Liya Fang

Mezzo-soprano

Liya’s Voice Studio was founded by Ms. Liya Fang in San Jose and has been in operation for over 20 years. In 2015, she also established her own children’s choir. In addition to rigorous training in singing and acting in the private lessons, Ms. Fang has provided monthly master classes, offering her students a platform to sharpen their artistic skills through lectures, presentations, performances, and critiques.

Ms. Fang is an accomplished mezzo-soprano who has performed with Opera San Jose, the San Jose Symphony, Opera Pacific, and Pocket Opera, to name a few. Before moving to the US in 1992, she served as a resident artist for ten seasons with China National Opera in Beijing, China. Her extensive performance background significantly enriches the training at her studio.

During the COVID-19 outbreak, Liya’s Voice Studio transitioned to online classes to maintain continuous teaching and learning. Moreover, Ms. Fang took advantage of the shutdown to author her own comprehensive and systematic curriculum of vocal music, drawing from her lifelong experience as a professional vocalist. This course, which covers the International Phonetic Alphabet, music theory, vocal theory, and singing performance in detail, was taught online for two years. It has effectively improved the students’ ability to understand and apply techniques in vocal music.

麗婭聲樂坊由方麗婭老師在聖荷西創立, 至今已有20多年的運營歷史, 並在 2015年成立了自己的兒童合唱團。除了個人課上嚴格的歌唱和表演訓練外, 方 老師還每月增加了大師班, 通過演講、聆聽、觀看和評論來提高學生們的藝術 水準。

方老師是一位多才多藝的女中音, 曾與聖荷西歌劇院、聖荷西交響樂團、太平 洋歌劇院、袖珍歌劇院等院團合作演出。在1992年來美之前, 她曾在中國的中 央歌劇院擔任了十個演出季的駐院藝術家。她的豐富表演背景顯著地提升了聲樂坊的教學品質。

新冠疫情期間, 麗婭聲樂坊堅持弦歌不輟, 開啟線上教課, 同時老師利用隔離 的空白時光歸納平生鑽研聲樂的心得, 創建了整套系統聲樂教程, 逐一詳述國 際音標、樂理、聲樂理論和演唱表演實踐, 以線上集體課的形式, 歷時兩年教 授完畢。這套課程有效提高了學生整體的聲樂基礎知識和發聲技巧, 是聲樂坊的學生在疫情中最大的收穫。