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Author: Jess Baldwin

Teacher-Coach // Jess has a passion for working with underserved populations who sing and teach musical styles that are generally excluded from academia. After getting her master’s in classical vocal performance and pedagogy, she dedicated herself to studying how the voice works in contemporary, commercial, and popular music styles. She became an assistant faculty member of the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University in 2017 and created Singing in Popular Musics (formerly Commercial Voice Resources) for voice teachers that same year. In addition to running a private studio in Columbus, Ohio, she teaches contemporary voice techniques at colleges, theaters, conferences, and workshops. Artist // As a performer, Jess has worked in many different genres, including classical, jazz, Americana, blues, funk, fusion, pop, and rock. She appeared on NPR's Mountain Stage in 2013, was a quarterfinalist in the 2015 and 2017 American Traditions Competition, and won Best Cover Song in the 2015 and 2017 Ohio Music Awards. After years of wanderlust, she finally felt the pull to write and create her own style, settling into an artistic identity that lives somewhere between soul, R&B, and quirky indie pop. She looks forward to releasing her first album this year.

Teacher Development Circle Registration Now Open!

Singing in Popular Musics and Jess Baldwin Voice Studio are now offering an exclusive group for voice teachers! Teacher Development … More

Teaching CCM Styles, Finding Your Voice, and Appropriating Styles…and Yourself // Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin

Dr. Trineice (creator of Soul Ingredients® and author of So You Want to Sing Gospel) shares some fantastic wisdom with … More

Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM), Cultural Appropriation, Trineice Robinson-Martin

Elizabeth Benson’s findings in her new book about CCM Voice Teachers: “Consensus is not a path to legitimacy.”

Elizabeth Ann Benson has recently published her book Training Contemporary Commercial Singers, in which she shares her findings from interviewing … More

Elizabeth Ann Benson, Training Contemporary Commercial Singers Book

Love the Music? Love the People: Moving Beyond Style to the Heart and Soul of Genre // Jess Baldwin

A call to action for voice teachers and music educators on behalf of BIPOC and all singers of popular musics.

Chris Emdin, Community, Cultural Appropriation, Culture, Educational Colonization, Genre, Racism, Style

Incorporating Basic Trauma Awareness into the Voice Lesson // Jess Baldwin

Contemporary Voice Specialist Jess Baldwin discusses ways we can be sensitive to the effects of trauma in our studios.

COVID-19, Jess Baldwin, trauma, trauma-informed teaching

Online Teaching Resources

If you need some help getting online teaching set up, here are some resources we’ve found.

A Starting Place for Creating Your Own Vocal Exercises // Jess Baldwin

Contemporary Voice Specialist Jess Baldwin provides a starting template for creating effective vocal exercises.

Airflow, Jess Baldwin, Pitch, Sound Affinities, Sound Spectrums, vocal exercises, Volume, Vowel

Coaching a Popular Music Ensemble: An Interview with Steve Holley

Jess chats with Popular Music Educator Steve Holley about his new book.

Coaching a Popular Music Ensemble, Popular Music Education, Steve Holley

Commercial and Popular Music Degree Program Surveys

A summary of data gathered in the Commercial Music Degree Surveys conducted by Jess Baldwin, Kat Reinhert, and Matt Edwards in 2017.

Academia, Commercial Voice Programs, Jess Baldwin, Kat Reinhert, Matthew Edwards, Surveys

Using Sound Affinities

Jess discusses her observation of sound affinities: natural groupings of sounds on the spectrums of pitch, volume, vowel, and airflow.

Airflow, Jess Baldwin, Mix, Pitch, Sound Affinities, Sound Spectrums, vocal exercises, Volume, Vowel

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