Cathy is a respected singing teacher and vocal coach. She has worked at some of the leading academic and music instruction institutions around the country and provides private instruction.

Presently, besides teaching privately at home, Cathy is teaching adjunct at California State University of Los Angeles, at L.A. Music Academy in Pasadena (LAMA), a class at South Pasadena High School, and subbing at UCLA and USC.

Her singing program for professionals and beginners includes:

 Vocal Techniques
 Performance
 Jazz Improv
 Basic Music Theory
 Philosophy of Being a Singer/Musician
 Marketing
 End Product

Cathy teaches how to:

 Increase your range
 Gain stamina
 Get rid of the "break"
 Stay in tune
 Have good tone
 Perform and fulfill your needs, the audience's needs, and the musicians' needs
 Read music
 Write music
 Write your own charts, in your own key

Her lessons include:

 What is the instrument and how does it work?
 Microphone technique
 Stylizing
 Being original, being yourself, choosing repertoire
 Basics for improvisation skills

This program is adjusted to whatever time span necessary, including:

–  1-3 hour classes, once or twice a week, lasting over 3-6 months
–  4-8 hour seminars over 1-2 days
–  Private lessons: 1 hour class 1-2 times per week, for as long as desired

Left to right...vocalists Michele Weir, Kathy Kosins, Jay Clayton, Cathy Segal-Garcia, Mark Murphy, Madeline Eastman... At the 2006 IAJE convention in NYC, at Cathy's Panel on Creating Workshops

My Masterclass in Sept 2007 at the Brisbane Jazz Club, hosted by one of Brisbane's movers and shakers, jazz vocalist and educator, Ingrid James.

At the home studio of Cathy Segal-Garcia, unless otherwise mentioned. Besides private teaching, I hold Vocal Workshops at my studio in Granada Hills usually on a weekend day from 11:30am-3:00pm. Accompaniment by fantastic pianists like Dave Mackay, Tom Garvin, Karen Hammack, Tamir Hendelman. We get people up to sing for personal and individual instruction.We give information about your voice, performance, and professionalism. Many times you will see that I have visiting clinicians here for my workshops. I want you to know that I highly recommend all of them ~~ otherwise, I wouldn't invite them at all to teach my students! These are mostly professionals of 20-30 years. They have varied experience, and varied ways of teaching. Some live in town, and some come from out of town, nationally and internationally. These clinics are very inexpensively priced for you, the student. If I were you, I would most definitely take advantage of this wonderful opportunity that I've set up for you! They are invaluable, believe me, really invaluable!

Special for BERKLEE ALUMNI and CPJC members
- $5 discount on all workshops.

Saturday, May 24th
Recording Workshop! This one is held
at Theta Sound Studios in Burbank.
Time: 3 P.M.-9 P.M.

Cost: $65.00

We’ve done it before here…Randy Tobin is the engineer. You get to sing/play with a great pianist…talk through your song, dress rehearse your song, sing your song. Your rehearsal and “money take” get recorded. And you have a piano track of your money take, so you can practice with it at home later, and come into the studio again and re-record your vocal (or playing, if you’re an instrumentalist) track for a better result. This workshop always fills up early, as we have about 10 spots only…I’d suggest reserving your spot early. Time …It will start at 3:00 pm, we’ll go all through the afternoon and break for dinner perhaps… there’s a nearby café…and then into the evening, probably til 9:00!

SUNDAY, June 1st.

Singer Kathy Kosins
from Detroit,
on "GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT
- HUSTLING THE GIG"

Time: 3 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
(Unusual time for one of my workshops!)
Cost: $35.00

My dear friend, and kick-ass business woman, fabulous singer, successful writer of songs, (tours singing with her record label owner, Kevin Mahogany).... will be coming to Los Angeles and is delivering her business workshop at my home studio! The price for first timers is $35, and for those of you who have attended her workshop before, it's half price!

Visit her website: www.kathykosins.com

SUNDAY, JUNE 8TH
Time: 11:30-3 p.m.

Cost: $40.00

Rex Perry, of www.perrymultimedia.com --- will deliver an Internet & Digital Presentation Workshop. This workshop will address the use of the Internet (especially You Tube and My Space) and the various forms of digital media presentation technology to promote your artistic products and your career. If you are "missing" or "weak" in any of the areas above, you will benefit from this workshop, and get a HANDS ON instruction, leaving the workshop with the actions necessary to do the job for yourself!

Visit his website: www.perrymultimedia.com

SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH
Time: 11:30 to 3:00 p.m.

Cost: $35.00

Joanna Cazden The Voice of Your Life workshops combine up-to-date health information with attention to the subtle energy patterns that nourish vocal expression. Group warmup, and a review of the vocal mechanism and its care, are followed by an informal master-class. Techniques may be drawn from theater and singing methods, speech therapy, yoga, and more.

Visit her website: www.voiceofyourlife.com

SATURDAY, JUNE 21st
Time: 11:30 to 3 p.m.

Cost: $40.00

Vocalist: Kathleen Grace

Kathleen Grace, an absolutely lovely singer and person, great teacher, based in Los Angeles and currently touring with her band...she will deliver a workshop for singers to bring out the best in you!

"One of the most interesting newcomers on the American scene...The airwaves should be full of Grace " -Chistopher Louden, JazzTimes.

Visit her website: www.kathleengrace.com