Anne Peckham – Voice Technique 101

Author

Anne Peckham is a singer, voice teacher, and author, whose work has influenced popular singing pedagogy worldwide. A professor in the Voice department at Berklee College of Music, Anne teaches private voice lessons and develops curricular materials for “Elements of Vocal Technique,” a required course for all vocal students. Her work at the college, which has included Berklee’s Musical Theater Workshop and the Berklee Concert Choir, has helped enrich the musical experience of hundreds of students over the years.

Instructor

Sharon Brown has been a singer, conductor, and teacher in the Boston area for almost 25 years. She is currently an associate professor in the Voice department at Berklee College of Music, where she teaches vocal technique classes, the musical theater workshop, and vocal pedagogy, as well as private students. She has also taught at Simmons College, the Boston Conservatory, and Northeastern University. Her performing credits as a mezzo-soprano include many years with Boston Lyric Opera Chorus.

Instructor

Boston born and bred, Cassandre McKinley started a career in film and television upon entering her freshman year of high school. By 16, she had already signed with a New York talent agent, began taking weekly private voice instruction, and attended a long series of intensive music programs specializing in voice performance. After high school, she attended The Boston Conservatory where she majored in Musical Theater and minored in Voice. Cassandre’s accomplished career now spans over three decades as a professional singer, dancer, actress, voice-over artist, and print model.

Instructor

Eirini Tornesaki (aka Erini), from Crete, Greece is a vocalist of jazz, contemporary styles and Greek traditional music who blurs the lines between genres and explores intercultural dialogue through music. Eirini, who was born and raised in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, is a former Cirque Du Soleil singer and is currently an assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music and the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. Eirini’s curiosity for music from around the world led her to England to study Contemporary Vocal Performance at the age of 18, and then on tour as the principal vocalist of the show Kurios by Cirque Du Soleil for 3 years. Eirini completed her Master’s Program with a full scholarship at the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. Eirini has performed in Canada, USA, Cuba, Panama, Colombia, United Arab Emirates, Cyprus, Greece and most other European countries and has collaborated with artists including Danilo Perez, Terri Lyne Carrington, George Garzone, Louciana Souza, Daniel Hope, Bary Manilow, James Bay, Nick Pitera, Classico Latino, Mario Frangoulis, Vasilis Skoulas, Pantelis Thalassinos, Christos Zotos, amongst others. Eirini had her Carnegie Hall debut in June 2017. She has also performed at TD Garden (Boston Celtics), Ronnie Scotts Jazz Club in London, Panama Jazz Festival, Abbey Road Studios, amongst other prestigious venues, and has presented workshops and lectures in universities including Harvard, Princeton, Tufts amongst others. Eirini is based in Boston, MA and performs around the world as a soloist and a collaborative vocalist.