Elizabeth Saunders - President, New York Singing Teachers Association

Elizabeth Saunders is an award-winning mezzo-soprano, trainer of singers and actors, and President of the New York Singing Teachers Association. Elizabeth grew up speaking with a stutter and came to singing as a means to become more comfortable with her voice and vocal communication skills.A conservatory-trained opera singer who performed internationally before retraining her voice for other singing styles and expanding her work to include non-singing acting, her diverse background gives her a rich foundation in both classical and contemporary performance.Each of the 4 training elements in the workshop is pulled from the training and professional activities that made the biggest breakthroughs in her ability to communicate with greater ease and authenticity both onstage and in real life. This wealth of unique training, professional musical experience, paired with deep sensitivity, gives Elizabeth a keen ability to meet students exactly where they are. She helps guide them out of patterns or blocks, whether physical, vocal, or emotional, that may be holding them back.This workshop was created at the behest of a colleague who exhorted her to create a workshop that shared how she became the type of artist and communicator that she is.