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Providing some of the finest musical instruction in the Pacific Northwest, Resound NW is a place to express yourself and find your artistic voice.
Located in downtown Portland, Oregon, Resound NW is a music studio specializing in voice lessons. Students can enroll in private lessons or group classes. In addition to providing guidance and support for experienced singers, Resound NW holds firmly to the belief that EVERYONE can sing. It is a place for each person to find "the singer within." No experience is necessary to enroll in voice lessons, only a willingness and desire to learn. There is a Chinese proverb that states: "A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." If you have a song to sing, Resound NW is the place to let it out! |
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"Daniel is an outstanding teacher and guide...The love for singing that he shares with his students is inspiring. Daniel and I focus on exploring my voice and what it can do. We work on how to become more comfortable singing the meaning behind the song, all the while working on technique...The support and encouragement he shows his students is simply unparalleled. " - Liz, Resound NW student
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Healthy
We value singing and speaking in a way that is healthy and sustainable for our voices. |
Diverse
We value singers from many walks of life pursuing excellence in myriad musical styles and genres. |
Communal
We value learning and journeying together in a supportive community. |
Individual
We value the freedom to sing in a way that is a unique expression of each individual. |
Meditative
We value the meditative peace and connection that singing brings to our lives. |
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Voice and Piano Teacher, SoulSinging Instructor
Daniel Buchanan has guided hundreds and hundreds of singers to learn to sing. From total beginners to professional performers, Daniel engages his student with care and encouragement, while helping each student to experience dramatic vocal transformation.
While maintaining a private voice studio for over 20 years, Daniel has also held faculty positions at the Conservatory of Music at Wheaton College, Houston Community College, and Lone Star College. He has served as an instructor for Northwest Children's Theater and PDX Vox. In addition to his work as a teacher, Daniel maintains an active career as a professional singer, actor, and pianist. His performances have reached the stages of some of America's major...[read more] |
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Courtney Freed, Voice TeacherCourtney Freed is a Portland based singer, songwriter, creatrix and educator. She is a proud member of the teaching staff at Resound NW, where she coaches singers of all ages. As a teaching artist, she has worked with NW Academy, Oregon Children's Theater, Northwest Children's Theater, The Young People's Theater Project and is on the staff of the Newport Performing Arts Festival. Courtney has a BA in Theatre Arts from Loyola Marymount University and studied Musical Theater at NYU.
In her onstage life, she has been called a "whirlwind of excitement" as well as "effervescent" and "breathtaking." Whether she is belting out a Queen classic or a sultry standard, she loves to share the gift of music with anyone willing to listen. No stranger to the local musical theatre scene, her most favorite...[read more] |
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Claire HudkinsVoice Teacher
Dr. Claire Hudkins, soprano, is an enthusiastic teacher of voice and performs regularly as a soprano soloist. For the past seven years she has been pursuing her passion for training singers of all ages and abilities in all genres of music. She encourages creativity, consistency, musical growth and individuality in all her students. Through the beauty of music, Claire enjoys working with each of her students to find their true potential as a singer or pianist.
Claire has entertained the Portland area and the greater Cincinnati area in many operatic and musical productions. Past roles include Nanetta in Verdi’s Falstaff, Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Norina in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale and Johanna in Sondheim’s Sweeny Todd. She is also an avid...[read more] |
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Emily KinkleyVoice and Piano Teacher
Emily Kinkley has a deep calling to music as a teacher and performer. Pulling from over 15 years of experience as a music teacher, she believes there is so much that can be learned when we approach a piece of music with open eyes and ears. The magic of music begins once we have gathered enough knowledge of music to realize how infinite the learning can be.
As a private teacher, Emily places deep value on instilling an appreciation of music for EVERYONE. With the priorities of health and musicianship, her students are able to use the powerful tools of music theory, diverse styles of music, healthy technique, and performance as a learned skill to express themselves. Emily grew up in a musical family, always singing in at least one choir...[read more] |
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Lindy PendzickVoice Teacher
Lindy Pendzick is passionate about the performing arts and equally passionate about teaching. She believes in the power and beauty music creates and is honored to work with fellow singers as they explore their own vocal journey.
