Body N Voice Studios
Established in 2007 and growing tremendously since, Body N Voice Studios is a voice training and singing school welcoming children, adults, Japanese, non-Japanese, professionals and amateurs. Whatever your background, whatever your reasons for taking vocal lessons, we welcome you!
Students are instructed in two techniques of singing, while also learning muscle development. Everyone is encouraged to record their lessons - a great tool for practicing, as well as a clear record of how your voice grows with each lesson.
Learning Technique
At Body N Voice Studios, two techniques are taught during the lesson, as well as the use of Vocal Pedagogy:
First is to strengthen the passaggio. This is where the voice begins to crack, the place where it begins to encounter difficulty. Learning to strengthen this muscle will connect the flow in the voice, while extending the range high and low.
Second is learning to use the body to power and support the voice. This will bring a true, focused and supported sound. If done correctly, the body will be tired, leaving a clear and relaxed voice.
Tying these two techniques together is the Vocal Pedagogy. Vocal Pedagogy is the science of voice teaching. It is used in understanding what singing is, how it works, and how proper singing technique is accomplished.
Technique is important as it makes any singer better. Learning not one but two techniques doesn’t sound bad to me! With all these valuable tools, you will see improvement in both your range and your confidence. You will be impressed with what you can achieve. It’s important that the connection between a student and teacher is a comfortable one. Here at Body N Voice Studios students are encouraged to come as they are. In learning to sing, you will develop your own personal style.
During the 2020 pandemic, students started using white face masks while they sang for protection . Well, during this time I learned that using the mask to sing forced the students to follow what I had been asking for. It helped work on breathing, projection and mouth position, better than I could have ever asked for. Students now have the understanding that less is best. Lessons have been so exciting watching the students understand and grasp what I have been asking for all along. It’s so wonderful that I can introduce this new mask singing technique to the world!
Music is a part of us all. When we touch it, or it touches us……. we feel warm, happy, and complete.
Stop by and have a trial lesson at Body N Voice Studios and then you too can see what everyone’s talking about.
Christopher S. Levens
(Voice Teacher & Vocal Coach)
Christopher Levens is a singer, entertainer, arranger/writer, teacher and friend. Growing up in a musical family, Chris began singing at the tender age of four years old. Listening to his heart, he followed on with a career in music, attending Shenandoah University Conservatory of Music in Winchester, VA (U.S.A). This is where he trained and harnessed his craft, molded and polished by his voice teacher, Jackson Sheats.
After graduating with a B.M.E. (Bachelor in Music Education) in Voice with a minor in piano, Chris longed for a chance on the big stage so he moved to New York City. There, his dream would come true and he became an AEA (Actor’s Equity Association) Broadway singer, studying voice with Therman Bailey of NYC.
Currently living in Tokyo, Japan, Chris is doing what he loves: teaching private voice lessons, doing music workshops and intensives and still making time to perform in musicals, weddings and live shows. After realizing the need for vocal instruction and voice coaching in Tokyo, he began Body N Voice Studios, which has been an ongoing success.
YouTube: Body N Voice now has its own YouTube Channel. Take a look at some of the events and performances from the studio's students.
Soundcloud: Christopher is a well-seasoned singer, with the ability to perform many styles and genres.
Ahmed Benzouita (Voice Teacher)
Ahmed Benzouita is a 25 year old multifaceted musician from Germany. In 2019 he finished his degree in vocal performance at the Academy of Contemporary Music in London. Whilst living there he simultaneously worked with the Grammy Award Winning Metropolis Studios on his first own musical project. After he graduated he moved back to Germany and gave vocal lessons in different music schools in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Berlin. Next to teaching he also worked with the German Record Label Floor 6 to songwrite for other artists from Germany, South Korea and England as well as expand his own music portfolio. After 3 years of working as a full-time musician in Germany, he moved to Japan and now works for different music agencies around Tokyo. He is excited to be teaching voice lessons for Body N Voice Studios. We are excited for him to be apart of the team.
