Wolf Studios
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Artist Development
~ Performance • Voice • Piano • guitar • Songwriting ~
Professional Training
A studio for Professionals
Get Ready. . .
~ Be the BEST Artist You Can Be ~
Wolf Studios is one of NYC’s leading Artist Development Studios founded by internationally-recognized Voice and Performance Coach, Kurt Wolf.
We’re Also home to some of the best vocalists, musicians, and collaborators in the world.
At Wolf Studios, We provide Expert Guidance and routine for a healthful and highly effective approach to the training and technical development YOu Need to suceed.
Learn to sing professionally and improve your vocal technique. Prepare for the stage, the recording studio, tours, auditions, or upcoming performances.
If you’d like to learn more or talk about Trends, techniques or future endeavors, please feel free to contact us through email at info@wolfstudiosnyc.com.
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Meet
Kurt Wolf
Praised for his attention to, and Modern interpretations of the time-honored Italian School of singing, Kurt is accomplished in helping professional and aspiring performing artists develop their voices and Performances for the Commercial music Industry and the Broadway stage. A Master Technician and an expert in vocal Style, he provides functional contemporary training which bridges the gaps between modern pop and rock singing and the more traditional classical approaches to singing.
Kurt coaches recording artists for Major record labels including WArner Records, Republic Records, Atlantic Records, Columbia Artists, Universal, Sony, EMI, Jive, Def Jam, Epic, Disney Records and Nickelodeon. Kurt's pop/rock/RB clients have toured internationally, received international radio airplay, and have ranked among the Top 20 Billboard charts.
Wolf Studios artists have also appeared at Every Major Music festival, on Saturday Night Live, and as Winners and Top 10 Finalists on The Voice, American Idol, and X-Factor.
Kurt Maintains His private studio in New York City (est.2000) and works regularly with performers across the United States, in L.A., South America, Europe, and Japan. He serves as a voice professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts where he specializes in contemporary commercial singing and has Taught at the University of michigan, Elon University, and the University of New Mexico.
Kurt taught and Directed Voice at the Broadway Dance Center in New York City for 10 years, during which time he served as music director and vocal supervisor.
Kurt is a headlining vocal coach for CESD Talent Agency. He teaches master workshops for university and conservatory programs across the country and for the Jikei Group Music Conservatories in Tokyo, Japan. He holds a Master's in Vocal Performance from the Manhattan School of Music.
His clientele have enjoyed thriving lead performances in some of the hottest Broadway productions and national tours, including Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, & Juliet, Hadestown, Swept Away, Hello Dolly, Back to the Future, Lempicka, FunnY Girl, Here Lies Love, New York, New York, MJ The Musical, A Beautiful Noise, Almost Famous, Bad Cinderella, Mean Girls, Tina - The Tina Turner Musical, Ain’t Too Proud, Summer - The Donna Summer Musical, Bat Out of Hell The Musical, Waitress, Pretty Woman, The Band’s Visit, Choir Boy, Once On This Island, Sponge Bob, On Your Feet, American Psycho, Tuck Everlasting, Lazarus, Beautiful, Aladdin, Book of Mormon, Les Miserables, Evita, Gigi, Kinky Boots, After Midnight, Matilda, Motown, Murder Ballad, Bare, Rent, Godspell, Fela, A Christmas Story, Bonnie and Clyde, Newsies, Spider Man, American Idiot, Rock of Ages, The Addams Family Musical, Billy Elliot, In the Heights, Hair, Spring Awakening, The Color Purple, Hairspray, Wicked, The Lion King, Tarzan, The Little Mermaid, Phantom of the Opera, Dream Girls, Guys and Dolls, West Side Story, A Chorus Line, The Producers, Chicago, Spamalot, the Radio City Rockettes, Lord of the Dance, and more.
Our Services
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Voice Training
personalized attention - sing freely with power, clarity, and consistency. Proven methods applicable to all styles of singing.
