Teaching - Joyce Kwon
Joyce Kwon - singer, composer & gayageum player making folk music for folks of the diaspora
Joyce Kwon, voicekwon, gayageum, Asian American, Korean American, New American Folk
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Hello!

Welcome to my teaching page. Music education has been an indispensable part of my life, helping me to grow into a better person. I believe music and arts education is for and should be accessible to everybody. With that in mind, I offer a range of options from private lessons to group workshops/classes on occasion. 

 

I have a BA in music (composition & contemporary improvisation) from UC Berkeley and an MM in jazz performance (voice) from Manhattan School of Music. The degrees have come in handy as I continue to employ the improvisatory techniques from my training to daily life in addition to applying musical skills in my work as a composer/performer.

 

In voice lessons, you’ll learn healthy ways to support your voice through breathing and vocal exercises so that your voice can develop in a sustainable way. We’ll work on interpretation, phrasing, enunciation, and intonation on songs of your choosing (likely in the realm of jazz and popular music if you’re coming to me for lessons) to help you toward your musical goals, and I’m happy to make recommendations based on your sound.

Private Lessons

Virtual or in person in Northeast Los Angeles

  • Voice, non-classical
  • Composing, arranging & songwriting
  • Gayageum basics (read my post on finding a gayageum teacher)

Scheduling & Fee

Contact Joyce for details.

Teaching Artist

  • Taught general music, vocal music, and piano for K–12th around South LA
  • Taught musical theatre workshops to second and third graders through Center Theatre Group
  • Presented jazz assemblies to sixth grade and pre-K thru second grade in NYC public schools
  • Taught children songs from around the world as an intern at International Preschools NYC
  • Presented workshop on Asian American advocacy and music to teenagers in Boston
  • Led annual holiday sing-along for 3 years as artist-in-residence at International House NYC
  • Led blues improvisation workshop for museum professionals at Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
  • Taught music to indigenous young people in Amazonian villages along the Rio Negro
  • Substitute taught gospel choir and assisted vocal jazz choir at LA County High School for the Arts
  • Toy piano channel Poytiano highlighted by Google Arts & Culture for Beethoven’s 250th
  • Equity, Diversity, Accessibility & Inclusion committee at Young Musicians Foundation
  • Innovation artist & speaker/consultant for classical music fellows at Music Academy of the West
  • Consultant for Smithsonian Folkways’ education initiative

Poytiano class for young students through the Homeschool Co-op

LA Asian Pacific Film Festival’s Itsy Bitsy Shorts performance

Interested in lessons or having Joyce teach a workshop? Contact Joyce.