ANNABETH NOVITZKI · VOICE COACH
Your body already knows how.
I help that knowing come through.
Voice and piano lessons, Relateful coaching, and weekend workshops with Annabeth Novitzki. Online anywhere, and in person in Austin from fall through spring.
No experience needed, and no audition. Just a conversation.
HOW IT WORKS
STEP 1
Choose where to start
Music lessons, coaching, or a weekend workshop. Not sure? That’s what the free call is for.
STEP 2
Book a free 30-minute call
It’s the required first step for lessons and coaching, and how we both find out whether we’re a good fit.
STEP 3
Begin
Lessons run in quarters, coaching starts with Bridge, and workshops book directly.
STEP 1
Choose where to start
Music lessons
Voice and piano with Annabeth.
Guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, and improvisation with Wilson.
Never had a lesson? Beginners are some of our favorite people to work with.
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Voice and piano with Annabeth: $600 a month for weekly one-hour sessions, for teenagers and adults of any level. Online all year, and in person in Austin from fall through spring.
Guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, and improvisation with Wilson: 100 euros per hour, online or in person in Hannover, Germany, in English and German.
Coaching
Relateful coaching through Bridge, a four-week coaching package that begins each month.
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Bridge, $700: a “Tuning In” questionnaire, four weekly one-hour sessions, four weeks of Resonance (the weekly group), and a closing review of your journey.
Next Bridges begin in November, December, January, and February.
Whichever door you walk through, all of my skills are on the table. Coaching clients are welcome to bring singing, and every music lesson draws on my coaching. The door is our default and our main focus.
Weekend workshops
Relateful immersions in Charlotte, Austin, and Memphis. Current clients get 15% off.
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Jan 22–24, 2027: Relateful Immersion, Charlotte, NC
Feb 26–28, 2027: Relateful Health Immersion, Austin, TX
Dates coming soon: Relateful Immersion, Memphis, TN
Register directly; no call needed.
“We came for the singing and stayed for the growth.”
Married couple
Not sure which? Start with a free call, or read on to get a feel for how I work.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS Jan 22–24 · Charlotte Feb 26–28 · Austin, Relateful Health Coming soon · Memphis
Current clients get 15% off with a discount code from me.
What Being Tuned is
Most voice teaching works from the outside in, focusing primarily on what it sounds like. Being Tuned works from the inside out: your body already knows how, and I help that knowing come through.
Your body is the instrument, and your feelings drastically change the density or suppleness of that instrument. Instead of doing exercises and technique on top of a tense body, I first address the root cause of what’s in the way.
“In all the different things that I’ve tried over the years, I’ve never had a music teacher ask me how that just felt.”
CEO and founder
“At its essence, it’s a presence practice, with the underlying intention that I want to express myself.”
Mindfulness coach
Experience for yourself what Being Tuned is like, right here and now
Three short experiences, from easiest to most challenging. Open one and give it a try.
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Make two very different sounds with your voice. Go back and forth between the sounds and notice what feels different in your body with each sound. Then pick two more different sounds and repeat the exercise. If you want to add a trickier element, see if you can find how you’re “driving” your voice. How did you make one sound higher and the other lower? How did you make one sound loud and the other soft?
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Put on a live performance of your favorite song or one you find really compelling. Close your eyes and let your body guess what the singer’s body and spirit feels like as they’re singing this. When you have some guesses, try making sounds that feel the same way. Your voice might be higher or lower than theirs, so focus on the sensations instead of trying to imitate their sound.
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Close your eyes and imagine your voice feeling and sounding absolutely wonderful. Really swim in the experience. Keep it going and notice what your body feels like. Your belly. Your chest. Your thoughts. Your throat and mouth. Let this become your compass, because excellent vocal use feels utterly amazing, just like your imagination showed you.
What I’m listening for
For years I didn’t tell people I’m a singer or a voice teacher, because the moment I did, they’d stop singing in front of me. What I love most about hearing someone sing is the expression: the joy, the freedom, the play, the emotion being communicated. None of that requires skill or correctness. It’s already in you, and it’s exactly what I’m listening for.
What students say
I leave names off my client testimonials on purpose. What we explore together is personal, and confidentiality is part of what makes it safe to explore.
