I Am Moving!

I am moving to www.KristyCorbett.com

I still teach just as I did before and just as I advertise on this site. However, for www.KristyCorbett.com, I have also included more of my personal work, such as: compositions, photo gallery, personal profile, etc. in order to accommodate all that I do in the performing arts. Please visit and see what's up!

New Season

I will graduate with a Bachelor Degree in Music which covers Composition in all forms, Opera/Vocal Performance, Piano Performance, Acting/Theatre and Clarinet Performance. It has been a great learning chapter, pursuing this degree, and I am excited to be done April 28th. After years in os Angeles, BYU and UVU, I am finally graduating with, what I feel, in valuable education and techniques.

Due to graduation, I will have an official degree to my name and, therefore, prices and skill-sets have been modified accordingly. Also, my schedule has changed quite a bit so my schedule for more students has finally been achieved.

For those students who are looking to improve and begin their skill in the arts, I am very happy to be a part of that goal as a teacher/trainer. I like to work hard and love students who will work hard right along with me. It's fun and exciting with the opportunities and events my music studio offers. However, I do require the students to earn it for true success and achievement.

My resume and testimonials of my studio are on this site as well as recordings of my work. Soon, I will have the latest recordings of my latest studio work and Senior Recital.

Enjoy and please have a great summer! I look forward to working with you!

New Year's Resolutions

With the New Year just around the corner, many people (including myself) go over their past year and figure out how they want to make this year better, hence, the New Year's Resolutions. There are many of them that we make. Sometimes we keep them, sometimes we don't. The good thing is that we always keep trying to be better. That's what it all boils down to: becoming better. Whether it's to get back in shape, get better grades, be a better parent, a better friend, etc., it's us trying to be better.

That is why I love teaching private lessons. I meet people who are wanting to do the work to become better at singing or any other instrument and I am honored to be a part of that process.

There is a fine line, however, between wanting to be like someone who seems better and trying to be a better self without comparison. I always run into the potential students who want to belike a certain famous singer, not realizing that that particular singer doesn't know a C# key from an A minor chord. I'm fortunate enough to get to work with the famous people seen on television and heard on the radio--fortunate enough to know it's not real but a lot of fancy work done by the engineers, producers and song writers.

So I strongly stick with making yourself better because no one else has your voice, so it's up to you to find it and keep it strong for the rest of your life. That is how I teach and I LOVE it! I love to hear this one-and-only voice come shine through in a healthy, correct way--so healthy and correct, that the singer will be able to sing with that amount of gusto like Pavarotti.

So I am writing today, excited to embark on my own New year's Resolutions as a musician and even more excited to help my students do the same.

Timpanogos Academy

Last week, I spent the afternoon with another group of fun children from a another school, located in Lindon, Utah. The student body of Timpanogos Academy is a special one. Talking with them was a treat as they told me what they each loved to do and why they loved music. I love watching their eyes beam with excitement as they tell me what makes them unique. They tell me what they love to do in their spare time and why they do it, along with what it really means to them. When we get to music, it's the same thing and that is where we all join in and have something in common.

I played Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, sang O mio babbino caro and played a few pieces on the piano for them. I'm happy to say that they loved it and I loved performing for them. They are a cute bunch of good kids. I can't wait to see the next school I work in. I hope that are just as great because we need good children like that.

Thank you, Rob Swenson and Students of Timpanogos Academy!

A Different Language

When a friend of mine tells me that they are taking music lessons, I say to them, "How exciting! Do you realize that you are learning a language that not many people speak anymore?" Than they just laugh and tell me that it's not a language. How little they know...

The more I study music in instrumentation, theory, coloring, interpretation, etc., I have come to realize that it is a language that many don't truly understand. With that being said, I know that this is one of the hardest languages to learn because it is the only language and that incorporates all forms of learning--there is no way to completely learn music without all seven:

1. Logical/Mathematical

2. Linguistic

3. Spatial

4. Musical

5. Kinesthetic

6. Interpersonal (recognizing others)

7. Intrapersonal (recognizing self)

It is a beautiful language and there is nothing like it. It's unending and is added upon by creative musicians everyday. I love these students of mine who take the brave step to learn and create more of this language. It's universal from every living organism all over the world. Even studies have shown how music effects nature and animals (humans included, obviously).

For those of you who have always wanted to speak this language, please take that step to learn! We need more musicians in this world and it can quite simple to learn. As Johann Sebastian Bach said, “It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.”

Thank You For Reading

Today's Event at Dixon

I went to perform and speak with the kids of Dixon Middle School in Provo, UT. I got to speak with the students in the orchestra, the band, the choir and the guitar class. I admit that I was nervous and made silly mistakes that I never make but, HEY! lesson learned, eh. However, I had so much fun. Even the kids who weren't paying attention were cracking me up.I played some pieces from Jekyll & Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Fresh Aire, Disney and Carl Maria Von Weber. I honestly was honored to be able to play clarinet, piano and sing for these kids. Just like Louise Armstrong sang in What a Wonderful World, "They'll learn much more than I'll never know." One of the questions I asked was, "How often to play music per day?" Outside of class, these kids play so much--I was so happy to hear it. Then one boy said, "I play any chance I get." Oh, I loved that answer. He knew what he loved--playing music--so he played it any chance he got. I do the same and I know many of the kids in that class do as well. I wish them the best and would like to thank the faculty and students for letting me play music for them. Thanks, Dixon Panthers!

A New Goal For This School Year

Don't you love the fresh feeling that beginning school brings? New back-pack, pencils and pens; fresh paper and seeing your friends again with fun summer stories to share. I love all of that, too. And I always start the new school year with personal goals of how I will make this school year. It usually goes something like this:I will have straight A's

• I will not be late nor ever miss a class
• All my homework will be turned in on time
• I will study each subject everyday for, at least, an hour
• I will be more social and kinder to everyone, making more friends
• I will wake up at 6:00am every morning, no matter what

Yeah... easier said than done, right. I do admit that there were some semesters that I came pretty close to achieving all those goals but, gee, that was a super hard semester!

I've been thinking about this because the students that I have are 'school-aholics.' They are so involved with art, drama, sports, etc., that I doubt they can ever enjoy a homemade dinner. But it's fun to watch them go! Once school starts, they're like a wind-up toy and keep going and going and going... And, with all that they have to work with in school, they still make time to sing for a half hour every week. I look up to them for that.

So I have another goal to make this school year: To be like those students and take time out of my busy schedule to enjoy something that I like (outside of school, the text books and studying), even if it's a half hour per week. Thanks for the examples you set for me, all you students o' mine.