About Adrienne

Owner, Founder, and Lead Vocal Coach

Adrienne's Story

Adrienne talks about her previous career as a software developer, how she got into music, why she started Performance High, how she’s managing the studio’s growth, what type of clients work with Performance High, and what it’s like being a female entrepreneur in the music industry.
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Adrienne is a contemporary-music vocal instructor and performing and recording musician who excels in bringing a technical approach. She has been teaching voice since 2009 and is one of the few Mentor Teachers certified by the International Voice Teachers of Mix (IVTOM) to train other vocal coaches toward accreditation.

Adrienne believes in building a large vocal skills toolbox. Once singers can use their voices without thinking about technique, they can use it to express themselves artistically and honestly.

As a teacher of mix singing, Adrienne uses a wide range of techniques to help vocalists reduce tension, sing efficiently, achieve as much power as they desire, sing smoothly across their entire range without “gear-shifting” across bridges, develop pleasing tone, sing appropriately for the genre, and gain consistency from song to song and day to day.

Adrienne loves creating an encouraging, supportive, safe space for students of all ages to laugh, try new things, and enjoy their success.

Adrienne is also the creator of Nail Every Note, a membership site for contemporary vocalists with over 200 video lessons and exercises.  In 2010 she also released an instructional 2-DVD set entitled The Zen of the Stage: Performing in the Zone.

She has original music placed in various film and TV series, such as Rosewood (Fox) and feature-length film A Remarkable Life.

Adrienne’s clients include other voice teachers, lead singers in local bands, empty-nesters, and teens who love to sing.

In a previous life, Adrienne graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Computer Science. She worked as a software and database developer, and later a project manager, for dot-com startups and B2B tech companies before switching careers into music. She was also a national champion waterskier and still holds a 20-year-old women’s slalom record in the Western Region.

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Education and Accreditations

  • B.S. in Science, Technology, and Society with a focus in Computer Science from Stanford University
  • Studied CCM voice with IVTOM president Mary Ann Kehler, IVTOM founder Dean Kaelin, and Brett Manning teachers
  • Accredited as Teacher of Mix Singing by the International Voice Teachers of Mix (IVTOM) and invited to be an IVTOM Mentor Teacher
  • Live Music Method teacher certification, Tom Jackson Productions in Nashville
  • Functional Vocal Training, Commercial Music Institute at Shenandoah University
  • Meredith Colby’s Neuro-Vocal Method certification
  • Fourteen years of instrument lessons (bass, piano, drums)

Bands

  • A cappella groups: Counterpoint (all-female a cappella at Stanford University) and the Sweet Adelines (Orlando, FL chapter)
  • Founder or co-founder of The Fever (wedding band), Dois (Brazilian and Latin jazz), Teal & Tangent (dark electronic pop), The Legend Makers (live band karaoke) and Adrienne O (original pop/rock).
  • Lead singer or co-lead singer of The Fever, Dois, Teal & Tangent, The Legend Makers, Adrienne O, Girls on Top! (funk/motown), Urban Dance Theory (top 40 covers), Guitar Villians (live band karaoke)
  • Keyboardist for Guitar Villains
  • Bassist for Driving Karma (rock), Melissa Ivey (rock), Urban Dance Theory (top 40 covers), Cody Qualls and the New Ancients (original pop/rock), Pamela Machala (original pop/jazz), her own band, Adrienne O (original pop/rock), the Diamond Empire Band (wedding band), and others
  • Her band Adrienne O has played at the Boulder Theatre, the Bluebird Theatre, the Fox Theatre, the Oriental Theatre, the Gothic Theatre, Coors Field, Hard Rock Cafe, the Buffalo Rose, Summit Music Hall, and many other medium-sized Colorado venues
  • Currently plays Stevie Nicks in the Petty Nicks Experience (Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks tribute band)
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