Singing on T: An Online Class for Trans & Nonbinary Folks on Testosterone

Tuesdays, June 24 - August 19, 2025
​6 - 8 pm Pacific / 9 - 11 pm Eastern - Time Zone Converter
Online on Zoom

Join longtime trans voice teacher Eli Conley for a nine-week online class all about the joys and challenges of singing on testosterone! Whether you've just started hormones, taken them for decades, or been on and off over time, you are welcome here.

In this class we’ll cover how testosterone affects your voice physiologically and debunk some common myths about singing and T. We’ll explore targeted vocal exercises to help you get to know your voice as it is right now, and what to expect if it’s still in the process of changing. Over the course of our time together you’ll find more ease and freedom in your singing, and build community with folks on a similar journey.

Each participant will get one-on-one coaching from Eli, and leave with tools to continue training their voice on their own. Folks with all levels of singing experience (or lack thereof) are encouraged to join us!

Attending and participating live is highly encouraged, but if you have to miss a session, each class will be recorded and the video will be available to watch for one week.

Accessibility
This online class is designed to work for people with a broad range of abilities and body types. Neurodivergent and disabled folks are very encouraged to join us! Please let me know about your specific access needs when you register. You're also welcome to reach out with any questions about accessibility.

About the Teacher
Eli Conley is a singer-songwriter and teaching artist based in Sacramento, California. He is a certified teacher of Somatic Voicework - The LoVetri Method™ who continues to study to deepen his approach to contemporary vocal pedagogy. He performs and tours as a folk/country artist, and is a former member of the Grammy award-winning San Francisco Symphony Chorus. In addition to group classes and workshops, Eli also offers private voice and songwriting lessons for people of all identities, ages 13 and up.

What Past Participants Say
"T is not ruining your voice. It's just giving you a new instrument, and you'll have to learn to play it all over again (emphasis on 'play!'). This class will teach you how, while joyfully welcoming every crack, squeak, and off-key note along the way. It's an amazing experience that I wish every transmasculine singer could have."

"Eli's awesome! His gentle coaching style and focus on somatics made this class very enjoyable. I had all but given up on my upper range after 3 years on T and this class made me feel like I could trust my voice again!"

"Once I'd been on T for a while, I felt baritone sounds coming out of me, and I knew something important was happening, but my new voice seemed so awkward, so out of my control. Even though I seemed so close to having the voice I'd always wanted, I was afraid I'd never really be able to use it to sing... After taking this course and working on the exercises several times a week, I'm vastly more confident and optimistic. My sound is already much richer, my falsetto is stronger, and I've come a long way toward coordinating the two registers. It's clear to me that I'll eventually be even more at home in my new baritone than I ever was as an alto."

Cost (Sliding Scale)
The cost of this class is on a sliding scale, and payment is due in two installments:
- 50% when you register, to hold your spot
- 50% on the first day of class

At Cost: $376 USD (Unlimited spots)
This is the true cost of the class, and the minimum rate I need most people to pay in order to cover my costs and pay myself a living wage. Consider paying this amount if doing so would be an investment, but not create hardship for you. You might choose this rate if you are regularly able to meet your basic needs (food, housing, healthcare, transportation, childcare) and have some expendable income, you can travel every few years without burden, and you have some debt but are able to pay it regularly.

Higher Rate: $476 USD (Unlimited spots)
This is a pay-it-forward rate. It's an opportunity to not only take this class, but also support your fellow community members in doing so too. Consider paying this amount if you are comfortably able to meet your basic needs (food, housing, healthcare, transportation, childcare), own the home your live in or rent a higher end property, have access to financial savings and/or investments, have paid or pay for private education, have reliable work or do not need to work to meet your needs, have inherited wealth, and/or can afford to travel every year.

Lower Rate: $276 USD (2 spots)
This is a discounted rate. Consider paying this amount if you have limited expendable income, little or no access to savings, significant debt, and little or no access to financial support from family.

Pay What You Can(2 spots)
If you are Black, Indigenous, a Person of Color, and/or disabled and paying more would be a significant hardship, this option is for you.

​I am grateful to Alexis J. Cunningfolk of Worts and Cunning Apothecary and Hadassah Damien of Ride Free Fearless Money for inspiring my approach to sliding scale.

More Info

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Questions? SingWithEli@gmail.com