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🎵 Private voice studio · Westbrook, CT

A place to find your own voice.

I’m Amy Buckley — a soprano and private voice teacher in Westbrook, Connecticut. Since 2000 I’ve taught healthy vocal technique, musicianship and lyric diction to singers of all levels and ages, in a safe and creative environment.

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M.M., The Juilliard School
Met Opera National Council winner
Private studio since 2000
Amy Buckley at the piano in her studio, mid-phrase
Carnegie Hall debutWeill Recital Hall, 2010
Voice is the coreEvery age, every starting point
Westbrook, Connecticut·Juilliard-trained soprano·NATS · CT Chapter VP 2021–22·All levels and ages
Amy Buckley
Meet your teacher

Hi, I'm Amy.

Draft bio — Amy's to edit, in her voice

I’m Amy Buckley, a soprano and private voice teacher in Westbrook, Connecticut. I’ve kept a private studio in New York and Connecticut since 2000, teaching healthy vocal technique, musicianship and lyric diction to all levels and ages, across many kinds of music. What I care about most is helping students find and cultivate their authentic voice in a safe and creative environment.

I hold a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from The Juilliard School and a B.A. in Music from the University of Connecticut, with a year at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London. My teacher and mentor is W. Stephen Smith, author of The Naked Voice; I’m a featured singer on the recording that accompanies the book, and in 2016 I was Teacher in Residence at his Naked Voice Institute at Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music.

I still sing. I won the Metropolitan Opera National Council regional audition, made my Carnegie Hall debut in 2010 in a sold-out Weill Recital Hall, was a Resident Artist at the Aspen Music Festival and the Wintergreen Performing Arts Festival, and in 2023 was the soprano soloist on the world-premiere recording of All Is Mere Breath with the Empire City Men’s Chorus, on Navona Records. On the shoreline you’ll find me at the Ivoryton Playhouse, where I debuted in 2015, and with Brief Cameo Productions.

M.M., Vocal PerformanceThe Juilliard School
B.A., MusicUniversity of Connecticut · study abroad at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London
Studied with W. Stephen SmithAuthor of The Naked Voice · Teacher in Residence, Naked Voice Institute, 2016
Met Opera National CouncilRegional audition winner · Resident Artist, Aspen and Wintergreen
Carnegie Hall debut, 2010Distinguished Concerts International New York — sold-out Weill Recital Hall
Soprano soloist, All Is Mere BreathEmpire City Men’s Chorus, Navona Records, 2023 · on Spotify
Director of Music since 2017Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society, Madison
Music Director since 2015Walsh Intermediate School theater program, Branford — 60+ students a year
Lessons

Three ways to work together

All levels and ages. Lessons in the studio generally begin in one of these three places.

Hands on the keys, the open score above
Every age

Voice

One-to-one lessons for all levels and ages: healthy vocal technique, musicianship and lyric diction, in whatever you want to sing — classical, musical theater and beyond.

  • Healthy vocal technique
  • Musicianship and sight-singing
  • Lyric diction: French, Italian, German
  • Many genres, chosen with you
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Amy marking a score in pencil
Young singers

Young Singers

An integrated session of beginner piano and voice, to develop keyboard and musicianship skills while at the same time learning a healthy singing technique.

  • Beginner piano and voice in one session
  • Keyboard and musicianship skills
  • Healthy singing technique from the start
  • Student recitals through the year
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The plate, felt and tuning pins inside a grand piano
Performance

Performance

Audition preparation, role study and character development for the singer with a date on the calendar — and recitals, organised by Amy, for everyone.

  • Audition preparation and mock auditions
  • Role study and character development
  • Repertoire across genres
  • Student recitals
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The third photograph, inside the instrument, is from another studio.

Soprano Amy Buckley delivers a transcendent performance.

Gramophone · February 2024
The space

Inside the studio

The studio in Westbrook, photographed September 2026.

Hands on the keys, light raking down the keyboard
Hands on the keys
A hand on the open score, pencil ready
Pencil on the page
An open score on the stand, Amy singing behind it
The teaching moment
The studio, empty, in afternoon light
The room, in its light
Happenings

What's going on in the studio

A short, current corner of the site — the kind of thing worth knowing this season.

Sample · Fall 2026

Now enrolling for fall.

A few weekday afternoon spots are open for new students this season.

Sample · December

Winter recital.

An evening of student performances for family and friends. Details to come.

On stage · January 2027

Josephine Strong in Urinetown.

Amy sings the role with Brief Cameo Productions in January. Details and tickets to come.

This section is built for Amy to update herself — swap a card, change a date, add a note — without touching the rest of the site.

Get in touch

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Tell me a little about the singer and I'll write back.

StudioWestbrook, Connecticut
TrainingM.M., The Juilliard School · B.A., University of Connecticut
AffiliationNational Association of Teachers of Singing · CT Chapter VP 2021–22

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Direction 5 — “Studio.” Photographs are Amy's own studio, September 2026, except one inside the instrument. Two Happenings cards are samples.
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