RONNIE FABRÉ, vocal coach and instructor, provides singing and voice lessons in Las Vegas. During a singing career that has spanned almost 40 years, Ronnie has earned the respect of her peers for her talent. But her skill as a voice coach is beginning to overtake her reputation as a vocalist since becoming well known in Las Vegas music circles as a private vocal lesson teacher.
As a child, Ronnie was shy and introverted and used music as an escape. When she was 13, her parents bought her a guitar and she began to perform and sing at school functions and other venues. Her name began to get around and people started to call for her to perform with them. She sang with Linda Ronstadt’s band, the Stone Ponies and Steppenwolf. Ronnie didn’t have any formal voice training until she began to study under Seth Riggs in Los Angeles in 1991 where she continued for 9 years. (Riggs is one of the top voice coaches in the country. Among his elite clients are Michael Jackson, Bette Midler, Stevie Wonder and Liza Minnelli).
“I never understood how the voice worked and I decided I would like to learn,” Ronnie says. After about two years, during which she increased her range by one octave from 2 ½ to 3 ½ octaves, Ronnie began to teach. “People had always wanted me to teach them, so after I went back and learned how I did what I did, I began giving classes,” she said. Currently, she continues to teach and perform as a vocalist.
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