Pako Mendoza
“[…]always feeling fatigue and a great frustration of feeling a voice divided by a very marked vocal break, […]
Nowadays, I train repertoire that I would never have dared to even try.”
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My Story
I was a singer who was always classified as a tenor by every voice teacher with whom I worked, but who struggled too much with high notes, always feeling fatigue and a great frustration of feeling a voice divided by a very marked vocal break, thus assuming a false short range; that added to a mistrust of not fully understanding how the voice works efficiently had me limited to only the repertoire that I could sing and not what I really wanted to achieve, it was not until training with Michael Maresca (One Voice founder) that I really began to manage to unite my voice and experience my true vocal range, as well as detect the missing efforts to achieve it; Nowadays I train repertoire that I would never have dared to even try. Michael Maresca and the training received at One Voice have given me the confidence and tools I needed as a singer and as a vocal coach to guide my voice and that of any singer to overcome their obstacles and achieve results more efficiently.
Featured Credentials
Has taught in: Schola Cantorum de Mexico (2009-2013), IVT- International Vocal Training (2013-2018), now exclusively teaching at my private voice studio in Mexico City and Online Sessions…
Masterclasses: Schola Cantorum de México A.C. (Mexico city); Louder-Saltillo (Mexico)
Performance: The Evangelist in Bach’s St. Jhon´s Passion at Plácido Domingos’ concert hall (Guadalajara), Monostatos in Mozart’s Magic Flute at Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City), 15+ years singing Baroque Music in several specialized Early Music groups (National and International Festivals) , in different choirs as a tenor had participated with the main orchestras in Mexico, singing from Classical to Latin American pop music to Symphonic Rock.
Recordings: Villancicos de la Colección Sánchez Garza; Devoción Fiesta y Chanza, both with Bona Fe Ensamble de Música Antigua (Mexican Baroque Music)
Featured Specialties
Range building
Break elimination
Vibrato control
Breath management
Rehabilitation
Personalized Practice Building
Vocal Setting for songs
Style Specialities: Classical, Opera, Early Music, Musical Theatre, Pop, Rock, Jazz, R&B, Mariachi, Latin American Music, Latin American Folk, Singer/Songwriter, etc.
Singer Self Sufficiency training
Voice Care
Volume building (projection)
Stylistic Fluidity (learning to shape sound differently)
Rough Sounds
Singing with Distortion
From rasp to clear sounds
Range clarity (limitations and potential)
Ornamentation
Sight singing
Ear training for singers