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Hi, I'm Tielle

I'm glad you're here!
I help singers to audition with confidence in musical theatre using my time tested techniques.
I LOVE to sing, and I believe that everyone can sing!
I've helped thousands of singers gain confidence onstage and in the audition room.

Private Voice Lessons

Tielle will tailor a lesson plan to meet the unique needs of each student. A typical lesson includes warming up the body, vocal warm-ups, breathing exercises, and vocal technique using songs selected specifically to target areas needing improvement.

Special focus is placed on:
  • Audition preparation
  • Breath Support and Control
  • Body Alignment
  • Resonation
  • Intonation
  • Diction and Articulation
  • Vocal Stamina and Health
  • Increasing Vocal Range
  • Ear Training
  • Basic Music Theory
  • Building Repertoire
  • Interpretation of Music

Testimonials

“I am on the road to becoming the singer I have always dreamt I could be.”
~ Kristina (Student)

“You really are so much more than a vocal instructor. I feel like Lila is being educated and directed and lead to and prepared for incredible opportunities when she meets with you! You are worth your weight in gold!”
~ Anna (Parent)

“I just had my senior recital and it went so well! I just wanted to say thank you for teaching me and helping me to grow into a better performer and artist. I wouldn't be the person & performer I am today without u and I'm so grateful! thank you so much.”
~ Chelsea (Student)

“Madison has learned so much and always feels so good about herself after her lesson.”
~ Debra (Parent)

“My daughter always looks forward to her voice lesson with Tielle, and likes the way she gets feedback in order to improve her singing ability.”
~ Tess (Parent)

“Tielle is the BEST!!! Her knowledge of technique, repertoire and style is second to none and she really knows how to pull the best sound out of every individual singer.”
~ Eryn Allen - Music Director

“Tielle is the BEST!!! Her knowledge of technique, repertoire and style is second to none and she really knows how to pull the best sound out of every individual singer.”
~ Eryn Allen - Music Director

“Under Tielle's instruction, we see incredible growth in our performers confidence, vocal range, and the quality of their storytelling.”
~ Shayna Ronen - Theatrical Producer

Tielle Baker

is an award winning actress, successful vocal instructor and musical theatre coach. Starting on stage at the age of six, she has gone on to perform around the world. Following her passion for music, she earned a Bachelor of Music for Vocal Performance from the University Of Pacific's Conservatory of Music. Tielle established her private vocal studio in 1998 and helped hundreds of singers just like you become confident performers with successful careers. With Tielle’s guidance, students have gone on to compete on American Idol, perform in Broadway National Tours, originate roles in world premiers, work with famous composers - like Jason Robert Brown and Stephen Schwartz - and represent Tony Award winning artists on Broadway. Tielle believes that “everyone can sing,” and using her time tested techniques she can help unlock anyone's vocal potential.
Tielle Baker
“Velma, is tirelessly energetic Tielle Baker, whose physicality in the role is extraordinary, along with comedic reactions to Roxie’s fame while gnashing her teeth on a cigarette, consumed with envy.”
Tielle Baker in Chicago (Luck Penny) Tielle Baker as Velma in Chicago (Lucky Penny)
Bay Area Theatre
Critics Circle Award
Best Female Lead
in a musical
Arty
Best Female Lead
in a musical
TBA Award
Outstanding Performance
in a Pricipal Role
in a Musical

Reviews

“Absolutely on fire and stunning in every way”
~ SF Voice of Opera

“Tielle Baker is a standout”
~ Mercury News

“Clean, rangy and sonorous vocals from the love pair (Robert Brewer as Bobby Strong and Tielle Baker as Hope Cladwell).”
~ Metro Active

“Songstress Tielle Baker shows off her comedic side — not to mention some pretty sharp dance moves”
~ Contra Costa Times

“Big-voiced Tielle Baker contributes some of the most impressive vocal turns”
~ SF Chronicle

“Baker- wildly flexible and bursting with talent”
~ Mercury News

“Tielle Baker stole the show as Miss Dorothy Brown!”
~ ForAllEvent.com

“If you are someone who wants to set your voice free, I can not recommend Tielle enough.”

We met Tielle shortly before my daughter began 7th grade. When Tielle asked what my daughter hoped to gain from her coaching sessions, she answered, “I want to learn how to control my voice.” Tielle responded “Instead of controlling your voice, I want you to set it free.” And together, that is what they have accomplished.

When someone has the gift of music, there’s a bit of magic that happens when they sing. In the two and a half years since my daughter began vocal coaching with Tielle, I have watched (and heard) her transform from a 12 year old who had some potential to someone who is able to create that magic with her voice.

Tielle’s investment in her students is extremely unique to her studio. She attends their performances, understands their goals, plays to strengths for auditions and works to make vocal improvements during weekly sessions. She also educates students in vocal technique and the physiology of the voice.

Tielle was able to target the unhealthy practices that my daughter had taught herself and then implement new, healthy techniques so that her voice could grow into a fuller, more polished sound with well developed support. Tielle makes her students comfortable and confident before their auditions. She helps find the audition pieces that best highlight her students strengths and casting preferences. She will print out the sheet music, transpose it if necessary and then record herself playing a live accompaniment to rehearse with.

I have seen my daughter walk into Tielle’s feeling nervous and insecure about an upcoming audition and leave her session confident and stronger than ever. It is wonderful and amazing to see this type of change happen in a one hour window. When there are no auditions to prepare for, students work to improve their vocal technique. For my daughter, who is a soprano, this has meant working to improve an underdeveloped belt and mix voice. This has been a challenge for her and Tielle once gave her wonderful advice and said “Sometimes it takes a lot of sounding bad to make it sound good.”

Instead of staying within my daughter’s vocal comfort zone, Tielle has challenged her to go beyond it and she has inspired my daughter to keep growing as a vocal artist, even when it takes diligence and hard work and a bit of sounding bad from time to time. Now my daughter is able to nail an audition when using a song that isn’t in her wheelhouse and that she couldn’t have dreamed of belting six months ago.

Honestly, Tielle is worth her weight in gold and for every casting success that my daughter celebrates, it is because of Tielle. If you are someone who wants to set your voice free, I can not recommend Tielle enough.

~ Anna (Parent)