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Victoria Hart began teaching voice in 1983 in Boston, where she was associated with the John Payne Music Center. She relocated to Santa Barbara in 1997, where she continued her performing career while studying for her MM and DMA at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Since 2005 Dr. Hart has been teaching voice privately in Los Angeles. She is currently a member of the voice faculties of The Colburn School in Los Angeles and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Hollywood. She has also been on the voice faculty of Cerritos College, Westmont College in Montecito, California and the Artistic Repertory Theater School in Orlando, Florida.
 Dr. Hart’s anatomy-based approach to singing works with any style and genre of singing, and has helped many singers quickly overcome long-standing vocal problems. Dr. Hart herself used this approach to successfully recover from the thyroid surgery that threatened to end her singing career. The techniques she learned in that recovery process she now uses to assist her students in overcoming their own difficulties. The fundamental idea behind her approach is that singing is a dynamic balance between structural and release elements. When we sing, certain muscular systems must work hard, so that other systems can profoundly release. When these structural elements are not working properly, or the release elements are compressed and tense, then all sorts of vocal problems ensue – tension, pain, hoarseness, lack of range, register breaks, strained sound. When these physical elements are understood and work in harmony, however, vocal tension is completely eliminated, the break between registers disappears, high notes blossom, and the true beauty of the voice is revealed. The good news is that there are very precise and anatomically-based ways to develop this coordination, and once developed, these methods always work.
Victoria Hart uses her years of experience as a performer and teacher, as well as her wide knowledge of vocal styles, repertoire, and acting skills to enhance her students’ learning experience. Dr. Hart’s students include professional singers from the world of opera, concert, musical theater and television. Her students have performed leading and supporting roles in many regional opera companies and concert organizations throughout the United States, including the Los Angeles Opera, Cleveland Opera, Sacramento Opera, Nevada Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, Opera San Jose, the Hollywood Bowl, Portland Symphony, and the Bakersfield Symphony, to name a few.
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