As a teacher, Lindy is committed to creating a safe, comfortable, and encouraging learning environment. Lindy helps students apply healthy vocal technique to repertoire of all musical styles. Her goal is to inspire students to reach outside of their comfort zones and explore their own potential. As a performing artist, Lindy is committed to personal growth and striving for excellence. Her goal is to touch hearts and create meaningful experiences for audience members and fellow musicians through her singing and performances. Originally from Palatka, Florida, Lindy earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Stetson University and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from The Ohio State University where she also served as a graduate teaching assistant for the vocal department. [read more...] |
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Mak KastelicVoice, Piano, and Guitar Teacher
Mak brings a broad range of music experiences and a depth of expertise to Resound NW. They believe music to ultimately be a lifelong collaborative process, and often brings this collaborative spirit into his lessons with students. Mak sees teaching as a practice in reciprocity: for example, in asking his students to set aside time to listen to and build their relationship to music outside of lessons, they are frequently bringing new artists and sounds back to Mak that he may not have found on his own. His sessions are fun and encouraging, using everything from Bach to Billie Eilish to illustrate his lessons.
Mak has been fortunate enough to work with students of all ages in a variety of settings. They originally began teaching while studying piano performance with Dr. Jody Graves at Eastern Washington University. When he first moved to Portland, Mak started as a lead teacher with a local music studio and soon moved on to managing his own students in piano, voice, and beginning guitar. Some of Mak’s students have been working with him for 12+ years...[read more] |
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Stephanie SmithPerformance Coach, Vocal Coach and Piano Teacher
Somewhere along the way to becoming a concert pianist, Stephanie Smith fell in love with singers and discovered her passion for promoting composers and new compositions. After several decades of touring, conducting and producing, she is thrilled to live in Oregon full-time and embrace her love of teaching. Stephanie promotes a life of balance that includes the arts, self-care, and stress reduction.
Born and raised in Wichita Falls, Texas, Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance (1998) from University of Colorado at Boulder and a Master of Music in Chamber Music Performance (2001) from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. As a full-time musician, she has enjoyed a wide array of music roles and experiences. Stephanie was lounge pianist at the 5-Star Adams Mark Hotel in Denver for one year between degrees. This is where she learned to...[read more] |
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Merideth Kaye ClarkPerformance Coach
Merideth Kaye Clark is thrilled to finally be in the studio sharing her love of singing! She has an MFA in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University and continues to work internationally as a performing artist, songwriter, writer, and producer. Most of all, though, she loves playing her guitar, singing, and sharing music as a lifestyle.
She has played definitive leading theatrical roles nationwide, such as Elphaba in the First National Tour of Wicked, Eva Perón in Evita (Northern Stage), Nancy in Oliver! (5th Ave, Seattle), and has originated roles in two off-Broadway musicals. Clark is a sought-after concert artist described as "plain astonishing" and "a masterful performer" with "powerhouse pipes." She is a multi-instrumentalist and plays anything with strings, most notably the guitar, dulcimer and viola. Her solo album Young Stellar Object garnered critical praise from New York theater reviewers and the studio recording of her acclaimed Joni Mitchell's "BLUE" concert was successfully funded on Kickstarter in only four days... [read more] |
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Paul Louis LessardVocal Coach
Paul Louis Lessard is a passionate educator, musician and performer and believes everyone has the ability to connect, transform, and ascend through the universal power of singing.
As a vocal teacher, they believe in the union of healthy vocal technique, mental focus, and emotional awareness working in harmony to produce a sound and experience that is vibrant, truthful and unique to each individual singer. Originally hailing from Okemos, Michigan Paul grew up as the youngest in a family of six and was surrounded by their family’s love of music, theatre, dance, literature, art, and travel. They trained at The Interlochen Arts Academy, The London Dramatic Academy and received their BFA from...[read more] |
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Caitlin LushingtonStudio Administrator
Caitlin Lushington is a teacher, an artist, and a creative resiliency coach gathering wisdom on how to cultivate a professional, creative life that is fulfilling and joyful. Her work resists and unravels dominant cultural narratives perpetuated by systems of supremacy.
Caitlin has performed and directed throughout the West Coast, including with the Utah Shakespeare Festival, the Ashland New Plays Festival, San Francisco Fringe, Third Rail’s Mentorship Company, Anonymous Theatre, and Speculative Drama. In 2015 she co-founded Enso Theatre Ensemble, where she devised new approaches to making and teaching theatre founded in mindfulness principles and practices. With Enso she was nominated Best Director for The Romeo & Juliet Project by Broadway World, produced, directed and performed in numerous shows, and developed a one-of-a-kind mentorship program for early career directors. Caitlin coaches actors, creatives, and arts educators and offers workshops in creative resiliency & burnout...[read more] |
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Resound NW
1532 SW Jefferson St. Portland, OR 97201 |
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