Edrie Means Weekly Co-Founder Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
Singer • Actor • Educator • Researcher
Upcoming Events Contact
2019 – 2023 Mentor Teacher, NATS National Mentoring Collaborative (NNMC)
November 2019 Musical Theatre Styles Pedagogy, Peabody Conservatory Graduate Pedagogy class
May 2020 Presenting Current State of Who's Teaching What in Non-Classical Music and Vocal Health Practices of Choral Conductors at the Voice Foundation Annual Symposium in Philadelphia, PA
June 2020 Country Singing 101 for Musical Theatre, NATS National Convention, Knoxville
July 2020 Three day course "Musical Theatre Singing Styles" at Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
August 2020 Presenting Does Training Change for Classical Singers after College, at the Pan-American Vocology Association Conference (PAVA)in Minneapolis, MN.
August 2020 Presenting, Vocal Cool Down: Restoring Balance Post Heavy Voice Load at the Pan-American Vocology Association Conference (PAVA) in Minneapolis, MN.
October 2019 Vocal Cool Down: Restoring Balance Post Heavy Voice Load,PAVA Annual Symposium, Santiago, Chile 2019 (canceled due to country uprise)
July 2019 Taught three day course "Musical Theatre Singing Styles" at Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
March 2019 Connecting the Singer and the Actor, Southeastern Theatre Conference(SETC), Knoxville, TN, 2019
March 2019 Singing with Style in Musical Theatre workshop, Southeastern Theatre Conference(SETC), Knoxville, TN, 2019
February 2019 Master Class, Pennsylvania NATS, 2019
February 2019 Lehigh Valley Chapter of NATS Masterclass, Bethlehem, PA
November 2018 Musical Theatre Styles Pedagogy, Peabody Conservatory Graduate Pedagogy class
November 2018 Commercial and Musical Theatre Singing Styles Masterclass, Wisconsin NATS
September 2018 Master Class and Guest Teacher at Lawrence University, Wisconsin.
August 2018 Presented They’re Injured! 377 Voice Educators’ Retraining Approaches, “Body & Voice: A Collaborative Approach for Addressing Voice Issues” with Ting-yu Chen and Kathleen Bell at the joint Pan-American Vocology Association/Voice and Speech Trainer’s Association Conference in Seattle, WA.
July 2018 Taught three day course "Musical Theatre Singing Styles" at Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
June 2018 Legit Singing in Musical Theatre, NATS National Convention Las Vegas
June 2018 Bringing the Song To Life: It's a Matter of Style NATS National Convention Las Vegas
June 2018 Pathology Pathways Actors vs Music Theatre Singers and Do Vocal Performers Maintain Training Program Post College Degree, (with Rachelle Fleming, Linda Carroll, Gwen Korovin),at the Voice Foundation Annual Symposium in Philadelphia, PA.
March 2018 The Singing Actor workshop, Southeastern Theatre Conference(SETC), Mobile, AL
March 2018 Singing with Style in Musical Theatre workshop, Southeastern Theatre Conference(SETC), Mobile, AL
February 2018 Lehigh Valley Chapter of NATS Masterclass, Bethlehem, PA
January 2018 National Musical Theatre Competition, Adjudicator, NATS Winter Workshop, NYC, NY
November 2017 Commercial and Musical Theatre Singing Styles Masterclass, NC NATS
November 2017 Lecture: Tools & Tips for MT/CCM Singing Styles, NC NATS
October 2017 Voice Educators' Vocal Health Referral Practices for Singers
(with Rachelle Fleming, Linda Carroll, Gwen Korovin and Wendy Leborgne), paper PAVA, Toronto Canada
July 2017 Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Vocal Pedagogy Institute
June 2017 Country Styles, Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Vocal Pedagogy Institute
June 2017 Musical Theatre Styles,Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Vocal Pedagogy Institute
June 2017 Judge for Miss Delaware Pageant to represent the Miss America pageant
June 2017 Country Singing for Musical Theatre 101 Workshop, Voice Foundation Symposium
June 2017 Retraining Voice Users with a Diagnosed Vocal Pathology (with Rachelle Fleming,
Linda Carroll, Gwen Korovin and Wendy Leborgne), paper. Voice Foundation Symposium
June 2017 Voice Educators’ Vocal Health Referral Practices for Singers (with Rachelle Fleming,
Linda Carroll, Gwen Korovin and Wendy Leborgne), paper. Voice Foundation Symposium
May, 2017 Broadway Concert
April, 2017 Viterbo University Workshop
April, 2017 SAI Master Class/Workshop on CCM Styles
March, 2017 Connect The Singer and The Actor workshop, Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)
March, 2017 To Belt or Not to Belt workshop, Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)
March, 2017 Legit Singing in Musical Theatre workshop, Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)
March, 2017 Audition Prep workshop, Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)
October, 2016 Voice Educators’ Vocal Health Referral Practices for Singers (with Rachelle Fleming, Linda Carroll, Gwen Korovin and Wendy Leborgne), paper. Presented at the Pan-American Vocology Association (PAVA) Annual Symposium, 2016
October, 2016 Do Amateurs and Professionals Seek the Same Vocal Health Advice?: Survey of 1195 Voice Users (with Rachelle Fleming, Linda Carroll and Gwen Korovin), paper. Presented at the PAVA Annual Symposium
June, 2016 Vocal Health Care Survey among Amateur and Professional Voice Users (with Rachelle Fleming, Linda Carroll and Gwen Korovin), paper. Presented at the Voice Foundation’s 45th Annual Symposium
June, 2016 Survey of Vocal Health Referral Practices for Singers (with Rachelle Fleming, Linda Carroll, Gwen Korovin and Wendy Leborgne), paper. Presented at the Voice Foundation’s 45th Annual Symposium
July, 2016 Musical Theatre Singing Styles, Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute
July, 2016 Bringing the Song To Life: It's a Matter of Style, National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) National Convention Chicago
June, 2016 Singing Legit in Musical Theatre workshop, Voice Foundation Symposium
March, 2016 Audition Prep workshop, Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)
March, 2016 Belting with Style in Musical Theatre workshop, Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)
March, 2016 Song Authenticity: A Marriage of Singing and Acting workshop, Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)
March, 2016 Legit Singing in Musical Theatre workshop, Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC)