Alex Brightman
Broadway: Beetlejuice, School of Rock, Wicked, Big Fish, Matilda.
"I have always been hesitant to take lessons to improve my voice because I worried that formal training would change the way I sounded. I like the way I sound. With SCHOOL OF ROCK, I carry a score that is one of the biggest sings on Broadway right now and wear and tear is inevitable. Longevity became a concern. Enter Deric Rosenblatt, the sidekick I never knew I needed. With Deric and Vocal Power LLC, I am not starting from scratch, but rather utilizing the tools I have already acquired over the years. Deric is just teaching me how to sharpen those tools. These are not so much voice lessons as they are intriguing, thought-provoking, and breakthrough sessions that garner much more than just a better and healthier voice and way of singing. This is a way of life for me now. I breathe differently. I think differently. But I don't sing differently. I just sing better. I still like the way I sound. But now I will be able to like it for a hell of a lot longer."
Morgan James
Independent Recording Artist
Broadway: Godspell, The Addams Family, Wonderland, Motown
"I began working with Deric after a long break from studying voice, and I am so glad I did. My work with Deric is consistently therapeutic and rigorous. My voice has never been stronger--his techniques encourage total vocal health, and he has a seemingly endless array of tools which he employs. But more importantly, he is a loving, supportive friend in and out of the studio. He gives with respect, energy and heart, that fuels his singers in every way."
MAELYN JARMON
TV: Winner of NBC’s THE VOICE season 16
"I started vocal lessons when I was about 13 and when I moved to New York, I started taking lessons with Deric Rosenblatt! Your voice is always changing as you age, so you need someone to help guide you and make sure your instrument is the best it can be. My favorite thing about studying with Deric is that he curates his lessons and warm ups based on YOUR voice.He doesn’t try to change what makes you unique and special, he only enhances and makes you more comfortable in your range, sustain, and power. He’s amazing."
Donna MCKechniE
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical: A Chorus Line
Broadway: Promises, Promises; Company; State Fair; many others!
Television: Hullabaloo, Dark Shadows, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Cheers, Fame.
"I feel confident that we have added so many more years onto my singing career, His knowledge, passion, and desire to share make each lesson an exciting journey of discovery for me."
Rachel Tucker
TV: I'd Do Anything
Broadway: Wicked (Elphaba), Last Ship
West End: Wicked (Elphaba)
"I have loathed going to 'singing lessons' for as long as I can remember, so I didn't go! This was until I found Deric.
Over the past year and a half working with Deric, I’ve discovered just how MY voice works. His very careful and meticulous technique has shown me how to get the absolute best sound, range & tonality from my voice. He has shown me what I am capable of giving – in fact, more than I ever thought I had.
His ear for music and his experience with singing himself makes him an impeccable teacher, and shown me the best vocal technique I have had since my career took off! I love how much I look forward to singing lessons now! Thank you Deric!"
Sydney Morton
Broadway: American Psycho, Motown, Evita, Memphis
First National: Flashdance
TV: The Sound of Music LIVE!
"I had been working on Broadway when I started hearing various fellow cast members mentioning their love of Deric Rosenblatt. I noticed that every student of his had an incredibly healthy, easy, beautiful, and versatile sound; I wanted into his studio! I have only been studying with Deric for a year, but my voice has grown in ways I could have never imagined. Moreover, I have booked MULTIPLE jobs in the past year that I could not have performed before Deric. Our lessons are a highlight in my week; Deric is able to push, encourage, challenge, and refine in a safe and enjoyable environment. He truly has transformed me as a singer!"
Chad Kimball
Tony Nominee for Best Leading Actor in a Musical (Memphis)
Broadway: Come From Away, Memphis, Lennon, Into The Woods, The Civil War
"Deric not only has the technical knowledge of the voice, he has an uncanny instinct with which he intuits the student’s vocal mechanisms and problems that have been years in the making. He is incredibly adept at getting the student to shed old habits without changing the foundational uniqueness of their voice. I breathe easier, sing easier and live easier after working with Deric."
Rupi Kaur
Canadian poet, illustrator and author
2017 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Poetry for The Sun and Her Flowers
2017 Listed in the BBC’s 100 Women
“I have been performing poetry for a few years now without any formal training. This year, I started working with Deric because I wanted to find ways to grow as a performer. It’s an honour to work with the best, and Deric is the best. Deric is brilliant, thorough, and has helped transform the way I speak and perform. I used to make my voice sound less powerful before I started working with him, and in these last few months I’ve found myself stepping into the full strength of my voice.
I am no longer changing the way I speak to sound less powerful. I’ve been breaking out of unhealthy habits, and it translates on stage. Through his teachings, he celebrates what makes me unique, and helps to amplify it.”
EDEN ESPINOSA
Broadway: Wicked (Elphaba), Rent (Maureen), Brooklyn (Brooklyn)
"Seriously. Deric Rosenblatt is one of the most caring, supportive, gracious, ass-kicking, trustworthy voice teachers EVER."
Diane Schurr
Jazz Legend
Two Time Grammy Award Winner (plus three nominations)
"Deric Rosenblatt, whom I affectionately call DR is a brilliant vocal coach and one of my dearest friends. Growing older brings changes to the vocal cords, especially mine because I have a reflux condition. Through vocal exercise and encouragement my voice can emerge strong yet sensitive. For bringing out the best in the voice I couldn't recommend anyone better! Love, Diane Schuur aka Deedles"
Ginna Claire Mason
Broadway: Wicked (Glinda)
Interview with Phindie
"Deric is the kind of teacher who runs to Ripley Grier late at night to help you prepare for a last minute callback. He is the kind of friend who clears his evening and commutes to Yankee stadium, so he can help you warm you up to sing the National Anthem in front of thousands. He is the kind of mentor who shows up at your Broadway debut to cheer you on and take notes, so he can help you improve your performance.
If you think you are simply going to a voice lesson when you step into Vocal Power Studios, you are mistaken.
My lesson time with Deric always presents inspirational challenges to the body, mind, and spirit. He possesses amazing clairvoyant skills to read into your soul and help identify those things that are happening (or failing to happen) physically, which allows you to sing your best.
My years of training with Deric have allowed my voice to reach new heights. He is a kind, loving, intuitive, generous, wise, thoughtful, inviting, and precise teacher. He sacrifices everything for the well-being of his students."
Craig Carnelia
Broadway Composer/Lyricist and Acclaimed Acting Teacher
"I have recommended Deric Rosenblatt to many of my musical acting students over the past decade, and along with being thanked endlessly by those I've sent to Deric, I've gotten to see them grow immeasurably as singers under his guidance. He is dedicated, patient, upbeat and knowledgeable, and is always working to become even better at what he does, to help you, the singer, be the best you can be."
Tracy Shayne
Broadway: Bronx Bombers (Carmen Berra), Chicago (Roxie), Phantom of the Opera (Christine), Les Mis (Cosette), A Chorus Line (Bebe)
TV: recurring on Homeland (final season), The Affair, Blindspot
"Working with Deric Rosenblatt is exhilarating! His technique combines precision, with tremendous insight into how the voice functions in a healthy and organic way. Deric guides the singer, actually the whole person, to sing authentically!! After a 40 plus yr career in the theatre, I am singing better than ever! Thank you Deric! You are stunning!! Because of you, I think I just might be able to sing forever!"