"I can't say I have a method." That's Jackie Presti speaking. "I never understand any method. Does any method fit every person? We're not cookie cutters." This is the Jackie Presti who—when the 2010 Back Stage Readers' Choice Awards issue was published in June—was named favorite vocal/singing coach in New York.Presti is talking in a small room at the West 57th Street office she shares with her acupuncturist husband. Framed on a wall in her double-door, soundproof space is a picture of Frank Sinatra, along with other show business–related wall ornaments. Occupying the room most importantly is an upright piano with piano seat, a black metal music stand, and a small, low wooden stool. (More later about that unprepossessing stool.) To call the area cramped only begins to describe it, but at the same time the space unmistakably suggests that high-octane work is accomplished there.Unstrangling...
- 8/16/2010
- backstage.com
Here are the 2010 New York Reader's Choice results for categories dealing with classes and coaches. To look at all of the categories, be sure to visit the main page. Favorite Vocal/Singing Coach: Jackie Presti "Singing is a big coordination act, and I think a lot of people come in focusing on one aspect," says voice therapist and teacher Jackie Presti. "It's sort of like juggling and riding a bike and reciting Shakespeare at the same time."Clearly, Presti, who's also a singer, musician, and conductor, hits the right notes with her students. Her knowledge of both technical and artistic matters, not to mention her versatility and flexibility as a teacher, appealed to Valerie Ryan Miller, who has studied with her for three years. "After developing a strong belt, and a lot of vocal tension," Miller says, "I came to Jackie, who has expanded my range enormously—we are talking octaves!
- 6/24/2010
- backstage.com
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