Theresa Brancaccio

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(She/Her) Theresa Brancaccio’s students perform throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia in venues including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago, Covent Garden, Santa Fe Opera... Ms. Brancaccio created the free Singer Savvy App https://www.singersavvyapp.com with tutorial on YouTube to maximize vocal health for excellence in singing.
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Experience

Presenter, Contributor, Mentor Teacher

2017 - Present
A highly respected vocal pedagogue, Ms. Brancaccio was an invited presenter at the 2018 NATS National Conference in Las Vegas, (Student Sessions), 2017 Central Region NATS Conference in DeKalb, IL, and the 2019 TeachX Conference at Northwestern University. She has also conducted master classes and workshops for Chicago NATS and has served as Vice President of the Chicago Singing Teachers Guild and Director of Workshops for Chicago NATS. Currently, she is serving on the NATS National Mentoring Initiative committee as contributor and Mentor Teacher.
Evanston, Illinois

Senior Lecturer

1999 - Present
In addition to teaching voice, she also teaches the graduate and undergraduate courses in Vocal Pedagogy and oversees the Voice Lab which features Voce Vista Pro. In 2017, Ms. Brancaccio was awarded the Provost’s Digital Learning Fellowship to create the Singer Savvy Mobile App which instructs users on how to test their vocal function and tracks all vocal activity, water intake and more. The app creates a daily voice use budget and has information on vocal pacing, speaking well, and other voice-related topics.

Biography

Theresa Brancaccio

Theresa Brancaccio’s students perform throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia in venues including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera Chicago, Covent Garden, Santa Fe Opera, Glyndebourne Festival, Dresden and Opéra Comique to name a few. Her students have been recipients of prestigious awards (Richard Tucker Foundation, Marilyn Horne Foundation, Neue Stimmen Competition, Palm Beach Opera,George London Foundation) as well as finalists in the District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. At Northwestern University she trained internationally acclaimed singers Amanda Majeski, soprano and Kangmin Justin Kim, counter-tenor. Ms. Brancaccio's voice was praised by the Chicago Tribune as "cushiony and appealing from top to bottom." She performed as both soprano and mezzo soprano in concert, opera, and recital throughout the United States and was a soloist with Chicago's Grant Park Symphony for six consecutive seasons. A strong advocate for vocal health, Ms. Brancaccio created the free Singer Savvy App https://www.singersavvyapp.com with tutorial on YouTube. Ms. Brancaccio has had articles published by Inter Nos (NATS) and Voice Prints, (Journal of NY SingingTeachers Assoc). Her voice tracking system was highlighted in the book, “The Evolving Singing Voice: Changes Across the Lifespan” by Karen Brunssen. Ms. Brancaccio is a teacher for the Lyric Opera Chicago Chorus and was a presenter at the 2020 NATS Virtual Conference (The Singer Savvy App: Vanquishing Vocal Fatigue). She will be a Master Teacher for the NATS Intern Program at Georgia State Univ in June, 2021.