If you don’t see your questions answered here, please feel free to contact Lisa Rochelle at 212-724-3470, Sunday through Thursday from 9AM to 9PM.
Private lessons are taught at Lisa Rochelle’s West 74th Studio on Manhattan’s residential Upper West Side, convenient to #1,2,3, B & C trains. See DIRECTIONS for mass transit below.
Address: 170 West 74th St, Apt 603 (Southeast corner of
Amsterdam & 74th St.)
Please make yourself comfortable in the lobby, and come up just
before your lesson time.
***IMPORTANT***
1. The building has strict rules
against waiting in hallways or sitting in the stairwell. Please do
not come up early.
2. Apt. 603 is not on
the main hall. You must go past the elevator
through glass
EXIT door.
Private Lesson Schedule:
Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday &
some Fridays.
Wednesday & Thursday until 9:30pm.
There are no Private Lessons on Mondays and Saturdays.
| Single Lesson | Single Lesson | Series of 5 Lessons | Discounted Lessons (See below) |
| One hour $100 |
45 Minutes $90 |
Five one-hour lessons $450 |
One hour $90 |
Click
here to pay for a lesson online now.
Please note Paypal convenience fee is added to online payments - Add
$5 for single lessons, add $15 for series of 5 lessons.
Payment is expected at each lesson, unless you have prepaid online. Lessons may be paid for in cash or online in advance through Paypal on my website. Checks and electronic checks are accepted from established clients. A minimum of 24 hours notice BY PHONE is required for cancellations, or the reserved lesson time must be paid for. Email cancellation alone is not sufficient.
First lessons are 60 minutes long and are scheduled after a brief phone interview. First lessons without a personal or professional referral must be paid for in advance online no later than the day before the scheduled lesson, or the time slot will not be guaranteed.
Discounted Lessons: In light of the current economic climate, I am offering discounts on private lessons for National Theatre Institute Alumni, Marymount Manhattan College Alumni, Actors’ Equity Members, AFTRA Members, LoVetri SVW referrals, and singers referred by Voice and Speech Pathologists.
Special financial arrangements can be made when necessary/appropriate.
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BEFORE your lesson…
Questions on the day of your lesson? Lost the address? When you arrive... |
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A minimum of 24 hours notice
BY PHONE is required for cancellations, or the reserved lesson time must be paid for. E-mail cancellation alone is not sufficient. 48 hours notice by phone required for Sunday lessons. If you have prepaid for a series of lessons, lessons must be used within 8 weeks of the first lesson. Arrangements can be made if travel out of town is required due to work. Not Sure? Illness?
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Practice, Practice, Practice! |
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| Use your recorded lesson at least 4-5 times between lessons. Each time you work with the recording, you are having another lesson - for the price of one! Not only will you be receiving the benefits of the exercises and programming your muscle memory, but you will be internalizing the corrections and will begin to recognize issues on your own and self-correct! This is a great way to empower yourself and begin to ‘own’ your technique. Remember – it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill. Elite athletes, musicians and performers understand that talent and beginner’s luck only go so far – they know from their experience that persistence and hard work are the keys to maintaining a consistently high level of performance that will last over time. | |
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Plan |
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| Treat your lesson as any other professional appointment and try to get a decent night’s sleep the night before, leave yourself sufficient travel time to get to your lesson, and also plan your meals and ‘rushing around’ activities accordingly. Take control of what you can! There is nothing more wasteful than the lesson where you are tired or sleep-deprived (vocal cords are often swollen when you are sleep-deprived), unable to support properly due to a full stomach or needing to spend the first 10 minutes of your lesson recovering from breathlessness because you rushed to your lesson. Granted, this may happen on occasion and there are always delays beyond our control, but a steady diet of this will not yield the most productive lessons. | |
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Prep… your recording device before your lesson |
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| If using a digital recorder: | Check that your batteries are not running low. Check that there is room in the folder for your lesson. Clean out/erase unwanted data from folders before your lesson. |
| If using an ipod: | Most Ipods that are not FULLY charged die before the lesson ends. Come fully charged! |
| If using a Mac: | Have your power cord with you.
Batteries do run low if you are wireless for extended periods. |
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