A Busy Saturday For The Dreamquest Students

I always believe that a year end concert is not enough to develop confidence, exposures and experiences to my students. This is the reason why they get to perform in a crowd a few times a year. A student will have to undergo a lot of trainings from me and when I think they are ready they will be ask to perform in an event or even compete in a talent quest.

A job well done to Chloe McDonald for her two performances yesterday. One at Mingara Sports Ground for the Filipino Fiesta and another one at Gosford Progress Hall for a birthday bash party last night. She is one shy girl but I see a lot of potentials in her.

Angelique Goss surprised me with her head shaved. It was so nice of her to do such thing to show her support to the Leukemia Foundation's World's Greatest Shave 2013. I am proud her! Hey, I am seeing a lot of improvements from her too!

 Daniela Vassallo, who won the "People's Choice Award" at the "Gosford Got Talent 2013", made everyone jump on their seats last night with her song.

Danikka Vassallo, winner of "LoudFest 2012" Festival wowed the audience.

Trinity Young, winner of "Reach For The Starz Performing Arts Expo" held at Newcastle had a few fans last night including some little kids as young as 2 years old! hehehe...

Well done everyone!

A Priceless Gift

It was a long day yesterday,some of my students perform at Mingara sports ground for the Filipino Fiesta celebration in the afternoon. After that they had another performance at Gosford Progress Hall for a birthday bash party last night. 

Some highlights from last night is a casual student Mrs. Bregener who came to see me for a lesson 2 weeks before her husband's birthday bash celebration. What a passionate woman when it comes to her singing. She worked hard to be able to give justice to a Celine Dion masterpiece "To Love You More". It was a bit intimidating because she chose a tough song, but let me tell you this... she made me very proud! Her husband simply adored her for this gesture and what a priceless gift! 

Another emotional number last night was from my new student, Reymalyn. I had teary eyed when I saw the whole family hugged each other after she sang. It was her Dad's 50th birthday and she wants to sing a song for him. Her Dad's facial expressions when she started singing just gave me goose bumps all over my body! According to her Dad, the last time she heard her sing was when she was in Year 3 and that was like 5 or 6 years ago. She got so busy and concentrated in dancing and studies. So imagine Reyma's parents surprise when they finally heard her voice for her first singing performance last night. To hear her parents said "thank you" to me as well as Reymalyn made me realised why I love to teaching.

Happy 2013!

Happy New Year everyone!

Hope last year was wonderful and full of great adventures to all. We had quite a busy year last year and didn't even realize that this blog hasn't been updated. My apologies.

One of the highlights in our school last year are the winnings of our Dreamquest Singing Academy students in a performing arts competitions.

Danikka Vassallo, won the Junior division of the inaugural arts festival hosted by performing arts school Valley View Public school at Wyoming, "LoudFest 2012". She is 9 years old.

Trinity Young won the Junior category of "Reach For The Starz Performing Arts Expo 2012" held at Newcastle Jockey Club. She is only 7 years old!

Daniela Vassallo was a finalist in the Qurimbah RSL Talent Quest 2012. She is also 7 years old.

I will be posting more news from last year in a while. Cheers!

Dreamquest Students performed at Mingara!

Big thanks to Filipino-Australian Ugnay Kabayan (CCUK) for inviting our Dreamquest Singing Academy students to perform in the Filipino Fiesta at Mingara, Central Coast! 

To all the students, great job! You made me very proud!

“Is Singing For You?”

I often hear people say “I love singing but singing doesn’t love me” or “I wish I can sing but I just don’t have the talent” or “I really want to sing but I am too old for it now. I will just enrol my daughter or son. I am sure they have more chances to be an amazing singer than I do” or “I adore listening to people sing but I don’t think I could learn the art of singing”.

Let me tell you a story about one of my students whom I adore so much because of his passion to learn. Let’s call him Jimmy.  He called one day inquiring about singing lessons. Jimmy said, he never had lessons before and he is not a singer. He said he would only listen to his favourite singers and sing along with them. “I just want to LEARN HOW TO SING and oh by the way I am 62 years old” he said. “Wonderful!” I answered. “What are the requirements to be able to get some singing lessons from you?” he asked.  “I only need two things from you. The passion to learn and the discipline to practise as often as you can so you can achieve your goal” I replied. Jimmy said he possess those two things I mentioned. So after 62 years he started his first singing lessons with me.

Listen to Jimmy before he started his lessons. Below is a short recording of his version “You’re The Voice” a song by John Farnham.

 You're the Voice cover by Jimmy (Before) by Jonah Tomada 

You see singing is like any other talents or skills. It can be learnt as long as you have the passion to learn it. You need to work hard to be what you want to be. Singing is like going to the gym. If you want to lose weight or tone your body then you have to be willing to exercise as often as you can. You have to work hard to achieve whatever goal you set for yourself.

Jimmy practised a lot! He made sure he understood his singing instrument, which is our body by reading our “Singing Mastery” e-book. He bought other books and other products from our school to learn more. I am not saying that you also need to buy all our “Absolute Singing Mastery” products but Jimmy was so eager to learn how to sing.

The recording below is the result of his hard work and after a few lessons he can sing! Please take note of the words "few lessons". Listen to his version of "She's Not You" a song by Elvis Presley.

 She's Not You cover by Jimmy (After) by Jonah Tomada 

Singing doesn’t look at your age, race or religion it only wants your desire to be a good singer or even outrageously phenomenal singer by your determination, dedication and discipline to learn the beauty of singing.

