Voice teacher Renee Grant-Williams’ clientele includes the Dixie Chicks, Faith Hill, Linda Ronstadt, Christina Aguilera, Randy Travis, Tim McGraw, -Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana), Kix Brooks (Brooks & Dunn), Chicago, Jessica Andrews, Bob Weir (Grateful Dead), Huey Lewis, Keith Urban, Martina McBride, Bryan White, Scott Stapp (Creed), Rachael Lampa, Kenny Chesney and more. She’s also worked with attorneys, public speakers and politicians, including U.S. Senator Trent Lott.

She’s been a consultant to nearly every major record label and recording studio in Nashville. Her satisfaction comes from hearing the difference she’s made in so many artists’ careers.

Whole careers are built around two little muscles in a person’s throat. The success of an entire entertainment empire can depend on how well these muscles work and vocal coach Grant-Williams makes sure they operate at peak performance. Like a piano tuner, she knows how to make the vocal instrument sound its best.

“When I hear my students implement what I have taught them, it’s wonderful,” she exclaims. “It’s like performing at long distance, or playing a very large instrument, because I can really hear the results of my involvement. The tools I give these people in a private voice lesson allows them to develop their own individual style. I’m not the end, but I’m the means to an end.” 

As a voice teacher she makes a vital contribution, not only to the vocal quality of the record, but also to the protection of the person driving the sound. Like an insurance policy, she’s there to protect against future wear and tear.

"Some artists play 200 to 300 dates a year," Grant-Williams says. "They are like athletes running a race. Singers need voice training and they need the right tools in order to keep up with the demands placed on them physically and vocally."

RENEE GRANT-WILLIAMS

POSITIONS HELD
_______________ Director, Division of Vocal Music
_______________ University of California, Berkeley
_______________
_______________ Director/Conductor
_______________ San Francisco Community Chorus/Chamber Chorus

_______________ Music Director
_______________ Actor's Studio, New York

_______________ Chorus Master, Opera Division
_______________ Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, Canada

_______________ Co-Founder/Performer
_______________ KOTEKAN: A New Music Chamber and Percussion Ensemble
_______________ San Francisco, California

_______________ Voice Faculty
_______________ San Francisco Conservatory of Music

_______________ Director/Conductor, Conducting Programs_______________ _______________ Berkeley Music Camp, Cazadero, California

_______________ Music Director/Conductor
_______________ Opera On The Sound, New York

_______________ Artist-in-Residence
_______________ San Mateo Chamber Music Society, California

_______________ Assistant Director/Conductor
_______________ ASUC Vocal Music Department
_______________ University of California, Berkeley

_______________ Music Director/Performer
_______________ Standing Room Only!, Musical Theatre Revue
_______________ San Francisco, California

_______________ Director/Conductor
_______________ San Francisco California Saxophone Quartet, California

_______________ Director of Music
_______________ Second Presbyterian Church, Nashville

_______________ Chorus Master/Voice Coach
_______________ Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Nashville

EDUCATION

_______________ Bachelor of Music
_______________ San Francisco Conservatory of Music

_______________ Carnegie-Mellon University
_______________ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

_______________ Music Academy of the West
_______________ Santa Barbara, California

_______________ American Institute of Musical Studies
_______________ Graz, Austria

_______________ Conducting and Opera Divisions
_______________ Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, Canada

Applied Vocal, Instrumental and Conducting Training

Voice and_________Martial Singher, Ethel Evans, Edna Garabedian
Coaching_________ Robert Leonard, Alden Gilchrist, Leopold Simoneau,
_________________Kammersangerin Boesch, David Lutz and others

Conducting_______ Joseph Liebling, Milton Williams, Walter Goldschmidt

Instruments_______Keyboards, Flute, Electric Bass

Languages________German, French, Italian, Spanish

Supplemental______Latin, Danish, Hebrew, Slavonic

Dance____________Xoregos Studio - San Francisco
_________________Morelli School of Dance - New York
_________________Margaret Jenkins Studio - San Francisco

Acting ___________ Jim DeBlaises - Cincinnati, Ohio
_________________Actor’s Playhouse - New York
_________________Edgar Weinstock - San Francisco

Awards For Vocal Performance

_______________ W.M. Sullivan Foundation Award
_______________ R.B.T. Von Feldringen Foundation Award
_______________ Crestview Foundation Award
_______________ Full Scholarship, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
_______________ Porter Wagoner Award of Excellence

Recordings___ __ _LeTestament de Villon, Ezra Pound
____________ _ _Fantasy Records, catalog no.12001

_______________Brahms Duets for soprano and mezzo soprano
_______________1750 Arch Records, catalog no. 1761
_______________With mezzo-soprano, Dorothy Barnhouse

_______________ KOTEKAN: Percussion and . . .
_______________ Reference Records, catalog no. RR-3
_______________ Soprano and percussion

TV Specials ___ ___The Good Old Boys, TNT Movie
_______________ The Wild West, Warner Bros. Documentary

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