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Conducting

Leadership on the podium is about facilitating a collective musical vision. My approach to conducting emphasizes clarity, structural integrity, and the nurturing of individual voices within the ensemble, ensuring a cohesive and dynamic performance.

Teaching Philosophy

"Creating opportunities. Conducting change. Centering joy."

My pedagogical approach is rooted in the intersection of technical precision and artistic liberation. I believe the human voice is a scholarly instrument that requires both scientific understanding and emotional vulnerability to achieve its fullest resonance.

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Vocal Training

Group Voice

A collaborative environment for singers to develop their skills alongside peers. These sessions emphasize foundations of vocal production, ensemble blending, and performance confidence, fostering a supportive community of learning.

Community Learning

Choral Clinic

A collaborative environment for singers to develop their skills alongside peers. These sessions emphasize foundations of vocal production, ensemble blending, and performance confidence, fostering a supportive community of learning.

The Eaddy Studio Learning Arc

The Eaddy Studio Learning Arc is a developmental framework that guides singers from initial self-awareness toward greater technical consistency, artistic depth, and independent practice. The arc is organized into four phases:

Phase I: Discovery

Building awareness of the voice and body through foundational technique, breath coordination, self-observation, and an initial understanding of the singer’s strengths, habits, and goals.

Phase II: Cultivation

Developing greater consistency and control while expanding repertoire, musicianship, stylistic awareness, and the ability to make informed technical and interpretive choices.

Phase III: Artistry

Integrating technique, musicianship, context, and personal expression so the singer can communicate with greater clarity, confidence, and artistic intention.

Phase IV: Independent Practice

Applying accumulated knowledge with increasing autonomy: self-assessing, problem-solving, preparing repertoire independently, and sustaining continued artistic development beyond the lesson.

awareness → development → integration → independence

Ideas & Practice

An evolving archive of research, pedagogical design, and interdisciplinary inquiry. This space documents the development of work around voice pedagogy, artistic independence, and the intersection of music education and learning design.

MMEA Journal publication / 2025

More Than Just a Voice, Part 1

White Paper / In Progress

Learning Design in the Applied Voice Studio

Examining how instructional design frameworks (ADDIE, Backward Design) can be adapted to the non-linear, somatic progress of high-level vocal training.

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Teacher Resources

A growing collection of resources from my teaching, presentations, and research. Download practical tools for vocal development, musicianship, creativity, and choral learning.

More Than Just A Voice - Group Activity Variations

More Than Just A Voice - Toolbox

Musicianship Matters - More Than Just a Voice

Quick Wins - The Choir Before The Choir

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