The Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
July 13-21
2019
Executive Director
Dr. Kathryn Green, Executive Director, is the director of Shenandoah Conservatory’s graduate vocal pedagogy program and a professor of voice. She has been instrumental in developing the Doctor of Musical Arts in Vocal Pedagogy program and initiated the first Master of Music degree in contemporary voice in the United States. Her research has been published in the Journal of Voice (An Analysis of Current Casting Trends in Musical Theatre) and in the Journal of Singing (Deciphering Vocal Demands for Today’s Broadway Leading Ladies). Her performing career in the United States includes appearances with the Erie and Buffalo Philharmonics as alto soloist in several oratorio performances. Her operatic/oratorio roles have included Carmen (Carmen), Juditha Triumphant (Juditha), Gianni Schicchi (Zita), Seven Deadly Sins (Anna), Madame Butterfly (Suzuki), Hansel and Gretel (witch) and Suor Angelica (Principessa). She sang in Germany, Austria, France, and Italy as the operatic Diva of a comic show (Panem et Circensus) that toured from 1990-1997. Dr. Green received her DMA in Performance at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and a substantial scholarship from the state of New York to research the Hymnody of the Seneca Native Americans, which became her doctoral thesis. She has been a guest clinician throughout the United States and internationally, including the Universität der Künste Berlin, Hochschule der Künste Lübeck in Germany and Sao Paulo University in Brazil.
Artistic Director
Dr. Matthew Edwards, Artistic Director, is currently an Associate Professor of Voice and Coordinator of the Musical Theatre Voice at Shenandoah Conservatory, a Van Lawrence recipient, and NATS Internship master teacher.
Edwards’ vocal interests encompass many styles. He has performed numerous roles in plays, musicals, and operas. Former and current students have performed on American Idol, Broadway, off-Broadway, on national and international tours, and in bands touring throughout the United States. He has written numerous articles for the Journal of Singing, Journal of Voice, VoicePrints, American Music Teacher, The Voice, Southern Theatre, and Voice Council magazine. He has contributed chapters to “A Dictionary for the Modern Singer,” “Vocal Athlete,” “Manual of Singing Voice Rehabilitation,” “Get the Callback,” “The Voice Teacher’s Cookbook,” and the CCM, Sacred Music, Gospel, A Cappella, and Country editions of the “So You Want to Sing” book series. His book “So You Want to Sing Rock ‘N’ Roll?” is published by Rowman and Littlefield and has been called “an authoritative text on rock ‘n’ roll singing” by Classical Singer magazine.
Matt has given over 100 presentations, masterclasses, and workshops for groups including the National Association of Teachers of Singing National Conference, Voice Foundation Annual Symposium, Acoustical Society of America, Southeastern Theatre Conference, Musical Theatre Educators Alliance, Pan-American Vocology Association, U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants, U.S. Navy Sea Chanters, Summer Vocology Institute, at numerous universities including Penn State, Florida State, University of Toronto, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Brigham Young, Wright State, Otterbein, Illinois Wesleyan, Missouri State, University of Northern Colorado, Bårdar Academy (Oslo, Norway), NATS Chapters in Toronto, New York, Minnesota, Texas, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Arizona, and many others.
Online at EdwardsVoice.com , AuditioningForCollege.com , and EdwardsVoice.Wordpress.com .
Faculty
Edward Reisert has over twenty-five years of experience teaching music in the public schools, and currently serves as a High School Choral Director in the Bedford, New York Central School District. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from The Boston Conservatory and his Masters Degree from State University of New York at Oswego. Edward?s choirs have performed at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, and his students have performed in state, national and international choral ensembles. He is a frequent guest conductor for county and regional music festivals in New York and Connecticut, and is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association and the New York State School Music Association. In 2013, Edward presented research that he co-authored at the Voice Foundation Annual Symposium. He incorporates functional voice training in his successful private voice studio. Edward has served on the faculty of the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah Conservatory since 2009.
