Gaga, Don Lawrence and Tony Bennett on June 19, 2015
Don Lawrence (born in 1945) is an American vocal coach from New York City, NY. After being the personal vocalist for the Commanding General of the Third Army and Band along with performing at the Copacabana in New York City, Don joined his father at the Lawrence Vocal Studio. The studio founded in 1948, is based on the Lawrence method created by Don's father using modernized Bel canto, a classical opera technique.
Work with Lady Gaga[]
At fourteen, Stefani started to work with voice teacher Don Lawrence. She recalls the person who suggested her to meet him:
| “ | I was singing I Want It That Way[1] to myself in a shop down the street from my house, when the store owner, who happened to also be a musician, pulled me aside and slipped a phone number in my hand. He told me his uncle was a highly respected voice teacher who he thought would like to work with me. I called him up and remember his words, “I work with Grammy Award Winner Christina Aguilera, Bono of U2, Mick Jagger and as the list got larger I got more excited. | ” |
—Lady Gaga | ||
Trivia[]
- Don was credited for his vocal instruction in Cheek to Cheek (2014), Joanne (2016) and Love for Sale (2021).
- On Twitter[2], Gaga revealed that she trained for two months for her 2015 Academy Awards performance.
- After receiving the Grammy Museum's Jane Ortner Artist Award, Gaga thanked Don Lawrence in her speech on April 4, 2016.
- Don was also credited as vocal coach in the credits of the movie A Star Is Born (2018).
Link[]
- ↑ "I Want It That Way" is a song by American boy band Backstreet Boys. It was released on April 12, 1999, as the lead single from their third studio album, Millennium.
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/570392259037802496