“You create the space for my voice to appear at the pace it wants to appear.”
Voice student
“It’s one of the greatest joys of my life, being able to sound like this.”
Voice student
“There’s a feeling I’m aiming for… once I find it, man, it just rings out.”
Director of Systems Architecture
“You’re calling it music, but it’s not really music… It’s literally how to be human.”
Entrepreneur
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“She helped me in a way that had me feel excited about what I’m accomplishing. Most important is the way that she deeply listens to me to understand my intentions and passion. She helped me understand the music I was writing to get into the recording studio.”
Executive coach“She has a unique teaching style that fosters creativity and individuality. I can’t say enough good about her. Working with her allowed me to overcome a lot of my anxiety in front of others. She helped me find my voice as well as the confidence I was lacking. I couldn’t be more grateful. She’s a gem and a beautiful soul.”
Voice student“I learned more in those two hours than I have in the past couple months of trying to teach myself.”
Voice student“I have improved more than I thought was possible. She really understands. She knows how to get at the heart of your issues, no matter how hopeless they seem.”
Neurodivergent voice student
Is this for you?
Every singer I’ve ever come across, and probably every musician, either has the desire to make music directly connected to their soul, or it’s not a soul thing but just an ability. If your voice feels like it comes straight from your heart and soul, Being Tuned is the perfect fit for you.
You’ll probably love this if…
“…what you want is to bring out the artist inside of you, and really find what’s real about your own sound, and take a journey through self-discovery to get there.”
Music producer
“…you’re not just looking to be able to sing better, but really want to know yourself better.”
Realtor
I’m probably not your person if…
you want the teacher to just tell you what to do
you want exercises, strictness, and required assignments
“If you told me there’s somebody who teaches with not much structure, I would not think that would work for me… However you teach really, really works for me.”
Scientist
A note on structure
A common misconception in the way I work is that there’s no structure. The truth is that I definitely use lots of structure, but it’s not in the ways people are most familiar with: the obvious, solid, do-your-assignment-or-you’re-in-trouble type. My kind of structure functions more like an ocean tide: there is strength of direction and purposefulness in every direction I choose and there is always clarity in me of where we’ve been, what we’re doing now, and how that’s taking you where you want to go.
Or keep reading for lessons, coaching, and workshops.
Music lessons
Voice and piano with Annabeth
For teenagers and adults of any level. Online all year, and in person in Austin from fall through spring.
QUARTERLY COMMITMENTS
$600 a month for weekly one-hour sessions
Paid on PayPal autopay.
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Each quarter is three monthly payments of $600 ($1,800 in all) for 12 one-hour sessions. That comes to $150 a session.
Spring: Feb 15 to May 14 · Summer: May 15 to Aug 14 · Fall: Aug 15 to Nov 14 · Winter: Nov 15 to Feb 14
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Quarterly Commitments are a big part of why my students make so much progress. Building a new ability that lasts takes about three months of weekly sessions, and students tell me the steady rhythm and accountability are immensely helpful.
For me, the commitment gives me a level of financial predictability that lets me show up with the depth and quality that helps you really thrive. So I ask that you see the quarter through if at all possible, and I also want to be reasonable and human about it.
You can start any time and commit to what’s left of that quarter.
Sessions are used within the quarter. Unused sessions don’t carry over and aren’t refunded.
Cancel or reschedule with at least 24 hours’ notice and we’ll find another time. With less notice, the session counts as one of your 12.
Most students stay with me for years. When you’re in the last quarter you’d like to do, let me know. Then either you can cancel the payments yourself at the end of the quarter or ask me to cancel them for you.
If there’s a quarter you know you’ll be traveling or too busy, you can just ask me to pause your payments and take the quarter off. There is no fee for pausing, and you can pause as long as you want.
If something major happens, like an injury or the death of someone close to you, you can stop partway through the quarter. I’ll cancel your remaining payments and refund any sessions you’ve paid for that are still ahead of us on the calendar. Weeks that have already passed without a session aren’t refunded.
If I’m sick or unavailable and we can’t find a make-up time, I’ll refund that session.