Marcelle Gauvin is an associate professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston where she serves as the department’s voice retraining specialist. She also heads the CCM/Jazz voice studio at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She performs regularly as a jazz vocalist after the success of her two nationally recognized recordings “The Edge of the Pond” and “Faces of Love” with the Whaling City Sound label and is scheduled to release a new recording May of 2016.
Marcelle is a well-respected instructor and vocal coach in jazz/pop techniques with a student roster that ranges from nationally signed recording artists to Broadway and TV performers. She has been a Shenandoah Conservatory Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy Institute faculty member since 2008 and hosts numerous vocal pedagogy conferences and events in the general New England area. Her daughters, Kelsey and Kimber-lee Jacobsen, are both professional singers and together they own Double Bar Music, a private music school located in Westport, Massachusetts.
Tom Arduini has been an integral part of the Shenandoah Conservatory Contemporary Vocal Pedagogy Institute since its inception. He currently teaches functional voice work in his private studio in Westchester, New York. He is a choral specialist and Music Department Coordinator in the Yorktown Central School District. He performed ten seasons at Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, NY and is a musical theater specialist. He has studied music at SUNY Fredonia, SUNY Oswego, The Hartt School of Music, Villanova, and Shedandoah University. He holds BA and MS degrees and is a certified School District Administrator. He is serving his fourth term on the Executive Board of the New York State School Music Association.
Voice Science Specialist
Dr. David Meyer is a leading scholar and researcher of the singing voice. He is also an active performer, teacher, clinician, and voice scientist. He serves as associate professor of voice and voice pedagogy at Shenandoah Conservatory. He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Voice Foundation and the Voice Science Advisory Committee of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. In 2010 he received the Van L. Lawrence Fellowship, a prestigious national award in recognition of his contributions to the field of teaching singing and the use of voice science. Dr. Meyer is a former faculty member of Western Washington University; his students have won numerous awards and have sung in major venues worldwide. Dr. Meyer maintains an active and varied singing career, appearing frequently in opera, oratorio, and song recitals throughout the United States and abroad. He has sung with the Hessische Staatstheater Wiesbaden in Germany, with the Krakow opera in Poland, and with the Staatstheater Winterthur in Switzerland. His performance credentials include the Indianapolis opera, the Kentucky opera, the Bellevue Opera, and the Muddy River Opera Company. He has performed with the BBC Orchestra at the Aldeburgh Festival in England and at the Concertgebau in Holland, and he has toured with Paul Hillier as a member of Theater of Voices.
Dance and Movement Specialist
Ting-Yu Chen is the Conservatory Associate Dean for Student Affairs and professor of dance at Shenandoah University, and a grant recipient of the National Arts Council of Cultural and Educational Development and foundations in Taiwan, the Greater Columbus Arts Council in Ohio, and Shenandoah Arts Council in Virginia. Chen’s performances, choreography and teaching have spanned the globe in countries including Argentina, Canada, China, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Macedonia, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, and across the USA. Her interest in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural learning has led her to develop new curriculums including Body Awareness for Signers, Movement for Musicians, and Dance in Medicine to support singers, instrumentalists and health care providers to advance their professional goals. She is a member of World Dance Alliance - Pacific Asia, and Shenandoah Arts Council. She has served on the national board of the American College Dance Association. MFA, the Ohio State University, BFA, SUNY Purchase, and a certified Reiki Master.
