EDUCATION: Singing Teachers & Musical Audition Coaches

Seattle

Celeste Axelson (206) 851-2628
Celeste works with all levels of singers: on classical  vocal technique, musical theatre, folk, rock, pop, jazz and music theory.   Trained at the Vancouver annex of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Canada in piano and voice, she has taught voice for 9 years and piano for 18.  In addition, she has been a church musician and directs both musical theatre and choirs.  A   recording artist herself, she also teaches diction for all the opera in all languages.  Laurelhurst
E-mail Celestesoprano@comcast.net

Emilie Berne (206) 784-8008
Voice instruction and song styling techniques for jazz, musical theatre, cabaret, auditioning and performance.  Berne is a pianist, composer-arranger, voice teacher and music director with over 30 years of professional experience in Seattle and San Francisco.  Her students perform regionally and internationally on mainstage and cruise ships, in national touring companies and cabarets.  Career guidance, practice tapes and resource library are available.  Beginners to professional.  Ballard.

Barbara Coffin (206) 324-7002
(Equity, SAG, AFTRA)
The fundamentals of singing, vocal technique and performance coaching.  Beginners to advanced.  A veteran Seattle performer, Coffin has performed at the Fifth Ave Musical Theatre, many opera companies, on cruise ships and in nightclubs.  Private lessons, Capitol Hill

Brian Higham (206) 322-0948
(Equity, SAG, AFTRA)
A veteran of 25 years of teaching, Brian Higham is an actor/singer and is an active music director in the Seattle Area.  He is a musical theatre coach and voice instructor.  Mt. Baker
E-mail:  Brian-Higham@hotmail.com

Davida Kagen (206) 782-7718
With 30 years teaching experience under her belt, Kagen works on both vocal development and audition coaching.  An opera performer, who has toured Europe and the US, Kagen taught singing at Western Washington University in Bellingham, and has taught in the PATP program at the UW and at Cornish.
E-mail  dkagen@connectexpress.com

Jacinta Koreski (206) 782-5177
On the voice faculty of Seattle Pacific University “Jackie” has an MM in both vocal pedagogy and vocal performance.  She has performed throughout the US and Europe in Opera, Musical Theatre and oratoria recital.  Her students include working professionals as well as intermediate and beginning students.  Greenwood.

Ellen McLain (206) 282-1531
( Equity, SAG, AFTRA, AGMA)
Voice teacher and audition coach, McLain has an MM from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.  A veteran of 30 years, she has performed on Broadway, throughout the country and in Europe, both in musical theatre and opera.  Magnolia.

Jeffrey Moidel (206) 720-9958
A concert pianist and composer, as well as singing teacher, Jeffry Moidel works on vocal technique, and all elements of coaching: diction, resonance, breathing, alignment as well as musical audition coaching.  Jeffrey has taught for 13 years at Cornish.  Leschi
E-mail: Jmoidel@mac.com

Ann Evans Zavada ( 206) 306-0209
(Equity)
Voice coaching, technique and audition preparation.  She specializes in a healthy “Broadway Belt” style.  With 25 years of professional experience in theatres and cabarets across the country, Zavada has performed locally at the Seattle Children’s Theatre, Fifth Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre, Civic Light Opera, The Group Theatre and Cabaret Productions.  Her students have performed with Civic Light Opera, Village Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle Opera and leads on national tours of Broadway shows.  Beginners through advanced.  North Seattle
E-mail: annevans@hotmail.com

Marianne Weltman (206) 524-5195
Singing coach, Weltmann has an MS from the Julliard School of Music, and has performed in New York and Europe.  Her students include working professionals in opera, theatre and concerts locally and nationwide.  She has taught singing for over 20 years.  Ravenna
E-mail: higheffer@comcast.net
Web: Seattlesinginglady.com

Eastside

Nancy Bos (425) 633-5586
Nancy has been performing as a professional singer for 22 years in Musical Theatre,Rock banks and teaching for 11 years.  Her specialties are rock, folk, musical theatre and beginning and intermediate classical.

Lisa Rogers Lee
Ms. Lee holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal performance from the University of Michigan and Le Diplôme Supérieure from The Paris Chamber of Commerce and Eastern Michigan University. Ms. Lee enjoys a varied performing career including Musical Theater, Opera, Oratorio, and Chamber Music.  She is known as a mentor and teacher of young singers. She has maintained a private voice studio for 20 years as well as holding teaching positions at The Music Academy at Indiana University, South Bend and The Music Prep Program at Notre Dame University. Currently she is The Soprano I vocal coach and soloist with The Seattle Choral Company and St. Thomas Episcopal Church. She also works as a substitute Music and Special Education Teacher for The Bellevue School District.
E-mail: leefamilylrl@comcast.net

Alyce Rogers (425) 646-9550
A veteran of 30 years of touring with opera, symphonies and as a recitalist, Ms. Rogers is currently a soloist with the Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society. In addition, she toured with D’oyle Carte ( the original G& S company) here in the United State.   Having trained at the New England Conservatory of Music, Ms. Rogers taught for 25 years at Portland State University, and specializes in vocal techniques and diction for singers in all the European languages.  She teaches all styles from Gospel, to Classical to Musical Theatre.  
E-mail: alyce.rogers@comcast.net

Penelope Vrachopoulos (425) 454-1906
Voice interpretation for actors and singers.  Vrachopoulos, an actor/singer and director, has a Ph.D. in Music from Stanford University and has been teaching singing for 35 years.  She is also Artistic Director of Eastside Lyric Theatre, a Gilbert and Sullivan company.