About Denise Ivanoff

Denise Ivanoff is an active vocal coach/accompanist, as well as a teacher of both piano and voice. She currently gives piano lessons and voice lessons at the Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy as well as in her private studio in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. Students have gone on to perform at Symphony Silicon Valley, the New York City Opera, the Pennsylvania Renaissance Festival, the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and the Berkshire Festival. Ms. Ivanoff also has extensive experience accompanying singers and instrumentalists on both piano and harpsichord, and has rehearsed and directed opera scenes at the Baylor University Opera Theatre. She has performed as a soloist nationally and internationally, including at the Bösendorfer-Saal in Vienna, Austria.

Also an experienced singer and actress, Ms. Ivanoff has participated in performances of Bernstein's Mass and Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem, appeared in several stage productions including The Crucible and The Spoon River Anthology, and has been captured on celluloid for assorted commercials, TV pilots, and independent and student films. These practical experiences, as well as acting studies at HB Studio and Stella Adler, give Ms. Ivanoff a unique perspective as a vocal coach.

Ms. Ivanoff was accepted as a member of the New York Singing Teachers’ Association in 2006, and has been active in the New York State Music Teachers Association (NYSMTA) as a member of the Executive Board and as Newsletter Editor since 2002. In 2006, she was selected to represent New York State at the Annual Music Teachers' National Association Leadership Summit in Cincinnati, OH. Prior to moving to New York, she taught and coached in Texas, running a successful private studio with students progressing into advanced repertoire, performing in festivals, receiving high Guild ratings, and providing music at church services. Ms. Ivanoff was a piano instructor for adult and pre-college education at McLennan Community College, transforming a one-section, one-level class to a multi-section course with a waiting list and creating courses for subsequent levels.

Ms. Ivanoff earned her B.M. degree in Piano magna cum laude from Baylor University, as well the M.M. degree in Piano Pedagogy and Performance, also from Baylor University. Ms. Ivanoff has also studied vocal pedagogy, receiving Level II Certification in Somatic Voicework® The LoVetri Method, at the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah Conservatory in Virginia. She currently studies with Ms. LoVetri at The Voice Workshop™ in Manhattan.