LOS ANGELES youth
STUDIO
LA’s Exclusive Workshop for the best and brightest young singers to sharpen the most necessary skills for studio singing through sight-singing, ear-training, and recording workshops.
SATURDAY MORNING
Late January 2026
IN-STUDIO RECORDING WORKSHOP
All Ages (7-18 recommended)
All Levels
All Ages (ages 8-18 recommended)
Frequency TBD
Develop your child’s vocal abilities in the Musicanship Workshop: We focus on sight-reading, ear-training, vocal timbre, vowel manipulation, and session technique, using charts from real industry sessions.
All Levels
All Ages (ages 7-18 recommended)
Frequency TBD
Our Recording Workshop gives young singers a true studio recording experience in a low-pressure environment, focusing on group studio etiquette, mic technique, writing in changes to your music, understanding the lingo from a composer/director when asking for a particular sound, contractor etiquette, finding your starting pitch, what to listen for (click track, balance, etc.), preparation/what to bring to the session, audiation, singing in harmony, vowel and language modification, shorthand tricks, and more!
MEET THE INSTRUCTORS
LA Youth Studio features two highly trained instructors with more than 15 years experience as professional session singers. Along with extensive teaching backgrounds, Baraka May and Laura Jackman share their technical knowledge and real-world experience directing children and singing in movies -- including movies like Coco, The Grinch, Us, Ferdinand, and many more!
“These workshops are beyond valuable… I wish I had that training growing up!
Can’t believe how good Aria’s sight-reading is! Thank you, thank you! She sang harmony the whole time, and she was reading the music! Like NO JOKE. Game changer!!”
“It was a perfect mix of interactive games and exercises with talks and teaching moments at the board. It goes by fast but it gave me time to feel like I had really learned.
Instead of being told to just do something, we’re told why and it makes sense with what we’re learning that day.
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“My girls LOVED it!!!! Ella and Ava were so excited when they left, saying, ‘it was so refreshing to be with other musicians who can sing and harmonize.’
They were in absolute heaven and ADORED you both.”
“Thanks Baraka and Laura! I was walking out of the class, super excited and wanting to learn more. I was telling my mom that I felt like I learned more in 2 hours than I would have in like a year of doing actual music lessons. ”
“Aria LOVED the class! She said it was the shortest 3 hours of her life! She’s been showing me everything [she learned] all day! And then she went to my mom’s house and showed her! She just had an amazing time!”
Photography courtesy of Frank Hobbs
