soprano & voice teacher
Healthy vocal technique, musicianship and lyric diction, for all levels and ages. A private studio since 2000, and a program in two parts: the studio, and the singer.
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.
An integrated session of beginner piano and voice, to develop keyboard and musicianship skills while at the same time learning a healthy singing technique.
Audition preparation, role study and character development for the singer with a date on the calendar — and recitals, organised by Amy, for everyone.
Not sure which movement is yours? Send a note and we will talk it through first.
Amy Buckley is a soprano and private voice teacher in Westbrook, Connecticut. She has 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. The aim of every lesson is the one she states herself: to help students find and cultivate their authentic voice in a safe and creative environment.
She holds 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. Her teacher and mentor is W. Stephen Smith, author of The Naked Voice; she is a featured singer on the recording that accompanies the book, and in 2016 was Teacher in Residence at his Naked Voice Institute at Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music.
She still sings. A winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council regional audition, she made her 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 she appears with the Ivoryton Playhouse, where she debuted in 2015, and with Brief Cameo Productions.
Since 2017 she has been Director of Music at the Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society in Madison, and since 2015 Music Director of the middle-school theater program at Walsh Intermediate School in Branford, where she prepares more than sixty students a year for a fully staged musical. She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and served as Vice President of its Connecticut Chapter in 2021–22.
“Help students find and cultivate their authentic voice in a safe and creative environment.”
“Soprano Amy Buckley delivers a transcendent performance.”Gramophone · February 2024
Roles include Marian in The Music Man, Adele in Die Fledermaus, Despina in Così fan tutte, La Fée in Cendrillon, Mary Sunshine in Chicago, Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins and Sophie in Werther; Messiah soloist with the Danbury Symphony; cabaret at Don’t Tell Mama.
Two of these are sample cards. Amy writes the real ones.
A few weekday afternoon spots are open for new students this season.
An evening of student performances for family and friends. Details to come.
Amy sings the role with Brief Cameo Productions in January. Details and tickets to come.
This section is built for Amy to update herself — add a date, change a card, clear it for the summer — without touching the rest of the program.
Tell Amy a little about the singer and what you are hoping for. The form is the way to reach the studio.
