EDUCATOR Elizabeth Farnum has been a private and public educator and voice teacher at home and abroad for several decades.  She has served as a guest coach and teacher in many New York schools, including residencies sponsored by the National Choral Council.  She has been invited to lecture and give master classes at several Universities, including UC San Diego, Fordham University and the University of Pittsburg (KS), where she did a residency as part of their inaugural modern music festival.  She maintains a private studio and teaches vocal technique and theory to male and female students from ages 11 to 85. Elizabeth is the conductor of the Uptown Sound, an a capella jazz group composed of semi-professional and avocational singers, and has worked with various choral groups as conductor and coach.  As a guest artist with the 6-member a capella ensemble Western Wind, she recently served as a coach and teacher at the Shir Madness Festival in Sydney, Australia, where she prepared the women’s chorus for their final performance at Bondi Pavilion.    With the Western Wind, she has given workshops in choral performance in Blackheath, Australia, and in various locations in the Northeast.

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"great agility and beautiful tone" "superb musicality and clarity of diction" "astonishing vocal range" "characteristic pitch-perfect accuracy" “a radiant voice and a sparkling personality to match” “a lovely soaring soprano”