FEATURED PRACTITIONER
CRYSTAL HANSON
Singer, Actor, Instructor of Voice & Musical Theatre
Crystal is based in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada. She runs her own private voice studio and has taught hundreds of singers of all ages, levels and interests. Every new person that walks in invites a new musical exploration. She has been an instructor at the Foote Theatre School, Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta for over 20 years, teaching primarily musical theatre to kids between the ages of 6 - 16.
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As part of a specialized instructional team employed by the Edmonton Public School Board, she has provided vocal pedagogy instruction within an arts program and served as a vocal coach for many high school musical theatre productions over the past 10 years.
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Her favorite productions as a vocal coach, and those where she served as musical director, include Ghost the Musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Mean Girls Junior, Junie B. Jones, The Drowsy Chaperone, 13: The Musical, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Honk!, Theory of Relativity, Changing Minds, and many more.
Crystal has recently launched her own program called “Voice Body Works,” offering workshops and classes for all ages. She has her 200-hour yoga teacher training certificate, and is very grateful to have worked with Joan and Jennie in 2015 and again in 2021, as they inspired so much of this journey!
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Crystal recently submitted her final research paper for the MA in Vocal Pedagogy through the Voice Study Centre, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. Now that she has completed the MA program, she can focus more on her tribute and party band, Crystal Blue & the Persuasions, which pays tribute to Pat Benatar, Gwen Stefani, and Madonna.
For more about Crystal, see below!
Crystal Blue & the Persuasions (On Facebook)