Vox Box Singing Studio

Sanders Whiting is one of the best voice teachers I have encountered in Vancouver. I have taken lessons now with 8 different teachers and Sanders is the best. He has a passion for singing and for teaching, and seems to always be learning new things, new techniques and how to be a better teacher.
I was surprised to read the one and only review of him on Unilocal and have it be so negative but it appears that perhaps she is not familiar with how voice lessons work. All the teachers I have had have expected payment up front and do not refund for missed rehearsals. Sanders has been amazingly accommodating because he does reschedule your lesson if he can. Most teachers I have had do not do this. You miss the lesson, without 48 hours notice, you lose your money. In my opinion this is completely fair. I’m not sure how a teacher would make any kind of income if they allowed people to cancel and not pay without notice.
I’m also not sure how a voice teacher could teach me anything without being able to touch my back or my abdomen or fix my posture. What an arduous task that would be! Singing is a physical thing… when I go for pilates my coach also helps to guide me to do my exercises properly and does sometimes touch me as well.
Sanders asks me to record my lessons which I do on my iphone, so I can practice. Again this has always been standard practice in any voice lesson I have taken. It’s up to the student to be accountable for remembering what was taught, not the teacher.