 doing it incorrectly.
  After just three lessons with Julie, singing had transformed into an
 activity that I did whenever I could, just because it was so much fun. 
I had very minimal musical experience before I began, but she helped 
to guide me through the very fundamentals of connecting with your own voice.
  Further lessons revealed Julie’s expansive knowledge, experience, and education with music. She’s pretty much able to answer any question I have in a very clear and easily understood way. She is also able to pinpoint what could be improved with the sound you’re making, and is very good at explaining how to improve it. Even if I show up at a lesson tired and glum, I always leave with a
 smile on my face. The lessons are fun and the value of the knowledge
 and experience you obtain from them is invaluable.” -Christine C.

*****
“I have had several voice lessons with Julie and I usually learn something new about my voice each time!  I enjoy practicing using songs I like and having her give me feedback on where I can improve.  It’s fun to work with her to discover some of my singing talents.”
-Aruni G.

*****
“I have two children with very different interests in music.  One wants to be a singer when she grows up and the other just wants something to do.  Julie is great about customizing their lessons so both girls are happy.  She moves each girl ahead according to their skill level and interest.  The lessons are reasonably priced and I feel like my girls are each getting what they need, which makes us all happy.”
-Julie P.

*****
“This December I turned 40 years old. For the majority of my life I have always felt I couldn’t sing. One year ago I decided to change all that hearing that anyone can learn to sing with proper training. Julie Fiore has been great with me. She accepted my starting skill level and the amount of time that I have to commit and has brought me from “I have no clue what I’m doing” to “WOW, I can really hear myself singing on key”. In my lessons with Julie I have truly felt the feeling of achievement and feeling alive as I have progressed. Many times I have left her studio feeling touched and inspired. ”
-Tobin S.

*****
“I have always wanted to learn how to sing. I wanted to do a song for fun or in a karaoke bar. I started taking lessons from Julie. It’s fun and challenging. I never thought I could sing but I can. Everyone has their own style and you find that through lessons with Julie. I have learned some of my favorite songs. Julie is great. I recommend her wherever you are in your singing ability.”

-Connie C.

*****
“Julie is a true professional….  She is very capable of transferring her vast knowledge of  the voice to the young performer.  She has been a voice teacher for many of my students.  They all love her and hold great respect for her talent and her ability to communicate clearly about the voice.”
— Linda Dee Hughes, Artistic Director for Civic Amarillo Summer Youth Musical; Production Assistant for Amarillo Opera

Thank you for your interest in Fiore Music Studio!

A reminder that at the moment, the Studio is not accepting new students.

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Thanks!