What’s included
I host a Student Showcase in Austin each fall and spring, where you can perform what you’ve been working on (always optional)
Resonance, the weekly group for everyone I work with
Guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, and improvisation with Wilson Novitzki
IN WILSON’S WORDS
My teaching has come to be focused primarily on listening. In our era a person can teach themselves a great deal about an instrument from the internet, but what is lacking is their ability to respond to playing with others. They are essentially in the position of a person who has learned a language from a book but has never used it in conversation.
I play guitar, bass, drums and piano, so generally in lessons I do not play the same instrument as the student. A person learning to play guitar needs to have the experience of playing with a bassist, a person learning bass needs to play with a drummer, etc. And more than anything my focus stays on time, having a shared sense of pulse.
I put a very strong emphasis on learning by ear, singing what you play, interpreting music with spontaneity, reacting to what’s going on around you. We spend time listening to musical examples outside of the commercial and western spheres in order to bring students back to an ancient, instinctual way of making music which is more concerned with the process than with the product. My ideal student is comfortable with open ended suggestions based on a conceptual framework rather than with formal technical exercises.
ABOUT WILSON
Wilson Novitzki spent his youth in the blues joints and punk venues of Memphis, TN. He studied jazz and classical guitar at the University of North Texas. From 2006-2015 he lived in Brooklyn, NY, where he was involved in both the free jazz and underground rock scenes and studied with Connie Crothers, a legendary mentor to jazz improvisors. From 2011-2014 he toured internationally with R. Stevie Moore, the “Godfather of DIY.” Since 2015 he has been living in Hannover, Germany, where he works as a private teacher while maintaining a quiet but international presence as a performer. He also organizes concerts of improvisational music. In addition, he is deeply involved with global traditional music, and maintains musical partnerships in Tangier, Morocco. Presently he is organizing a lecture series on traditional African music and curating artists for 577 Records.
Lessons: online or in person in Hannover, Germany, in English and German
Rate: 100 euros per hour
Availability: practically anytime, Central European Time (for reference, about midnight to 3 pm US Central Time)
Photo: Tom Smith, London
Reach out to Wilson
This form goes straight to Wilson. For lessons with Annabeth, book a free call instead.
Relateful coaching
Whatever you’re struggling with is an invitation from life to grow toward your next level of thriving. I believe that any needed wisdom already lives in you, and as the coach I’m like a guide who knows lots of paths to where to find your own wisdom.
COACHING PACKAGE · FOUR WEEKS · $700
Bridge
In a song, the bridge takes you somewhere new, then carries you home to the chorus. Bridge is four weeks of coaching that take you from where you are to where you want to be, and back to your truest knowing: your internal home.
A “Tuning In” questionnaire before we begin
Four weekly one-hour coaching sessions
Four weeks of Resonance, the weekly group
A closing review of your journey, and clarifying your intentions moving forward
Upcoming Bridges: November 2026 · December 2026 · January 2027 · February 2027
“It constantly invites me into more compassion, more gentleness with myself.”
Former professional poker player
WEEKLY GROUP · STARTING NOVEMBER 2026
Resonance
A weekly group for everyone I work with. It’s time with other people on similar journeys, where your own experience echoes back to you through theirs, and where insights that can be hard to see from the inside can look clear from the outside.
Included for current students and clients. Graduates can stay on for $120 a month.
“Annabeth brings this unique perspective on life and creates a space where you can explore deep themes in your life with a refreshing lightness.”
Client
“Your helpful somatic guidance… Thank you for helping to unlock and unblock me.”
Coach and facilitator
Weekend workshops
Friday 6–9pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am–6pm with a lunch break. Register directly; no call needed.
Current clients get 15% off with a discount code from me.
JAN 22–24, 2027
Relateful Immersion
Charlotte, NC
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FEB 26–28, 2027
Relateful Health Immersion
Austin, TX
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DATES COMING SOON
Relateful Immersion
Memphis, TN
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“I got access to all of this curiosity and care at a level I almost never have access to.”
Nonprofit CEO
“I appreciate your Relatefulness offering. Simple. Clear. Quietly potent.”
Retiree
Where I’ll be
I teach online all year, and in person depending on the season.
