\t\t\t\tYixuan Han said there are myriad of reasons why people traverse the flight of stairs to get to HanOpera Music Academy in east Plano, including young children starting out on their music education journey and adults who are life-long singers desiring to join like-minded individuals.<\/p>\n
\u201cChildren and teenagers really like musical theater and pop songs,\u201d Han said. \u201cThe adults really like the choir\u2014specifically solos.\u201d<\/p>\n
Han opened HanOpera Music Academy in 2019.<\/p>\n
The set up<\/p>\n
Han, who earned a doctorate degree in musical arts from University of North Texas, said she trains all HanOpera teachers to instruct in the teaching method she has developed over 20 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cHanOpera is totally different from other music academies because I use my teaching system and teaching philosophy … which is science-based vocal training,\u201d Han said. \u201c[The teachers] match the same concert concepts, skills and techniques\u2014then we teach them.\u201d<\/p>\n
In-person group and individual voice lessons, ranging from vocal fundamentals to competition levels, are taught at HanOpera. Online singing classes are also available. Classes are offered for children ages 4 and older. Han said currently, the oldest HanOpera student is 60 years old.<\/p>\n
Performances are scheduled throughout the year and are held offsite at nearby performance centers.<\/p>\n
What else?<\/p>\n
HanOpera students perform songs in a variety of languages including Italian, German, French, English, Japanese and Chinese. Han said most songs have an International Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA, which allows singers the ability to sing in their non-native language. However, one language lacked this useful tool.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of my achievements with my doctoral degree\u2014I am the first person to create a new version of the Chinese IPA for singers,\u201d Han said. \u201cI send our singers this IPA marked [music] … and they are singing it correctly. As a classical singer, it was always in Italian, German, French and English, and never Chinese, because they said Chinese is hard. Now it’s not hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
The backstory<\/p>\n
Han opened HanOpera in her Plano home in 2019. In 2024, she made the leap from home business to a brick-and-mortar location when she moved the academy to the current location on K Avenue. She said her students were instrumental in making her dream a reality when they bought pianos and chairs for the new location.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy students have been with me for a long time. They always say, \u2018Dr. Han, you are not a business woman, you are just a musician. But that’s why we love you’,\u201d Han said. \u201cBut I only think of one thing\u2014I want my students to have a big space to do rehearsals and performances.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quote of note<\/p>\n
Prior to opening HanOpera Music Academy, Han taught voice at universities in both China and America. Sometimes her former university students ask why she teaches kids.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m a voice teacher, not a university vocal major teacher,\u201d Han said. \u201cThat’s why I learned vocal pedagogy … to teach all my students different voice types so they shine on the stage. This is my job.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yixuan Han said there are myriad of reasons why people traverse the flight of stairs to get to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-537","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-plano","9":"tag-plano-headlines","10":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}