{"id":154,"date":"2023-10-10T04:49:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T04:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theactorshandbook.com\/154-2\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T05:48:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T05:48:34","slug":"singing-teachers-musical-audition-coaches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theactorshandbook.com\/education\/singing-teachers-musical-audition-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing Teachers & Musical Audition Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"
Celeste Axelson<\/strong><\/p>\n (Madronna) <\/em><\/p>\n (206) 851-2628<\/p>\n Email: Celestesoprano@comcast.net<\/a><\/p>\n Celeste works with all levels of singers on musical theatre, classical vocal technique, folk, rock, pop, jazz and music theory.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 She has also been a church musician, choir director, and director of musical theatre.\u00a0 A recording artist herself, she also teaches diction for all the opera languages.<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n Brian Higham<\/strong> (AEA, SAG, AFTRA)<\/p>\n (Mt. Baker) <\/em><\/p>\n (206) 322-0948<\/p>\n E-mail:\u00a0 Brian-Higham@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n A veteran with 25 years of teaching, Brian Higham is an actor\/singer and an active music director in the Seattle Area.\u00a0 He is also a musical theatre coach and voice instructor.<\/p>\n Davida Kagen<\/strong><\/p>\n (206) 782-7718<\/p>\n Email:\u00a0 dlkagen@davidakagenvoice.com<\/a><\/p>\n Website:\u00a0 www.davidakagenvoice.com<\/a><\/p>\n With 30 years teaching experience under her belt, Kagen works on both vocal development and audition coaching.\u00a0 An opera performer who has toured Europe and the US, Kagen has taught singing at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, and in the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of Washington.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kim Maquire Voice Studio <\/strong><\/p>\n (206)-948-1233<\/p>\n Email:\u00a0 kimmaguire6@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n Website:\u00a0 www.voicestudy.org<\/a><\/p>\n Kim has been teaching private voice in the Kirkland area for over 25 years.\u00a0\u00a0 Trained in N.Y., she has extensive experience as a performer, having performed at the Houston Grand Opera, The 5th Ave Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars, Minneapolis Children’s Theatre, Village Theatre and many others.<\/p>\n She is a lyric\/coloratura trained in both classical and musical theatre techniques.<\/p>\n Her students have performed mainstage roles at The 5th Ave Theatre,\u00a0 The Village Theatre and Intiman among others.<\/p>\n Ellen McLain<\/strong> (AEA, SAG-AFTRA, AGMA; MM)<\/p>\n (Magnolia)<\/p>\n <\/em>206-484-6405<\/p>\n Email: johnlowrie2@comcast.net<\/a><\/p>\n Website: Ellenmclain.net<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a>A voice teacher and audition coach, McLain has a Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. A veteran of 30 years, she has performed in musical theatre and opera on Broadway, throughout the US and in Europe. Voice lessons and audition coaching $50 per hour.<\/p>\n Marianne Weltman<\/strong> (MS)<\/p>\n (Ravenna)<\/em><\/p>\n (206) 524-5195<\/p>\n E-mail: higheffer@comcast.net<\/a><\/p>\n Seattlesinginglady.com<\/a><\/p>\n A singing coach, Marianne Weltmann has an MS from the Julliard School of Music and has performed in New York and Europe.\u00a0 Her students include working professionals performing in opera, theatre, and concerts both locally and nationwide.\u00a0 A native speaker of German, who has also lived in Italy, she works on diction for opera singers and is a translator. She has taught singing for over 20 years.<\/p>\n Jordan Wentworth<\/strong><\/p>\n (646) 285-7926<\/p>\n Email:\u00a0jcwentworth@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n Website:\u00a0 www.voicelessonseattle.com<\/a><\/p>\n Jordan is an active member of NYSTA and has studied anatomy and physiology as well as the latest developments in neurology and teaching practices.\u00a0 Jordan has had students perform in the Met Opera children\u2019s chorus, on Broadway in Little Women<\/em>, Tony and Tina\u2019s Wedding<\/em>, and The Wedding Singer<\/em>, in the Broadway tour of Aida<\/em>, and in countless off-Broadway productions.\u00a0 He was also selected to coach an American Idol contestant on The Morning Show<\/em>.\u00a0 Wentworh has 10 years full-time teaching experience and several more years of part-time teaching experience.\u00a0 He has performed 38 opera roles in New York and beyond.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kim Maquire Voice Studio <\/strong><\/p>\n Kirkland<\/em><\/p>\n (206)-948-1233<\/p>\n Email:\u00a0 kimmaguire6@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n Website:\u00a0 www.voicestudy.org<\/a><\/p>\n Kim has been teaching private voice in the Kirkland area for over 25 years.\u00a0\u00a0 Trained in N.Y., she has extensive experience as a performer, having performed at the Houston Grand Opera, The 5th Ave Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars, Minneapolis Children’s Theatre, Village Theatre and many others.<\/p>\n She is a lyric\/coloratura trained in both classical and musical theatre techniques.<\/p>\n Her students have performed mainstage roles at The 5th Ave Theatre,\u00a0 The Village Theatre and Intiman among others.<\/p>\n Jeffrey Moidel<\/strong><\/p>\n (Snohomish)<\/p>\n <\/em>(206) 434-6300<\/p>\nEastside<\/h2>\n