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As a performing artist I feel a great responsibility to inspire others to love music as much as I do. Through the years of teaching at schools, music studios and in private all-around London, I developed an analytical approach helping me read voices and their potentials. My main goal during the lessons is for students to build their skills in a vocally healthy and fun way exploring their favourite genres. I invest a lot of time in each pupil and always encourage them to gain various performance experience and confidence. I trust my knowledge; professional work ethic and I believe that my experience could benefit other singers. I offer to share my own musical journey and support students with growing and achieving their musical goals to the highest standard.
Soprano Rusne Tuslaite is an experienced and competent singing and music theory teacher who aims to unfold each student‘s musicality. Rusne is a member of the ISM and has a full DBS check as well as the LRAM teaching licence. With extensive piano and drums experience she is confident in offering home and online lessons to any age group, level or background. She directs student concerts, prepares pupils for auditions, competitions, concerts, ABRSM, LCM and Trinity exams (which most of them pass with distinction) or just helps to explore preferred styles of music. Her recent student achievements include a CD album release, performances at the Voice Kids UK, the Garsington Youth Opera as well as admissions to the highly competitive Musical Theatre course at the Royal Academy of Music Junior department.
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Ophelia absolutely loved her lesson with Rusne today. She suffers from anxiety and low confidence, so she was very nervous beforehand, but she came away from the lesson absolutely beaming.
I honestly have not seen her that happy in a long time. This is obviously her passion! She is also thinking of doing classical or opera now, she was so inspired.
Thank you Rusne!
Lucia
(Mar 2024)
I am overall very happy of the work we are doing together and I hope this can continue in the future.
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I appreciate that you are able to fit the weekly lesson into your very packed schedule.
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I appreciate your flexibility to extend the lesson from 60 to 75/90 mins if we see that the work is going well and is worth completing.
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Your musical (and acting) skills are superb, I loved your Contessa two years ago and a few videos of yours I saw. You proposed a lot of interesting repertoire that is not very commonly executed (Russian songs). You are starting to work on different genres with me (arias, recits etc ) and you make clear what each of them entails. You also gave me useful guidance on how to make opera arias more expressive and how to use hands to underline core points. I also enjoy your strong focus on the text and the context of what I sing.
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Your teaching skills are superb, they range from creating technical exercises out of nowhere when I have a technical difficulties, to making very original and meaningful comments on the scores that really shed a lot of light on them.
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You implicitly coach me. Starting singing is ridden with self-doubt but I am sure that you keep the bar high and that when there is something unacceptable you raise it. On the other side, when it's not worth working on something given my level, you make it clear and set clear expectations of what is acceptable at my level.
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I appreciated your help in preparing for the Grade 8 exam and the back-and-forth with the videos.
Gabriele
(Dec 2023)
My daughter is now 5 years old and started with Rusne for singing lessons in August last year. She enjoyed very much her singing lessons. Rusne is able to keep her engaged and interested with the lessons. Rusne guides her on breathing, music notes recognition, rhythms, singing octaves to piano play.
She noted on my daughter's good progress on notes recognition and good following of rhythms. I am pleased to hear that. Rusne is energetic and good with kids. We look forward to her helping our child to become a better singer as she grows. Many thanks.
Jie
(Jan 2022)
Over the course of the past year, I have observed Rusne demonstrate not only expertise in vocal instruction but also a genuine passion and dedication for nurturing her students' musical talents and providing opportunities for my daughter to perform both at a local level and with classical opera companies.
Rusne possesses a rare combination of experience and a warm and encouraging demeanour which has created a comfortable and nurturing learning environment, allowing Bella to develop her vocal abilities with confidence. One of Rusne’s standout qualities is her extensive experience and her vocal expertise. Her knowledge of vocal technique and music theory is highly evident, and she effortlessly imparts this wisdom to Bella. Bella has not only honed her singing skills but has also gained a deeper understanding and appreciation for music under Rusne's guidance. Additionally, Rusne has been flexible with scheduling, accommodating Bella’s other performance extracurricular activities and GCSE academic commitments. In summary, I wholeheartedly recommend Rusne Tuslaite as a professional classical vocal instructor. Her dedication to her craft, personable demeanour, wealth of experience and flexibility make her an outstanding choice for anyone seeking quality vocal education.