Make You Feel My Love by Jonah

For the first time after so many years I got hold of a new music album by this super talented, singer and songwriter Adele. I have never been so excited that I had to play her songs in my car and at home. The melody of her songs are simply enchanting not to mention her amazing raspy and strong vocals. I right away sang and recorded one of her songs "Someone Like You" and posted it on YouTube as well as on Facebook. True enough, a lot of my friends knew and loved her songs! Two beautiful ladies my awesome and talented friend Dana of Austria and my high school classmate Reizl who also lives in the United Kingdom requested another superb song "Make You Feel My Love". To listen to this song kindly press play below. Thanks for listening!

 Make You Feel My Love (June) by Jonah Tomada

A 5 year-old Singing Star!

Yes! She is only 5 years old and gifted with a perfect pitch. She loves singing even before she turned 1 year-old. I used to sing in front of her when she was 5 months old, so I guess she developed that love of music from me. Well, we have music most of the time if not all the time in the house. Oh yes, I forgot to mention, she is my daughter! Her name is Trinity.

Here are what some listeners say about her singing;

Comment for Loving You added by llSunshinell on 18-Feb-11 03:44 AM

How precious! Your daughter has your talent... and I am blown away!! What a beautiful voice she has!!!!! I know you are proud of her!! I can't believe she is only 5. WOW again!!

Comment for Loving You added by Proud_DaddyGOLD on 13-Feb-11 12:25 AM

Wowwww!
What A Thrilling Performance!
Trinity sure has a Big Potential to become a singing Idol,..

Comment for Loving You added by butlersoftGOLD on 11-Feb-11 05:32 PM

wow ... this is fantastic for *ANY* age - let alone one of just 5 !!!
Excellent :-)

Comment for Loving You added by alieGOLD on 10-Feb-11 11:18 AM

WOW!! ..This is unbelievable!! ..She's only 5? It's so pure and clear! Amazing!! ..She's going to be a star!!

Comment for Loving You added by Jo-BoGOLD on 07-Feb-11 07:00 PM

June be very proud of her...that was Sensational....too bad all my champagne glasses broke from those wicked high notes!
Trinity.....not only are you so Gorgeous but you sing like an angel!
Truly Amazing sing!

Please click play on the player below to listen to Trinity's version of "Loving You" by Minnie Riperton.

Loving You (Trinit...

Merry Christmas to everyone!

What a year! I learned a lot as a teacher, daughter, mother, wife, friend and most of all as one of God's children. I still have lots to learn and we should never stop learning. I am grateful that the Almighty God has never stop supporting me and my family all these years!

May we all have a better understanding in life, contentment, happiness and peace as we approach year 2011! Let us embrace the new challenges with an open heart and ask the Almighty God a humble heart for all the blessings.

HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO MY FAMILY;  FRIENDS and RELATIVES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD!

June Tomada Young

Featured Student - DANIKKA

The good thing about teaching people how to not just sing but bring out the best in them is the satisfaction I get when I hear how my students use their instruments to touch the hearts of his or her listeners. For instance, Danikka one of my best below 10 years old student. She is only 7 years old and has been with me since February 2010. Just like any other young girl she is carefree and loves to sing. Her issues are breathing a typical problem even for an adult and professional singers! She sings through her nose and didn't have a great vocal projection. Danikka is still very young and doesn't know about her singing instrument so I wasn't expected much from her really.

However, what separate her from the other learners is that she applies the lessons she has learned during our session as soon as she gets the chance to practise at home. I know this because her Mum told me so when I introduced her the different emotions of a human being. I gave her something to work on and her Mum told me she was asking her about it. Just like any other skill or talent if one has the passion and determination there is nothing impossible to get what you want to achieve. Danikka has still lots of things to learn but I can tell you now that she is in the right path to be the best of what she does.

Please click play on the player below to start listening to the incredible voice of a 7 year old girl, Danikka!

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Daughter' s Singing Lesson

My 5 year old daughter loves singing but didn't have the patience to really learn. When she ask me for a lesson and would have a tantrum after a few minutes I would normally just give her a hug then stop the lesson. I thought well, you can't really teach your own child because she would see me as her loving mother and not a vocal coach.

For two weeks now she has been singing different songs like "Hero" by Mariah Carey and "The Climb" by Miley Cyrus. One day we were in the car and on our way to the organic shop. She was singing "Hero" and my husband told her she should ask my help because he didn't understand a single word of the song she was singing. She shrugged her shoulders and didn't say anything.

Yesterday, she asked me if she can have a singing lesson. She wants to learn the song "The Climb". I told her she has to finish the song "Part Of Your World" from the Little Mermaid movie. She has been learning it for a couple of months now but she gives up after a few lines. She agreed to learn the song but then after a few minutes she started arguing with me. I told her she is never going to have another singing lessons from me if she argues with me again. "But you are my Mum" she said "I am IF you are not learning how to sing. Since you are I am your singing teacher not your Mum" I replied. "If you want to learn how to be a great singer then you need to be patient and you need to practise a lot" I continued. She finally agreed and she had a lesson.

This morning she got up and ask for a pancake for breakfast. While she was waiting, she decided to practise her song and it made her singing teacher proud. She kept her promise to practise and to work hard so she can finish the song she never finished. I took a video of her practising and here she is on her second day of being patient ;) .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcoEFvxvzHQ

Oooppps sorry I didn't film the whole song, I didn't want to burn the pancakes ;) .

http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/aa91883c0

By the way, above link is another unfinished song my daughter sang when she was only 4 years old. A duet with her Mummy!