Voice
Online singing lessonsOne-on-one singing lessons over video, for students 11 and up and adults — including people who have never sung a note outside the car.
Every lesson is live and private, built around the voice you actually have and the music you actually want to sing. Complete beginners are genuinely welcome, and so is anyone who has been told at some point that they can't sing.
Photo: Krystal Pagán
Melanie Scholtz
Melanie Scholtz is a South African–born jazz singer, composer, dancer and visual artist. She started piano at five and studied opera at the University of Cape Town Opera School, graduating cum laude with a Performer's Diploma in Opera.
She was named Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz in 2010, and in 2012 won all three prizes at the Jazz Revelations competition at the Jazz à Juan festival in Nice, France.
Melanie has released seven solo albums and has been a professional musician for 23 years, performing across South Africa, Europe and the United States. She has shared a stage with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Hugh Masekela and Kurt Elling.
Her album Sweet Nancy — recorded in New Orleans with Nancy Wilson as her muse, co-produced by Adonis Rose — was released in March 2025 on the Ropeadope AfrikArise label. Seven, recorded in Johannesburg with Bokani Dyer, Benjamin Jephta and Marlon Witbooi, was released in September 2024 and nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album at the 2025 South African Music Awards.
What lessons cost
Same rates as the rest of the studio. You and Melanie will settle on the right length together, and it can change as you go.
30 Minutes
$45 / lesson
45 Minutes
$65 / lesson
60 Minutes
$85 / lesson
Payment works the same way it does for violin students — see the studio policies.
Tell me what you're looking for
There's no online booking for voice yet — Melanie's teaching schedule is still being set. Tell me what you're looking for and I'll be in touch with times.