Drama Learning Center

DLC is happy to offer Private Instruction in the following areas:

• Beginner to Advanced Voice for Children, Teens & Adults Ms. Melynda Burdette
• Intermediate to Advanced Voice for Teens & Adults Ms. Tiffany Underwood
• Monologue Coaching Ms. Victoria Ringo

Private lessons are scheduled based on your availability and the instructor’s schedule. All lessons are in increments of 30 minutes unless otherwise requested. Students who study voice at Drama Learning Center will have the opportunity to participate in two recitals per year.

Lesson Pricing

Single Lesson: $40
10-lesson Package: $350

Private Lesson Policies

• Lessons must be scheduled through the front office.
• Lessons must be paid in advance to secure your time slot.
• DLC must receive at least 24 hours notice prior to a cancellation,
otherwise the lesson will be charged.

About Our Voice Instructors

Melynda Burdette is a graduate of The Catholic University of America's Benjamin T. Rome School of Music where she received her Bachelor of Music in Musical Theatre. Melynda has been performing professionally since age 10. Performance credits include:

Off Broadway: You're It! An interactive musical

National Tour: Ellis Island: Gateway to a Dream (American Family Theatre)

Regional: Damn Yankees (Prather Entertainment Group); Carousel, It's A Wonderful Life, Rumplelstiltskin, Cinderella (Shawnee Playhouse); Jerry Springer: the Opera (Studio Theatre Secondstage - Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Musical); Kiss of the Spider Woman, See What I Wanna See, Sweeney Todd (Signature Theatre- 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award Recipient); Urinetown: the Musical (Maryland Ensemble Theatre); The Music Man (The Washington Savoyards); High School Musical (The Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre); The Sound of Music, Hello Dolly, A Christmas Carol (Chesapeake Music Hall); Sweeney Todd, Titanic, Ragtime, Phantom of the Opera, Fiddler on the Roof, Jekyll and Hyde (Toby's Dinner Theatre).

Melynda has been on staff at DLC for two years as a private voice teacher and drama instructor, and is happy to teach voice to students of all ages and levels of experience. Director and Assistant Director credits include High School Musical, Pirates of Penzance, The Princess and the Magic Pea, Once Upon a Mattress and The Wizard of Oz. Melynda has also developed lesson plans for and taught many of the School's Out Workshops.

Tiffany Underwood originally hails from Clarksville, Maryland. She has music directed prolifically throughout the Baltimore/Washington Metropolitan area over the past several years upon completing studies in music with a concentration in voice at Towson University. Recent credits include A Chorus Line, The Who's TOMMY, Carmen Jones, Tim Rice & Elton John's Aida, Disney's High School Musical, Smoky Joe's Cafe and many others. Equally as comfortable onstage, favorite performances include Hair (Dionne), Beehive (Patti Labelle/Aretha Franklin/others), and The Magic Flute (Second Lady). She made her Meyerhoff Symphony Hall debut with the Towson University Chorale alongside Robert Goulet and Shirley Jones in 2004. Ms. Underwood currently resides outside of Baltimore and is proud to be the music director for Teaching Young Actors—DLC’s teen professional company.

Having studied musical theatre, classical, and jazz with performers at the top of their fields, Tiffany is equally comfortable teaching classical voice, musical theatre, and other commercial styles. However, coming from the belief that singers on the operatic stage use the same technique as those with careers in theatre, she approaches her training from a classical standpoint. She instills solid vocal technique in her students through varied repertoire with the objective of preparing them to become well-rounded performers.