Thank you for providing such a positive and enriching learning experience for Bella.
Rebecca
(Dec 2023)
Rusne teaches my daughter and I singing. She is very good with kids, capturing their attention and focus, firm while being friendly. She makes steady progress to train her singing skills, including listening, rhythm etc. She also taught me how to sing. I am improving steadily. She helps me with areas I find hard to tackle too. I am very pleased to have Rusne as our teacher. Look forward to working together next year.
Jie
(Dec 2023)
I find the teacher extremely good and as a result I feel progress is very good. The teacher is very flexible regarding times and hours, which lets me fit these lessons into my schedule. Teaching technique - those are the best parts:
- We practice only very few pieces (quality as opposed to quantity)
- We review pieces done in the past months after a while
- We work extensively on pronunciation and breathing
- When there is a technical difficulty/problem the teacher creates ad-hoc exercises that help me overcome those problems
- The teacher provides scores with notes on those, which help me prepare the pieces
- The teacher makes it clear what the objective is for each piece, given its difficulty and my level. This helps a lot to remove the stress, as there may be cases where the result is not what I expect, but getting confidence that what I am doing is the best I can do at this stage keeps me on track.
Gabriele
(Jan 2022)
I find that everything is excellent! The quality of the concerts is very good and the level of the students is amazing! The venues are very nice and cosy. So in one word I would say excellent! Thank you for your hard work!
Maya
(Dec 2023)
I started singing lessons with Rusne four years ago as a complete beginner and have found her to be a dedicated and encouraging teacher. Singing did not come easily to me and I encountered a few obstacles along the way, but with her support I was able to get to a point where I gave my first solo performance in public this year! I have made so much progress and really grown in confidence thanks to her. Rusne makes the lessons fun but without compromising on the attention to detail. She really is a gifted teacher. She also now teaches my two kids who love every minute of her lessons. She is flexible about timings and last minute changes which helps us to manage the lessons. We are lucky to have her!
Anne-Marie
(Dec 2023)
I’ve had had singing lessons with Rusne for the last two years and am really happy with the progress I’ve made. Most importantly I really enjoy the lessons. Rusne is a gifted teacher with high standards not matter what your level. She pays a lot of attention to details and is also very individualised in her approach and open to suggestions. She is a committed and enthusiastic teacher. I am just learning singing for fun so have not done any exams, but Rusne has encouraged me to take part in the studio concerts which I may do in the future. She also offers lessons in the holidays. I think the fees are very reasonable for the quality of teaching that I get. Thank you!
Anne-Marie
(Jan 2022)
We really love your warm personality and professionalism. Daniel really enjoys your lessons and is keen to do the homework and practice his singing, he is excited and loves the music you prepare for him. Thank you very much for working with my son in the last 18 months, he really enjoys singing with you and we are hoping to continue for sure!
Livia
(Dec 2023)
Rusne has been my teacher for nearly 3 years now and remains as dedicated as always. Even though I’m only learning for fun Rusne does not compromise on technique and pays a lot of attention to details. She is very careful about protecting the voice and using it safely. She always comes up with imaginative ways for teaching technique and encourages me to enjoy and feel the music. Rusne now has started teaching my kids aged 7 too. They love the lessons and Rusne has been very flexible about accommodating our schedules and managing to fit our lessons around her own increasingly busy singing career. Thank you!
Anne-Marie
(Jul 2022)
I am really pleased with the progress I have made. I feel I have made a good progress despite having very little time to practice between lessons. Rusne is an amazing teacher as she is both really positive and encouraging but at the same time pays a lot of attention to detail. I trust her knowledge and I find the lessons very challenging and enjoyable.
Anne-Marie
(Jul 2020)