What I Offer

TEACHING ACHIEVEMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS

  • Certified in Levels I, II and III of the Somatic Voicework™ Method.

  • Trained to teach Trans Voice Alteration by Renée Yoxon.

  • Levels I - IV of ABRSM Music Theory and Voice Exams. (All of my students have passed!)

  • I have had multiple students place 2nd in the American Protegé Vocal Competition perform at Carnegie Hall.

  • I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from Wesleyan University and a Master’s Degree in Music Composition from Mills College.

  • I have been teaching since 2015, and performing live for 15 years. I have two full length solo albums of original music. Read more about my performance experiences and creative projects here.

  • I currently teach private and group lessons at Keylab Studio in Brooklyn and for The Bloomingdale School of Music in Manhattan.

 
 

WHAT

I OFFER

  • In-person (Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Ditmas Park, Prospect Heights, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Gowanus, Bedstuy, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Flatbush) or virtual (anywhere) lessons via Zoom. I currently have a student in every time zone of the US :)

  • As part of my antiracism practice, I am committed to making music accessible to students of color, as well as trans/queer/GNC adults with limited resources. Please ask me about my sliding scale.

ABOUT ME

Forest Kamerin is a nonbinary, trans singer, songwriter and teacher who has recently relocated to Brooklyn. Primarily a solo performer these days, Forest isn’t afraid to show their vulnerability on stage as they explore places of loneliness, nostalgia and heartbreak. Their dreamy, introspective, stylings combine a hauntingly pure, virtuosic vocal sound with electronics-based loops and tasteful beats to send you melting backward into some childhood nostalgia you didn’t know you had.

Forest holds a Bachelor’s degree in music from Wesleyan University (2011) and is a graduate of the Mills Masters Composition program ('14), where they received the Paul Merritt Henry prize for excellence in string composition. After graduating from Mills, they collaborated regularly with inkBoat Physical Theater and Dance, writing and performing live musical accompaniment for a number of performances including Line Between (Seoul International Dance Festival), 99 Rituals, and the Storm in My House. Forest’s also had the honor of performing with Kronos Quartet, Seattle-based Degenerate Ensemble, William Winant Percussion Ensemble, Wax Poets Collective, and others. 

In 2019, Forest co-founded the East Bay based Queer Choir with Kinsey Bell. They arranged the majority of the choir’s music, and directed the choir on a biweekly basis for the year before moving to the east coast. They also held free, monthly open-sings for folks in the community. Kamerin is hoping to arrange something similar in Brooklyn before too long.

COVID SAFETY

  • I am vaccinated and boosted, and remain masked in all lessons.