ELISABETH HOWARD BIO
"Thank you for you invaluable help!" -STING
“I always suspected that singing would be easier than it looks. And you have proved it!”
- Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police.
"Thanks for making the bird fly out of my throat."
Andy Summers, guitarist for The Police
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Music Connection Magazine, in Los Angeles, said in a review of her one-woman show, Opr'a to Pop'ra, “Elisabeth Howard is a talent to be reckoned with.”.Review of the Cypress “Pops” Orchestra concert - “Howard wows the audience!
Liz Howard has been called a “vocal chameleon.” Her expertise and ability to sing in styles from Blues, R&B and Country Western, to Jazz, Music Theater and Opera is unparalled.
“This training has carried me through years of professional singing,” says Paige O’Hara, student of Elisabeth Howard and voice of Belle in the film, Beauty and the Beast.
“Your professionalism, depth of knowledge and commitment to NATS are truly exemplary,” says Scott McCoy, NATS VP for NATS/MTNA Music Theater III in Seattle, 2005.
Elisabeth Howard holds a B.S. and M.S. in voice from the Juilliard School, is the founder of the Elisabeth Howard's Vocal Power Academy in Los Angeles and was on the voice faculty of Pepperdine University for seven years. She has also taught voice at Indiana University, was a guest voice faculty member at University of Southern California and was on the voice faculty of Hunter College in New York City. Elisabeth maintained a private vocal studio for over twenty years in New City before moving to Los Angeles.
Elisabeth has trained certified Vocal Power Instructors in Los Angeles, Italy, Brazil, Germany, Texas and a Vocal Power Academy branch in Las Vegas.
Elisabeth has had clients on American Idol, Star Search, TV, recording, film, recording, Broadway, Off-Broadway and National tours. Ms. Howard is the author of SING! book and 4 CDs and the ABC's of Vocal Harmony book and CD's, exclusively distributed by Alfred Publishing Co. Ms. Howard is the co-author of the Born to Sing book and 4CD's, and the Born to Sing DVD. Ms. Howard is a member of Actors Equity Association (AEA), AFTRA and is a voting member of the Grammy organization, NARAS. Elisabeth is Past President of Epsilon Psi chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon at the Juilliard School and Past President of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). Elisabeth had a singer song writing contract with MCA Music.
NATS WORKSHOPS AND MASTER CLASSES
Chapters - Los Angeles, San Diego, Central Coast (California), San Francisco, Houston
NATS Regional Conference - San Jose, California
NATS/MTNA National Conference Music Theater III - Seattle, Washington
NATS National Convention - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
USA
Voice Foundation – Dr. Robert Sataloff – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Music Teachers Association of California - San Jose, California
California Association of Professional Music Teachers - San Mateo, California
Cal State Fullerton – Fullerton, California
Savannah Music Festival – Savannah, Georgia
LA Women in Music - Los Angeles, California
Call to Arts - Los Angeles, California
Vocal Mecca - Los Angeles, California
ITALY
Rome - Scuola Popolare Di Musica Di Testaccio - Giuppe Paone
Brescia - La scuola CAMBIOMUSICA – Anna Gotti
Brescia - Associazione Culturale CANTOSTUDIO – Brunella Mazzola
Florence - La scuola di musica - Il Globo – Stefania Scarinzi
Milan - Accademia Vivaldi – Eva Simontacchi
Bergamo - Music Academy - Centro Didattico Produzione Musica – Claudio Angeleri
Padua - Susy Dal Gesso's Singin' School – Susy Dal Gesso
Bolzano – Musica Blu – Franco Bertoldi and Alessandra Amaddii
Sassari, Sardinia – Birdland School of Music – Eva Carboni
AUSTRIA
Innsbruck – Mozarteum - Magdalena Pattis
Salzburg – Mozarteum - Magdalena Pattis
SCANDINAVIA
Helsinki, Finland - Fifth Annual International Congress of Voice Teachers (ICVT)
Oslo, Norway - European Voice Teachers Association Conference (EVTA)
BRAZIL
Rio De Janeiro - Brazilian Voice Teachers National Conference - Vera Do Canto e Mello
FRANCE
Paris - Association Francaise des Professeurs de Chant National Conference – Paolo Zedda
Lyon - Université Lumière Lyon 2 - Paolo Zedda
AUSTRALIA
Adelaide- National Convention - Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing
SWITZERLAND
Lausanne - National Conference - Association des Professeurs de Chant de Suisse
OPERATIC ROLES
Violetta in La Traviata, Lucia in Lucia Di Lamermoor, Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Gretel in Hansel
and Gretel, Sonia in The Merry Widow and Trixie in Pet Shop (Aspen Music Festival, James Levine, conductor)
ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCES
Telemann Society - Carnegie Hall
Sine Nomine Singers - Carnegie Hall
Miriam’s Triumph - Long Island University Chorus and Orchestra
Lord Nelson Mass - Hunter College Chorus and Orchestra
Schubert Mass in G – Juilliard Chorus and Orchestra
Bellflower Symphony – Joseph Taylor, conductor - Bellflower, California
Cypress “Pops” Orchestra - John E. Hall III, conductor – Cypress, California
MUSICAL THEATRE
Jacques Brel, Cabaret, Company, The Most Happy Fella, Finians’ Rainbow, Man of La Mancha, Wonderful
Town, Kismet. West Coast premier of “Love Song” (Michael Valenti)
OFF-BROADWAY
Pins and Needles - Roundabout Theater
Blood - Joseph Papp’s Public Theater |
