about tiny voice studios
the mission of tiny voice studios is to provide expert contemporary voice training, and gender affirming voice care through an evidence based approach that empowers all students to become their authentic selves.
about kate (@tinyvoiceteacher)
Kate is a professional voice coach living in Philadelphia with her partner and sweet dog. After teaching public school for five years in the greater Boston area, Kate relocated to Winchester, VA and received her Master’s Degree in Voice Pedagogy, with a Contemporary Commercial Styles Concentration. Kate has expert experience not only as a teacher, but as a performer in commercial styles, and is committed to helping her students find their true and authentic voice, whether it be in gender-affirming care, or contemporary voice. Kate now works as an Adjunct Associate Professor of CCM Voice at Shenandoah University and at Temple University teaching Musical Theater.
Kate is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, where she studied Music Education. While studying at Berklee she traveled all over the United States performing, competing, and singing with various vocal groups, in notable venues such as Carnegie Hall and Boston Symphony Hall. Kate’s performance experiences extends to producing and directing small to large scale musical theater productions, in both her master and undergraduate program.
She has also judged, produced, and led masterclasses for various voice festivals around the country including Haunted Harmonies (Salem, MA), Varsity Vocals ICCA/ICSHA (Northeast, Mid Atlantic regions), NE Voices (Boston, MA), and the Betsy A Cappella Festival (Miami, FL).
Most recently, Kate assisted in a large scale research project alongside Sophie Dove and Leryn Turlington, studying the effects of COVID-19 on singers. The article can be read here. Kate is currently working to research singing and voice resources for LGBTQ+ allies, specifically transgender allies looking to learn more, and help improve trans women’s experience with voice feminization.
Kate specializes in gender-affirming voice training and contemporary voice training, using evidence-based pedagogy to help her student reach their fullest potential.
My vision for the singers in my studio is to light a fire in them. I want to help them find themselves within their singing and within themselves.
Through creative expression, and space to make mistakes, let’s explore the highs and lows of the human connection. Let’s do this through singing.
vision of tiny voice studios