Greenville's Trusted Vocal Coach & Speech-Language Pathologist
Work with Kristen
Speech-language pathologist, voice teacher, and vocalist in Greenville, S.C. Kristen earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. She then earned a Master of Science degree in Communication Disorders at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC.
Kristen has worked as a speech pathologist for AnMed, Prisma Health and Bon Secours Health Systems for the past 20 years in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Throughout her career she has helped clients with pathologies, including stroke and brain injury, to regain their language and cognition, as well as their swallowing and motor speech skills. She has assisted patients recovering from various vocal pathologies by training them in breath support, vocal health and hygiene, as well as vocal cord strengthening. She has supported many individuals learning to speak again, with music often playing an integral role in her treatment.
While Kristen's skill as a vocal coach influences her work as a speech therapist, her speech therapy also influences her work with vocal students.
As a performer, Kristen has sung with various musicians in the upstate, focusing primarily on jazz, bluegrass, country, and pop. She has performed in diverse settings including local wineries and breweries, corporate events, weddings, Fall for Greenville, the Sigal Music Museum. She is also a former member of the Greenville Chorale.
In recent years, Kristen has expanded her own training by studying Somatic Voicework (™) with Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Kate McGarry and with Billy Gollner, of Somatic Voicework (™) and Capilano University in Vancouver, Canada. She has attended the first two levels of Somatic Voicework (™) training at the Lovetri Institute at Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio and attends ongoing training with this organization.
In 2024, Kristen was invited by GVL Jazz to attend training at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York and is now a licensed instructor of that organization’s trademark early childhood education program, WeBop. She teaches two WeBop summer camps per year in Greenville, SC for GVL Jazz.
Credentials
Bachelor of Music Education in Voice from Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Master of Science in Communication Disorders at Western Carolina University
Certificate of Clinical Competence from ASHA
In 2010, achieved designation of Certified Brain Injury Specialist by Brain Injury Association of America
In 2024, was certified by Jazz at Lincoln Center as an instructor of WeBop, early – childhood jazz education program.
Somatic Voicework™ - The LoVetri Method, Levels I & II
Baldwin Wallace University 2024, 2025
