ELISABETH HOWARD

Vocal Power Academy 

 Founder  1980   Los Angeles 

Education

• Juilliard School - B.S., M.S., Voice

• Indiana University - Grad Assistant   

• Hunter College, NYC, Voice faculty

• Pepperdine University, California, Voice faculty

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Teacher 

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• Broadway performers, voice teacher/coach

• Clients: Paige O'Hara, voice of Belle, in the film, "Beauty and the Beast," Lionel Richie, Priscilla Presley, Chloris Leachman, Melora Hardin,Tony Danza, Stephen Dorff, Lucius, The Police, 

• Children of Mick Fleetwood, Kris Krisofferson, Lionel Richie, Andy Summers, Albert Lee, Michael Landon, Rick Shroeder

• STING, warm up coach for the Grammys

• Vocal coach - America's Got Talent

• Clients on American Idol and Star Search

• First place winners, Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Awards 

Author 

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• Teacher's Vocal Power Method Toolkit for CCM Singer's Vocal Power Method Toolkit for CCM

• Member – AEA, AFTRA, NARAS

• Past President - NATS, Los Angeles 

• MS Senior America - 2012

Workshops and Master Classes 

NATS 

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National Conference, 2000

National Conference, Music Theater III

CHAPTERS: Los Angeles, San Diego, Central Coast , 

San Francisco, Houston, Chicago

Western Regional Conference 

USA

Elmhurst College
Voice Foundation 
Music Teachers Association  
California Association of Professional Music Teachers 
Cal State Fullerton 
Savannah Music Festival 
LA Women in Music 
Call to Arts 
Vocal Mecca 
Songsalive! 

England

National Conference - AOTOS

Regional Conference - AOTOS 

Italy 

Ravenna – Vocologica Artistica and La Voce Artistica 

Siena – Le Mille e una nota

Trento – Pervcorsi Musicali

Rome – Cincetta film set, Sonus Factory Music School and Scuola Popolare Di Musica Di Testaccio

Brescia – Accademia Vocal Power Italia 

Florence – La scuola di Musica and Il Globo

Milan – Accademia Vivaldi

Bergamo – Centro Didattico Produzione Musica

Padua – Susy Dal Gesso’s Singin’ School

Bolzano – Musica Blu

Sassari, Sardegna – Birdland School of Music

Pescara - Vocal Power Centre

Foggia - MSA Modern Sound Academy

Sorrento - Amadeo Siotto School of Voice

Austria

Innsbruck – Mozarteum

Salzburg –  Mozarteum

Scandinavia

ICVT- International Congress of Voice Teachers, Helsinki

EVTA - European Voice Teachers Association, Oslo

Brazil

National Conference - ABC, Rio De Janeiro 

France

National Conference of Professors of Singing Association

Université Lumière, Lyon 2

Ecole des Glottes-trottes, Paris

Australia 

National Conference - ANATS

Switzerland

National Conference – Association des Professeurs de Chant de Suiss

"Op'ra to Pop'ra, One Woman Show

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The Bushes - NYC

Brothers and Sisters - NYC

Sportsmans Lodge - LA

The Rose - LA

Bla-Bla Cafe - LA

The Hilton - Palm Springs

Musical Theater

Pins and Needles – Roundabout Theater (NYC)

Blood – Lead - Joseph Papp’s Public Theater (NYC)

The Most Happy Fella – Rosabella

Company – Amy

Cabaret –  Two Ladies

Jacques Brel – First Woman

Finians’ Rainbow – Sharon

Man of La Mancha – The Niece

Wonderful Town – Helen

Kismet – Marsinah

Love Song – Lead woman

Operatic Roles

Pet Shop - Trixie - Aspen Music Festival

Lucia Di Lamermoor – Lucia - Golden West Opera, LA

La Traviata – Violetta - Pasadena Lyric Opera

Magic Flute – Queen of the Night - Golden West Opera, LA

Hansel and Gretel – Gretel - NYC, LA

The Merry Widow – Sonia - Intimate Opera, Pasadena 

Featured Guest Artist

Telemann Society –  Soloist - Carnegie Hall

Sine Nomine Singers – Carnegie Hall

Miriam’s Triumph – Soprano Soloist - Long Island University 

Lord Nelson Mass – Soprano Soloist - Hunter College, NYC

Schubert Mass in G – Soprano Soloist - Juilliard 

Featured guest artist - Bellflower Symphony, California 

Featured guest artist - Cypress Pops Orchestra, California