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Stage Performance + Band Rehearsals
Prepare for the stage, the recording studio, tours, auditions or upcoming performances
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Songwriting
Guided sessions to foster your authentic voice as a songwriter, collaborator and well-rounded creative artist
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MasterClasses
learn from world class instructors and Special guest artists
Artist Development
Advanced Technique
Performance
Success
Style
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Prepare for the stage, the recording studio, tours, auditions or upcoming performances.
Industry Artists and Instructors provide positive and professional coaching in repertoire, musicality, communication, acting and song interpretation and overall performance skills.
Customized lessons to fit your needs.
Musicality and Song Interpretation - Find Meaning In your Singing
Learn stylistic nuances; singing various genres, styles, tone colors, and vocal effects.
Singers explore style and approach for successfully executing contemporary commercial genres, including Rock, Pop, Folk, Country, RnB, and Punk music.
Learn to "groove"; utilizing physicality, the stage environment, the mic, mic stand, band members, and your audience, and how to create memorable performance moments. Singers will equip themselves with all of their available performance tools and craft plans for epic, commanding, front-man/woman performances.
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private Lessons and group singing classes
Offered In-person and Online
Learn functional technique to practice successfully and productively.
In a business where time is money, the provided methods and exercises will allow you to progress as a more independent and dynamic singer and performer.
Kurt designs the lessons according to the individual singer’s needs, with an emphasis on vocal health, efficiency, and autonomy.
Within his studio, singers train through exciting sessions of real and measurable progress. The techniques provided are a proven way of using your voice that allows you to sing freely with power, clarity, and consistency, and are applicable to all styles of singing.
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Commercial Guitar Skills -
Training suitable for beginners, all the way up to intermediate-advanced players.
Topics May Include:
Techniques/Exercises for learning the instrument
Self Accompaniment
Improvisation Fundamentals
Scales/Modes
Developing a command of the Fretboard
Harmony and its Applications
“The Diagonal Approach” To Guitar Playing
Be-Bop/Chromatic Approaches for Single Line Playing
Ear Training
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Commercial Keyboard Skills -
Learn the fundamentals of how to make your playing sound pro, feel easy, and support and showcase your voice.
Classes are tailored specifically to the skills required to create memorable piano accompaniments and performances.
Learn by ear, understand the theory behind what you’re playing, and grasp the elements of various styles.
Explore different artists and/or commercial music, and musicals.
Learn songs as well as concepts that you can apply to anything you play, write, and sing.
Training available for all levels of experience.
Topics May Include:
Techniques/Exercises for learning the instrument
Self Accompaniment
Improvisation Fundamentals
Scales/Modes
Developing a command of the Keyboard
Harmony and its Applications
Ear Training
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Guided sessions to foster your authentic voice as a songwriter.
Lessons will focus on sharpening and expanding your creative process to build your repertoire of original work.
Utilizing a holistic approach, we will cover how to successfully achieve the above not only for your own artist persona but for other artists and genres as well.
Learn how to adapt your unique songwriting voice in multiple contexts allowing you to feel confident in any songwriting setting.
In addition to building your individual songwriting skills, workshop classes will also encourage creative collaboration to achieve real results.
Empower yourself as a songwriter, collaborator and well-rounded creative artist.
Video content
Belting Is A Style
~ Vocal insight: Belting is a Singing style not a volume ~
Vocal Coach Kurt Wolf shows you the importance singing belt as a vocal delivery and using the microphone for volume and projection.
How to Sing with Grit + Rasp
~ vocal Distortion for rock singing ~
vocal coach Kurt Wolf teaches a step by step process for how to sing with grit and rasp, also known as false fold distortion.
Events
Friday, Sep 20th, 2024
“The Den” at Wolf Studios
Brooklyn, NY
Join us for an evening of original music with a lineup of incredible artists, community, and provisions!
Featuring:
Aaron K Gray
Ajii
The Altogether Band
Ella-Trick
Sam Woolf
Friday, September 20
doors: 7pm
The Den at Wolf Studios -
231 St Marks Ave, Brooklyn Ny 11238
Open Bar Sponsored by Talkencore
Taco Truck by Tacos Gambiit
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