Tamara Cowan has been teaching voice for over 30 years. Born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, she then went to Southern California to study Vocal Arts under professor emerita, Margaret Schaper, at USC’s renowned Thorton School of Music, graduating in 1991 with a degree in Humanities – Vocal Arts and Artist Management. After graduating, she completed course work at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) for a teaching credential (Grades K-6). She has been teaching elementary school (grades 4-5), as well as directing school & church choirs, summer musical productions, and running her own voice studio (over 100 students of all ages). For the last 15 years, she has called New York home. First living 8 years in NYC and now the beautiful Finger Lakes Region.
Her training is in the Classical Method as commonly applied across multiple genres. Her own singing experiences are in the Musical Theater, Operatic and Church Liturgical Styles, but can adapt vocal instruction for pop and rock music.
She participated as cast, chorus or backstage in productions of Guys & Dolls, Can Can, Annie Get Your Gun, Westside Story, Les Misérables, The Sound of Music, Baby, La Boheme, La Traviata, Il Trovatore and Verdi’s Requiem, was assistant stage manager for 9 USC Opera productions, in Highschool was Artist Apprentice with the Anchorage Opera, was in many productions with the Music Machine-Anchorage Summer Youth Workshop, and has sung with many choirs and organized multiple fundraising shows & concerts.
Singing is a joyful experience. Tamara takes joy–in working with students of all experience levels to build and strengthen their vocal abilities!