Singing is not just an interest – it is a fundamental part of who I am.
But it hasn’t always been easy.
From singing backups to the Star Wars soundtrack in my living room as a toddler to performing in front of thousands of people, there’s seldom a moment when I’m NOT thinking about singing.
However, for a long time I also struggled to sing for very long without feeling fatigued. I knew there was something inside of myself I needed to express, yet something was holding me back and I couldn’t figure out why.
I was frustrated every time I watched someone belting their heart out on Broadway or at the Oscars, envious that they could sing so well. Since I wasn’t getting the answers from those around me, I decided it was time to do something about it.
I set out on a journey to find out for myself.
I journeyed to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA for my Masters degree in music, where I studied the nuts and bolts of how the voice makes sound. Armed with these dirty details, I was finally starting to feel like I could make the sounds I wanted to make, and I began my journey as a professional singer, singing with companies like Pittsburgh Opera, Madison Opera, and spending two seasons as a member of the GRAMMY ® award winning Houston Chamber Choir.
Hear me sing!
As I performed and deepened my interest and knowledge in making my own voice work, I stumbled into working with Jeanie Lovetri’s Somatic Voicework ™, a method of vocal training whose practitioners have worked with the likes of Adele, Carol Burnett, and Amy Poehler, to name a few. After spending some time working with esteemed vocal coach Doug Peck in Los Angeles, my voice could FINALLY do what I wanted it to do, whenever I wanted it to do it.
Now, armed with this knowledge and experience, I’m determined to enable singers and artists to express themselves. While I still sing opera and musical theatre, my passion is working with singers interested in pop, folk, country, and rock. It is electrifying to see people liberated and expressing themselves in ways that are simultaneously exciting and beautiful, and I want to be the resource and short cut that I never had.
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