Annika Tregonning
Founder, Singing Teacher & Psychotherapist - Sassafras & Online
Annika is the founder of the Victorian Vocal Academy and Saga Psyche. She is a singing teacher, performer and psychotherapist. She offers teaching, psychotherapy and performance mentoring in her studio in Sassafras and also online.
Annika's expertise is informed by over thirty years of lived experience in the performing arts combined with a depth of psychotherapeutic knowledge. This unique combination brings a teaching style that supports singers at every stage of their development. Annika believes that great teaching begins with considering the whole person, which not only supports great technical and artistic growth but also confidence, resilience, and personal wellbeing.
Her teaching spans contemporary (pop, rock, soul, jazz and more), musical theatre, classical, and opera genres. She creates a warm, supportive environment where students feel safe to explore and develop their voices, and her inclusive studio warmly welcomes students from the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC communities, neurodiverse learners, as well as participants in the NDIS program.
Annika's training began at the Victorian College of the Arts and continued through private study with mentors including Monique Brynnel, Jon Weaving, and Suzanne Johnston. She has also studied the CoreSinging method with teacher and author Dr. Meribeth Dayme, and regularly attends professional development workshops to stay current with vocal pedagogy.
Her students have gone on to star in mainstage productions, perform at major festivals including the Fringe Festival, Adelaide Festival and White Night, sing with the MSO Chorus and Opera Australia Children's Chorus, release original music, tour nationally and internationally, win gold medals at WCOPA in Los Angeles, earn places at leading institutions including the Stella Adler Academy and the University of Melbourne, and receive full music scholarships.
Annika remains an active performer and creator, and brings that same love of the craft to every student she teaches. For singers and performers seeking to go deeper, she also offers performance mentoring through her practice Saga Psyche, exploring the connection between the inner world and the creative voice.