What sets Vocal Impression apart is the combination of real-world performance experience and practical communication coaching. Drawing on decades of professional experience in voice, performance and communication, our coaching goes beyond presentation techniques to help you understand and strengthen the instrument behind your message, your voice. The result is a practical, highly personal approach that helps you communicate with greater confidence, presence, authenticity and impact.
ADRIAN LUCES
Founder & Executive Voice Coach
Adrian Luces understands the power of the voice from both sides of the stage.
With a background in professional singing and performance, including studies in jazz at Berklee College of Music and opera at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Adrian came to recognize that the same principles that allow a performer to connect with an audience; breath, projection, pacing, presence, authenticity and emotional connection, are equally powerful in the boardroom, at the podium and in everyday professional communication.
That realization led him to found Vocal Impression, built around a simple idea: effective communication isn’t just about what you say … it’s about how you sound when you say it.
Today, Adrian works with executives, professionals, educators, speakers and performers to help them discover greater confidence, presence and impact through their own voice. His coaching combines vocal technique, performance experience and practical communication strategy, helping clients understand not simply what to do differently, but how to make those changes feel natural and authentic.
His clients have included professionals and organizations such as Women’s College Hospital, The Hospital for Sick Children, MNP, DBRS, Hydro One and Bishop Strachan School, as well as professional speakers, athletes and performers.
Adrian is also Director of Vocal Impression for Forrest & Company, where he has worked with senior executives to strengthen the vocal skills that support confident and persuasive leadership.
At the heart of his coaching is his signature 9P’s of Performance, a framework that brings together the technical and human elements that shape how an audience hears, perceives and responds to a speaker.
Adrian’s goal isn’t to teach you to sound like someone else. It’s to help you discover how powerful you can sound when you fully use your own voice.
GABRIELLE PRATA
Voice Coach & Performance Specialist
Internationally acclaimed mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Prata brings a rare combination of stage mastery, vocal expertise and personal coaching to her work at Vocal Impression.
With a career spanning opera, musical theatre, symphony concerts, film and television, Gabrielle understands firsthand what it means to use the voice and body to communicate with confidence, authenticity and emotional connection. She brings that experience into her coaching, helping clients develop not only how they sound, but how they breathe, move, connect and show up when it matters.
Gabrielle’s distinguished performing career has included leading roles with the Canadian Opera Company, including Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Penelope in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, Cenerentola in La Cenerentola and Nicklausse in The Tales of Hoffmann. She made her New York debut as Rosina in The Barber of Seville with National Grand Opera and has performed principal roles with opera companies and festivals across North America.
Her concert career has included appearances with orchestras such as the Cincinnati Pops, Toronto, Detroit, Spokane, Winnipeg and Saskatoon symphonies, and the Rochester Philharmonic. Her work has also extended to film and television, including Closing the Ring alongside Shirley MacLaine and appearances in Gangland Undercover, Saving Hope, Copper and Christmas Inc.
Gabrielle has also taught masterclasses and adjudicated competitions for organizations and festivals including the Metropolitan Opera, Kiwanis, Pickering and Arcadia Music Festivals, bringing her professional experience to the development of other performers.
As a certified Life Coach, Gabrielle combines vocal and performance technique with a whole-person approach to communication. She helps clients overcome obstacles, build resilience and develop greater awareness of the relationship between voice, body, presence and confidence. Whether working with professionals, leaders or performers, her approach is grounded in helping each person discover and develop what is already uniquely theirs.
At Vocal Impression, Gabrielle doesn’t simply help people find a stronger voice, she helps them develop the confidence and presence to use it.
HOW WE WORK TOGETHER
Coaching Built Around You
No two voices, or communication challenges, are exactly alike. Adrian and Gabrielle bring complementary expertise in performance, vocal technique, communication strategy and coaching, allowing Vocal Impression to tailor each engagement to the individual or team.
Whether the goal is greater executive presence, stronger presentation skills, improved vocal technique or simply more confidence when speaking, we draw on the expertise and approach best suited to your needs.
Our focus is not on changing who you are, but on helping you use your own voice more confidently, authentically and effectively.
READY TO FIND OUT WHAT YOUR VOICE CAN DO?
Whether you’re preparing for an important presentation, strengthening your leadership presence or simply want to communicate with greater confidence, we’ll tailor the coaching to you.