Austin, TX: Fall through spring
Pacific Northwest: June and September
Edmonton, Canada: July to early August
Memphis, TN: Around Christmas
Tell me when you’re near me
About Annabeth
I’m Annabeth. I’ve taught voice and piano since 2004, and somewhere along the way I stopped teaching people to sing and started helping their bodies remember that they already know how.
My favorite thing to brag about is my Honors BFA in Vocal Performance from Carnegie Mellon, mostly because it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I also hold a Master’s in Vocal Performance from the University of Memphis. I spent seven years as Director of Music and Art at First Congregational Church of Memphis, and five on the music staff at First Unitarian Universalist of Austin.
In 2015 I found Relatefulness, a relational presence practice, and it revolutionized how I teach. I’m now Senior Staff at The Relateful Company and one of only six people in the world who can certify Relateful Facilitators. I was also the first Head Facilitator of the Relateful Studio in Austin, from 2019 to 2026.
Being Tuned is the methodology that grew out of both worlds, and it’s deeply collaborative. I’m the expert on technique; you’re the expert on your own body, and neither of us is enough alone. So we try lots of experiments together to find the ways that work best for you. My lessons, coaching, and workshops all start from the inside out: with what you feel, not just how you sound.
I bring deep listening, steady presence, and a good dose of humor to every session. I take being present seriously and myself much less so.
Questions people ask
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Yes. Beginners are some of my favorite people to work with.
“I learned a lot about things I didn’t know that I knew.” Adult beginner voice student
“Before, I would half sing… I didn’t really know what all my voice could actually do… My voice can do so much more than I thought it could.” Facilitator
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“Good enough” is simply not how I experience music. As a listener, I care that I have an experience while receiving the music. As a singer, I want to share something that lives in me. As a teacher, I’m aimed at helping you find where sounds you love feel amazing for you to make.
That said, I was also trained by many people who had a “good enough” opinion of music. I was a choir director and know that notes and rhythms need to meet each other. I know how to aim at excellence. But one of my favorite things about the human voice is that the richness and overtones in the sound are incomparably more full when the singing comes from somewhere genuine instead of force or perfectionism.
“Your job is to help me learn rather than hold me to some standard.” Flutist
“Not being so stuck in right and wrong… I have a better relationship with it, and I’m able to enjoy making music.” Educational administrator
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Almost certainly not.
True tone deafness is congenital amusia, a neurological condition where a person can’t tell the difference between different pitches. It is exceedingly rare; I have only met one person in my life who was genuinely tone deaf. For everyone else, what seems like tone deafness is just a matter of building a few skills.
I can definitively determine whether you’re tone deaf in about 20 seconds during the free Exploratory Call. When I work with students who have spent their lives believing they’re tone deaf, I first figure out where their skills need development: how they’re listening to or registering pitch, strengthening their inner ear, internally translating the sound they heard into how it will sound in their voice, and/or being able to accurately tell their voice how to sing the pitch in their inner ear.
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Yes. Whichever door you walk through, all of my skills are on the table. Coaching clients are welcome to bring singing, and every music lesson draws on my coaching. The door is our default and our main focus.
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Students are always surprised how well lessons work online. I use a special video conferencing software made for live music that erases the sound delay and lets us duet easily. I almost never use touch in my in-person lessons anyway, and people often find that they feel more free and open in their own space and are grateful to lose the tenseness and time loss of making their way through traffic.
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I’ve always needed a ton of privacy when working on my own voice, so it’s a high priority to give that to my students too. I often marvel that the vocal instrument starts in your gut, travels through your soul, your heart, and your beliefs, and might somehow exit your body unobstructed. For me, this is often immensely vulnerable, and meant that I cried in about a third of the hundreds of voice lessons I’ve taken in my life.
STEP 2
Book your free call
Everyone starts with a free 30-minute Zoom call. It’s the required first step for lessons and coaching, and it’s how we both find out whether we’re a good fit.
No experience needed, and no audition. Just a conversation.
The call is free. If you cancel or reschedule with less than 24 hours’ notice, that uses up your free call, and booking another one is $75. You’ll never get a bill for the missed one, and if something truly unexpected happens, like a car accident or a sick child, just let me know and your call stays free.