Adina Lewkowicz
About
I have been a professional singer/actress and voice/acting teacher for over 30 years. I have performed in musicals, dramas, and cabarets that I have created in New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida, Maine and Ohio. Favorite theaters include 13th Street Theater, Cleveland Opera, and Great Lakes Theater. I also sing in a duo called "The Vinyls", performing pop songs from 1940 through 2020. As a teacher, I have worked with students from 8 through 80, in theaters, schools, camps, and my home studio. As a teacher with the Ohio Arts Council Artists in Residence program for seven years, , I taught in numerous schools throughout Ohio, including Hilliard; Dover; Summit; Bassett; Ladyfield; Holly Lane, Franklin Township and Wooster.
Teaching Style
I am a very supportive teacher, with a personal and professional understanding of the joys and difficulties connected with singing and acting. I give very specific tools to my students, which address both the physical and emotional factors involved in singing. I focus on what students are doing correctly and build on that, rather than focusing on the negatives. Additionally, I help students build the acting skills needed to best deliver a song. I also help students build skills in acting for auditions and preparing a role, by helping them utilize a number of approaches and finding the approach that fits them best.
Curriculum
I help students develop skills and find the joy in singing by building one technique, and once learned, building the next piece onto that. I make sure that the tools are simple, clear and specific. I also ensure that I give students specific tools to take the techniques learned through exercises and apply them specifically to their songs. I give students tools in relaxation, to best prepare their bodies to make healthy sounds; then work with breath production and control; next working on making sounds through the mask, focusing on the making of an "MMM" sound; and then applying that sound, opening to vowels, singing scales, intervals, and finally the song. I then work with the acting of the song, making personal, specific connections with the intention and words.
I also specialize in helping students build acting skills to develop audition pieces, prepare for cold readings and build a complete character. I help students utilize a number approaches, including those from taken from Stanislavski, and Michael Chekhov
Credentials & Affiliations
Member of professional unions - Actors Equity Association and S.A.G.-A.F.T.R.A.