The Voice Coach

Jennifer Thomas

she/her

Education

Jennifer has a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Voice Coaching and Training for the Theater from The National Theater Conservatory, formerly in Denver Colorado, and a Master's Degree in Operatic Performance from the University of Connecticut.
 
Business Clients

She has taught voice and dialect classes at Denver Center for the Performing Arts since 1994 and has also taught and coached at numerous businesses, including The Colorado School of English, Ready Talk, The Educational Theatre Association, LifeSynch Humana Achieve Program, The Asian American and Pacific Islander Emerging Leaders Program, The Girl Scouts of America, Toastmasters International, The Denver Tech Center Women's Network, and Exempla Lutheran Hospital.
 
Schools & Theaters

Jennifer has taught at many schools and theaters, including The Arvada Center for the Arts, The University of Colorado, Boulder and Denver, The Denver School of the Arts, The University of Alberta, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, The Bovine Metropolis Theater, and The Shanthinikethana School in Bangalore, India.
 
Productions

Jennifer has coached dialects in productions such as Under Milkwood, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, Guys and Dolls, Cabaret, West Side Story, An Ideal Husband, The Grapes of Wrath, House of the Spirits, The Bald Soprano, Driving Miss Daisy, and Steel Magnolias.
 
Professional Associations

Jennifer is a member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association and is a credentialed K-5 Elementary Teacher. She is a graduate of the Bovine Metropolis Improv School, and she completed the 5-month Leading Edge Business Incubator Program through the Small Business Development Center.
 
International Experience

Jennifer speaks fluent German and is proficient in French and Italian. She has traveled extensively across North America and Europe and to Bangalore, India, Turkey, and Syria. Jenny has volunteered for Optimists International for many years and she recently had the opportunity to work virtually with the TAPAC Organization in Uganda, helping coach children in Bangalore, India, and Mbale, Uganda as part of a fundraising event called "Sing With Africa."

Self-Employed

Voice, Speech and Dialect Coach

Denver Center for the Performing Arts

Teaching Artist

National Theater Conservatory, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, 1994

Master of Music in Voice Performance, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1991

Bachelor of Music with High Honors in Voice Performance, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1989

1:1 Coaching

Corporate Coaching/Trainings

Equity/Diversity/Inclusion

Group Coaching/Workshops

Open to Mentoring a VASTA member

Presence

Public Speaking

Singing

Speech & Dialects

Voiceover

Voice and Dialect classes at Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 1994-present
The Colorado School of English, Ready Talk, The Educational Theatre Association, LifeSynch Humana Achieve Program, The Asian American and Pacific Islander Emerging Leaders Program, The Girl Scouts of America, Toastmasters International, The Denver Tech Center Women's Network, and Exempla Lutheran Hospital.
 
The Arvada Center for the Performing Arts, The University of Colorado, Boulder and Denver, The Denver School of the Arts, The University of Alberta, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, The Bovine Metropolis Theater, and The Shanthinikethana School in Bangalore, India.

University of Connecticut, Master of Music in Voice Performance Thesis, Storrs, Connecticut
National Theater Conservatory, Denver Center for the Performing Arts MFA Thesis, Denver, Colorado
Contributor, The Complete Voice and Speech Workout, Edited by Janet Rodgers
Contributor, Real Simple Magazine, "You Just Gotta Laugh"

Established

Private Coaching