VOICE TEACHER & VOCAL COACH

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Holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Jazz Performance from the University of Montreal and a Master’s degree in Jazz & Pop Voice from Laval University, Kathryn has been teaching voice  for the past 15 years. She is currently the Voice Teacher at Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal and a Pop and Jazz Voice Teacher at Cégep Marie-Victorin

 

She is also a Vocal Coach for Les 7 Doigts de la main and runs her private voice studio in Montreal.

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ESTILL VOICE TRAINING

In 2015, Kathryn discovered Estill Voice Training, an internationally renowned vocal training model that allows you to train and understand the voice and its mechanisms. Based on vocal anatomy and physiology, this approach allows you to understand and isolate the anatomical structures used to produce and modify sound. Since meeting Estill, Kathryn has continued to perfect her understanding of the model and is now an a Certified Estill Master Trainer.

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SINGER SONGWRITER & PERFORMER

Whether you've seen her on stage in the city's various jazz clubs or as the lead singer in Cirque du Soleil's Quidam, Kathryn is a well-known performer of the Montreal music scene. With her vocal trio Les Brunettes, she was backing vocalist for Gregory Charles for 5 years, as well as backing vocalist and percussionist for Bellflower. With the project Charbonneau où les valeurs à bonne place, she was recipient of the Opus Award for best jazz show of the year (2019) and best jazz album at the Gamiq Award (2018). She is  the singer songwriter of the indie folk band Little Misty, which is currently touring Canada and the US. She also performs regularly at private events such with the Kathryn Samman Jazz Band.

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