Voice Lessons
There will be one 23-minute lesson per week.
The cost is twenty dollars per lesson.
Monthly payments in the form of check or money order are due to the lesson teacher at the beginning of each month. This will usually be $80.
Attend recitals scheduled during the year.
Come to the lesson prepared, with a cooperative and respectful attitude.
Bring all assigned materials to each lesson.
Recommended practice time is twenty minutes per day, five days per week. More time may be necessary for those preparing for auditions or tryouts.
If an unavoidable situation arises making it impossible to continue lessons, the student is expected to finish the lessons for the month that is paid for (no refunds).
If expectations are not met, the teacher may choose to discontinue lessons after finishing the month that is paid for.
Excused absences will be made up per the teacher’s schedule.
If a teacher cannot make up a lesson, they may elect to credit the lesson back.
In the event the teacher must be absent, notification will be made and lessons made up at the earliest possible time.
LISD Private Vocal Instructors

Jesse Hinkle
Voice Teacher
Lovejoy High School

Dr. Susan Carter-Fricks
Voice Teacher
Lovejoy High School
Willow Springs Middle School
Texas Christian University, Master of Music in Voice Performance
Texas Tech University, Doctorate of Music Arts in Voice Performance and Vocal Pedagogy
Dr. Susan Carter has sung professionally, nationally and internationally, for over 35 years performing in her early career as ‘Susan Barrow’ with the Dallas Symphony Chorus, Dallas Lyric Opera and Ft. Worth Opera and under the stage name, ‘Carter Fricks, in leading operatic roles including ‘Queen of the Night’, ‘Lucia’, ‘Constanza’ and ‘Dona Anna’. She has served as soprano soloist in NYC at Carnegie Hall in Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Town Hall, and the Liederkranz Society.
Dr. Carter has taught at U T Dallas, Texas Tech, Lubbock Christian University, served as vocal coach with the Dallas Symphony Chorus and most recently retired as Director of Vocal Studies and the Director of the Opera Program at Missouri Western State University where she worked with singers winning awards in opera, music theater and performing in music venues across the country and Europe.
Dr. Carter is an innovative music theater and opera director where she placed 2nd nationally in the National Opera Association’s opera stage director competition, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society Compass Award for Most Influential Professor, Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching and numerous awards from the Kennedy Center’s American College Theater Awards.
Dr. Carter continues to teach performance based workshop classes and body and breath movement for all ages. She now resides in her home area of Dallas/Ft. Worth where she maintains an independent private studio, works with area high school singers and enjoys membership in NATS, MTNA, and PMTA.

Susan Seibert
Voice Teacher
Lovejoy High School
Willow Springs Middle School
and contests, and earn medals, trophies, and other awards for excellence in music. Students from Mrs. Seibert’s studio enjoy a very high rate of success in competitive auditions, including the All-Region and Texas All-State choir auditions. Her students have won several awards and cash prizes at various local and state competitions. Her students have been accepted to sing at various prestigious summer vocal training programs, and have been awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarship money to sing at many prestigious music universities and conservatories throughout the country. Many of her former students have gone on to enjoy successful careers in music, winning national and international competitions, as well as performing in recitals, operas, and musicals throughout the United States and in Europe.
Cathy Ballew
Voice Teacher
Willow Springs Middle School
Sloan Creek Intermediate School
