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Meet Maura Sharkey-Pryma
Maura Sharkey-Pryma is the innovative creator of Learn English Through Singing The Sharkey Method™ (LETS). She is an expert singing voice specialist and instructor with a passion for helping English language learners feel confident in their pronunciation and supporting them in their journey towards English language fluency.
In the fall of 2020 during the COVID global pandemic and subsequent lockdown, Maura was approached by MacEwan University’s Conservatory of Music under the School of Continuing Education to develop and teach a new online course for the Conservatory and MacEwan’s English as an Additional Language (EAL) program. The concept: instruct Canadian newcomers in their English pronunciation through singing.
Immediately intrigued by this project, Maura felt a personal connection with it as her own mother immigrated to Canada in the late 1960's from the Philippines as a young woman. Her mother would recount stories of her early experiences as a new Canadian, and the challenge in improving her English pronunciation.
A singing voice specialist with over 25 years teaching experience and a vocal instructor at MacEwan University's Theatre Arts Department in Musical Theatre Performance, Maura has accumulated years of experience working closely with diction and articulation. Along with a professional performance background as a vocal soloist in operas and concerts, LETS was a perfect fit for her.
Therefore, Learn English Through Singing The Sharkey Method™ was born. Inspired by somatic vocal training and performance, informed by English as an Additional Language pronunciation, and created to help English language learners feel confident through the power of music.
In the fall of 2020 during the COVID global pandemic and subsequent lockdown, Maura was approached by MacEwan University’s Conservatory of Music under the School of Continuing Education to develop and teach a new online course for the Conservatory and MacEwan’s English as an Additional Language (EAL) program. The concept: instruct Canadian newcomers in their English pronunciation through singing.
Immediately intrigued by this project, Maura felt a personal connection with it as her own mother immigrated to Canada in the late 1960's from the Philippines as a young woman. Her mother would recount stories of her early experiences as a new Canadian, and the challenge in improving her English pronunciation.
A singing voice specialist with over 25 years teaching experience and a vocal instructor at MacEwan University's Theatre Arts Department in Musical Theatre Performance, Maura has accumulated years of experience working closely with diction and articulation. Along with a professional performance background as a vocal soloist in operas and concerts, LETS was a perfect fit for her.
Therefore, Learn English Through Singing The Sharkey Method™ was born. Inspired by somatic vocal training and performance, informed by English as an Additional Language pronunciation, and created to help English language learners feel confident through the power of music.
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Singing voice specialist and instructorWith more than 25 years of dedicated training and hands-on experience, Maura Sharkey Pryma (she/her) of The Sharkey Voice Studio and the visionary behind Learn English The Sharkey Method™ (LETS), offers unparalleled expertise as a voice singing specialist, instructor, mentor, clinician, and consultant. Maura's passion for vocal and performance artistry shines through her work with singers of all ages, a commitment she has upheld for over two decades. In Edmonton, Canada, she shares her knowledge as a sessional voice instructor at MacEwan University's Theatre Arts Department in Musical Theatre Performance and through her private in-person and online studio. Additionally, Maura's innovative spirit led to the creation of Learn English Through Singing The Sharkey Method™ (LETS), an 11-week in-person and online course that effectively teaches English language skills and pronunciation using contemporary commercial music.
Maura began voice study at the University of Alberta, receiving a Bachelor of Music and Masters of Music in Vocal Performance. She continued her training at the Salzburg Mozarteum Sommerakademie and with Canadian opera training intensives, Opera NUOVA and The Opera Project. In 2019, she earned certification of completion of the Vocal Pedagogy Professional Workshop Course at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee. In 2021, Maura successfully completed Level 3 Somatic Voicework™ training with The LoVetri Institute through Baldwin Wallace University. To that end, Maura still studies voice regularly, attends workshops, maintains a physical practice, and works on her own performance in order to best serve her students. |
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I created Learn English Through Singing The Sharkey Method™ course to help you feel confident in your English pronunciation through
the power of music and singing.
Discover how fun articulation exercises, rhythmic enunciation, and singing with others can help you feel your most confident in your English language fluency.
the power of music and singing.
Discover how fun articulation exercises, rhythmic enunciation, and singing with others can help you feel your most confident in your English language fluency.
