Praise

Throughout my life, I've been told that I can't sing. My family, friends, and occasional strangers all told me to keep my day job. I stumbled upon Courtney and Seadragon Songhouse as a nervous 20-something who wanted to sing but was afraid he never could. I left a confident tenor with a three-octave range. Courtney taught me technique and gave me tools to manage the psychology of vocal performance. I sang tracks by Sinatra, Queen, and Nirvana that I never thought possible with my voice. Courtney is a ray of light and the best sort of teacher. If you are looking for a vocal coach that will build your confidence in a kind, gentle way, I can't think of anyone better.

Courtney is a prime example of how music education should be done. She in incredibly insightful, flexible, patient, and has the ability to nurture musical inspiration in a way I’ve never seen in my 14 years as a musician. For people with both confidence and experience, or those who are new to music and dipping their toes in for the first time, she is an incredible guide. Her methodology is wholistic, and she adapts her style to remote learning very effectively. She helped me immensely on my fundamentals, songwriting, technique and performance capabilities, and in a very short time I felt a completely new confidence and fluency with my voice. If you want to learn how to sing, Courtney is the perfect person for the job.

Found Seadragon Songhouse and Courtney while researching for voice coaches and found her to far exceed my expectations. Fully supportive and genuinely interested in my thoughts and personal experiences, she is not only my voice coach, and sometimes my therapist (lol...), but also my new friend. Courtney is an absolute pleasure to work with. I would highly recommend her services to any of my friends and family.

Anyone can hang a shingle out and call themselves a teacher. In the 10 years I have known Courtney Cutchins, she has proven to be deeply committed to increasing her own areas of mastery in order to better serve her customers. The music business is always changing and Seadragon Songhouse is a place where you can get cutting edge instruction on vocal function, as well as help to find your unique voice as a songwriter. Get there!

Courtney is a great voice teacher! As a theatre artist who has always shied away from singing, she has not only given me to the tools to rock a musical theatre audition, but also the confidence. She truly listens to your needs no matter your skill set or preferred genre of song. I have grown exponentially since I started learning from her.

I truly thoroughly enjoyed my experience working with Courtney this summer. As a newbie to voice lessons, she made the experience so easy and welcoming, and I even wrote my own song for the first time ever! After every session I felt so refreshed, inspired & grateful to use and strengthen my voice. I did more than I thought I ever could. The whole experience was very beautiful and joyful. I would highly recommend Courtney for your voice lesson needs. She's so gifted and kind!

Great teacher. The environment is very comfortable, she has been great at building confidence, and is committed to helping me develop the skills I'm interested in working on.

Courtney is an exceptional guide, mentor, and pedagogue. Each lesson - I grow mountains. She is diagnostic, prescriptive and structured - in just the right the measure. Courtney's beautiful spirit puts one completely at ease.  If inhibited in anyway - no worries - you will forget you ever were. My talented friend who referred me to Courtney said, "She is the best - I love her!" - which about sums it up. Importantly, Courtney is completely dependable and her follow up notes are thorough and a good keepsake. Without hesitation, I give Seadragon Songhouse the highest possible recommendation.

Courtney was our son's first piano teacher and really helped him develop a love and respect for music. She was not only professional, thorough and punctual, she connected with him on his 7-year-old level and encouraged him to explore his own creativity through songwriting and expression. We are really thankful to have had her as one of his very first musical influences.

Courtney is a caring, enthusiastic and very talented instructor. She is fully invested in the growth, progress and development of her students! Very satisfied with our lessons together.

Courtney's education, experience and teaching ability is second to none. I have been a student for a little over 2 months and the knowledge I have acquired and the improvement in my voice is something I never thought possible. In addition to voice, we have been exploring songwriting, which I have always wanted to do. Thanks to Courtney, I have written my first song with chord structures, hook and lyrics. Her teaching style is like nothing I have ever experienced. Easy nudging and gentle encouragement - and when you leave your lesson, its like "wow!" Who knew? I cannot say enough great things about Courtney. In my opinion, she is the best!

My daughter has been taking singing lessons with Courtney both in-person and on Skype for the past 5 years. I was unsure if a remote set-up would be effective for music lessons, but it is absolutely just as effective as in-person lessons. Courtney is patient, nurturing and really knows how to listen and build both adult and teen students’ confidence. Her creativity really shines through in her teaching method/style as she finds the just right balance for each student. My daughter has thrived under Courtney’s teaching!

Courtney is an amazing teacher, kind, compassionate, and caring. She is a skilled musician and singer, and brings a wealth of knowledge to the table to help reach any musical goals you might have. Having Courtney on your “team” is a big win! You will love her immediately and she will work with you in a non-intimidating way. I highly recommend this lovely and skilled music instructor and coach.

Learning to sing can be terrifying, even for an established musician. But Courtney’s blend of warmth, compassion, and expertise gave me just what I needed to take the next step in my musical journey.

Courtney's credentials, her performance experience and her emotional intelligence allows her to support and guide my creative spirit into new areas of experience with a sure hand. After having had to withdraw from 2 choruses due to Covid 19, I started working with Courtney virtually in September 2020 badly in need of song therapy. Her teaching style fit perfectly. She encouraged me to choose my own songs, introduced me to iRealPro and I recovered rapidly! A couple months later I had written a song, and sung an impromptu melody which proved to myself that even I could do that. To support my secret wish to be able to arrange pop songs for barbershop choruses I asked for some music theory and voila the chord confusion started to clear up and the possibility of arranging became a real possibility. Courtney owns the jewels of patience and kindness with no disparaging words, EVER. I absolutely trust her.