The Sonny Ríos Voice Studio

A FEW FACTS ABOUT SONNY RIOS:

Ríos is a graduate of South Plains College where he studied voice with the renown voice teacher Harley Bulls, and the University of North Texas where he studied with the renown Metropolitan Opera tenor, Eugene Conley, and the renown interpreter of comic opera, Edward Baird.

Ríos has traveled extensively as a sacred and classical concert artist with World Concerts, Ríos's own organization. Ríos has sung across the USA, including Alaska and Puerto Rico, Canada, and at least twenty-five countries in Europe and Central- and South America.

Presently, Sonny Ríos has his own private voice studio in Duncanville, TX.
Ríos's expertise in teaching vocal production is constantly being sought by recording studios and talent agents seeking vocal help for their clients. Thus, we find students coming from all over the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex, the state of Texas, and surrounding states, and as far away as New York, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Colorado Springs, and the likes, to study with Mr. Ríos.

Ríos has also served on the panel of judges for vocal competitions and talent searches sponsored by radio stations, such as KISS-FM, and schools, such as Booker T. Washington Arts Magnate.

THE METHOD TAUGHT: The method taught is the one from the "Scola di Belcanto," also spelled "bel canto" (School of Beautiful Singing) from Italy. This is a method that emphasizes a natural way of singing rather than a fabricated, unnatural one. Through proper vowel modification, correct tone impingement on the palate--according to the vowel and pitch being sung--coupled with proper breath support, the student's natural voice should eventually acquire a beauty of its own. This will come sooner with some students than with others. But with time all students will experience a change in the voice for the better.

At left you see former President Bill Clinton, while Arkansas Govenor, Sonny Ríos, and Arkansas state representative Bobby Glover, a dear friend of Sonny. Mr. Clinton had just proclaimed Sonny Ríos an "Arkansas Traveler," an honor bestowed upon those who have contributed in some manner to the state. Sonny has concertized from one end to the other of that fair state...thus, the award. (Did you notice that the hair color of each was much darker back then? Not to mention the fact that they looked much younger, too!)