Developed by Maestro Seth Riggs, Speech Level Singing Technique was forged and tempered by the fierce demands placed on the world’s top performers. SLS is exceptionally adaptable to a broad range of styles, because it does not force rigid technique. Applied in Opera to Rock; Jazz to Pop; Musical Theatre to R&B, over 120 Grammy award winners and 4 Metropolitan Opera National winners use it. SLS has also been practiced by Academy Award winning actors and industry leaders to perfect their vocal presence and empower them in speech.

Since you are not learning WHAT to sing but rather HOW to sing and maintain an even balance through your passages, this technique can be applied to any genre of music, language or style.

SLS develops voice free of clutter, manufactured sounds, and over-culture. The technique responds to both the immediate and structural problem of the individual singer including constriction caused by high larynx and the resultant inability of the vocal cord structure to allow easy pitch control and natural vowel formation in the throat. Techniques are successful for improving the voices of singers ages 8 to 85 and are particularly effective at rejuvenating senior and damaged voices.

From Signor Mufti of the original Schola Cantorum, to his pupil Riccardo Daviesi, to his pupil E. Herbert-Caesare; on to Antonio Cotogni, to Mattia Battistini, to Beniamino Gigli, to his early teachers John Charles Thomas, Robert Weede, Tito Schipa, Helge Rosvaenge and Keith Davis;  this individual application of seventeenth century Italian Bel Canto Techniques originating in the Schola Cantorum  (including an intimate understanding of Castratti techniques of vocal registration balance) is the particular vocal pedagogy and tradition that Maestro Seth Riggs has followed, explored and emulated.