CCM Musical Theatre Styles Specialist and Institute Co-Founder
Edrie Means Weekly, Co-Founder of the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute, is an associate professor of voice and voice pedagogy at Shenandoah Conservatory. She is a recognized expert in training singers in all vocal styles and an active professional singer. She was a Master Teacher for the NATS Intern Program. Her students can be heard on Grammy Recordings, films, Broadway, National and International Tours, Regional Theatre, TV (including The Voice and American Idol, Kidz Star USA). A researcher in functional voice training, she has co-authored research published in The Journal of Voice regarding the teaching of CCM styles and has a sub-chapter in Teaching Singing in the 21st Century entitled "Making The Song Authentic: It's a Matter of Style". Has presented at the Voice Foundation Symposium, NATS National Conferences, Pan-American Vocology Association, the Southeastern Theatre Conference, Mid-Atlantic NATS, Northwestern NATS and universities throughout the United States. Many od her performances have been broadcast internationally on radio and TV, recorded by Decca and Koch. She has appeared in leading roles with the Houston Grand Opera, Washington Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Cleveland Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Opera Mid-Michigan, Opera Grand Rapids, Pittsburgh Playhouse, State Opera of Cairo, Egypt to name a few. Guest artist with symphony orchestras including Houston, Cleveland, Corpus Christi, Victoria, and the National Symphony. She has sung lead roles in musicals and operetta, including Follies, My Fair Lady, Carousel, The King and I, West Side Story, Show Boat, The Sound of Music, Merry Widow and Zorba. Standby for Broadway stars Patti LuPone, Elaine Paige and Linda Lavin. Recently sang with Jonathan Pryce and Cloris Leachman in My Fair Lady at the Kennedy Center. Currently she is on the Advisory Board forthe NATS National Musical Theatre Competition. Proud member of AGMA and AEA. http://edriemeans.wix.com/edriemeans
Assistant Faculty
Jess Baldwin is an independent teacher and musician based in Ohio. After finishing her master’s in classical vocal pedagogy and performance, Jess began studying CCM pedagogy, and eventually realized her heart was in popular music. In 2016, she created Commercial Voice Resources for voice teachers who work with this community. In 2017, she presented the results of a survey of commercial and popular music degree programs to the Association of Popular Music Education and The Voice Foundation. When she’s not teaching in her Marietta and Columbus studios, she presents at colleges, conferences, and workshops around the US.
As an artist, Jess’ eclectic style melds indie pop with soul and jazz, living somewhere between Regina Spektor, Lake Street Dive, and Becca Stevens. Her voice has been described as “world class,” “effortless,” and “pure beauty.” She performed on Mountain Stage in 2013, won Best Cover Song in the 2015 and 2017 Ohio Music Awards, was a quarterfinalist in the 2015 and 2017 American Traditions Competitions, and was a featured singer-songwriter on American Public Television’s “Songs at the Center.” She’ll release her first album in 2018. Learn more at jessbaldwin.com.
Julie Dean is a singer-songwriter from Charlotte, North Carolina, where she has been teaching voice for over 15 years. She owns a private voice studio that reflects her belief in creating a space where singers can explore and find their voice in the most authentic way that suits the music of their heart. She also works as part of a voice health care team with a local laryngologist and speech language pathologists at the Charlotte Eye Ear, Nose and Throat Associates (CEENTA).
Julie is a frequent presenter/lecturer of voice workshops for local churches, music teacher organizations and songwriter groups like the Nashville Songwriters Assoc (NSAI). Known as a versatile singer and musician, Julie is in demand for a variety of musical events around Charlotte, is a member of Sweetgrass Serenade, a folk country band, and performs as a solo artist performing her own songs as well as covers from favorite artists from Dolly Parton to Ingrid Michelson.
Jackie Zito is an adjunct Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre voice at Shenandoah Conservatory. Jackie has performed in classical and musical theatre productions with Wayside Theatre, KNOW Theatre, Tri-Cities Opera, Bay View Music Festival, Tri-Cities Opera Go Round, Hudson Symphony, Case Western Symphony, CIM Opera Theatre, LSU Opera, Findlay Light Opera, LSU Gilbert and Sullivan Troupe, and the Atlantic Coast Opera Festival. Her students have performed on Broadway, on tour, and in regional theatre and live music venues throughout the United States. In addition to her work at SU, she also maintains a private studio focusing on middle and high school commercial and musical theatre performers.
"The faculty and participants at the CCM Institute have created the most welcoming community where everyone feels valued. All of the faculty at the institute are absolute experts in their field and yet so down to earth."
Katherine Jennings
2018 Participant