Come work with us!
Join the teacher collective at The Voice Lab
It’s time to disrupt the systems, friends.
The Voice Lab collective is a team of voice teachers who specialize in gender-affirming singing and speech, with a shared commitment to transformational relationships with our students and each other.
We work at the intersection of pedagogy, identity, creativity, and care.
Our team and our students reflect a vibrant spectrum of gender experience, artistry, and self-expression. We’re looking for new voice teachers who want to create lasting impact while growing your own competence and confidence as an educator and community member, within a supportive and radically inclusive community.
Love your work
A call to action for you and a commitment from us
At The Voice Lab, we teach voice with love at the center. That means meeting every student as a whole human with a layered identity, and supporting them through the complex, joyful, and vulnerable process of learning to use their voice in ways that feel more like them.
We specialize in working with queer, transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive individuals for both speaking and singing. Whether a student is developing their vocal gender expression, deepening their artistry, navigating voice dysphoria, or simply learning to sing for the first time—we are here to journey alongside them with curiosity, compassion, and a high level of skill.
Our pedagogy blends technical rigor with inclusive practices, and we honor the diverse ways our students show up in the world. Each lesson is a space for co-creation. Each conversation is an opportunity to deconstruct industry standards and write our own narratives about what “good teaching” is.
What it’s like to teach here
When you teach at The Voice Lab, you’re not just picking up a few private students—you’re becoming part of a collective.
The Voice Lab was created in 2014 by Liz Jackson Hearns, a voice teacher, community builder, and author of two seminal texts on voice and gender: The Singing Teacher’s Guide to Transgender Voices and One Weird Trick: A User’s Guide to Transgender Voice. Liz created The Voice Lab to be a place where queer and trans people could explore our voices without fear or compromise—and where teachers could thrive in a space built on love, integrity, and mutual care.
We support one another’s growth as artists, practitioners, and humans. That means shared knowledge, nerdy deep dives, thoughtful communication, team gatherings, skill development, and access to a community of queer and trans professionals across disciplines.
Our team is welcoming, nerdy, creative, brave, and deeply invested in the impact we make. We lead with love as our primary core value. We assume best intentions. We give support freely and without judgment. We show up for our students. We learn from each other. And we never lose sight of the joy and power of voice work.
What the work includes
Both singing and speech lessons
Our teachers are skilled in both areas. We offer training and support if you’re strong in one and growing in the other.
Remote teaching from anywhere
All lessons are taught remotely via Zoom (or Farplay or any other platform if you’re feeling fancy).
You will set your own schedule
You’ll work as an independent contractor with autonomy to build your studio around your life.
We gotchoo on the systems
We handle the business side—branding, billing, scheduling, student matching, and even communication templates—so you can focus on teaching.
Invest mutually in the growth of the collective
60% of lesson fees go back into The Voice Lab to sustain and grow our shared resources: team development, business management, marketing, and customer acquisition to help you grow a robust studio.