Ms. Brighty has been teaching voice for over twenty years. Her former students can be found on opera stages across the country, on and off- Broadway, in national and international tours, on TV, and in movies. They can also be found in courtrooms, hospital and surgical rooms, as university professors, public school teachers, doulas, and stay-at-home moms. She loves how each of them is contributing to make this a better world. In 2005 she co-founded Lied Austria International, with her late husband Wolfgang Lockemann. Lied Austria International was a four week summer course taking place twice each summer in Southern Austria. She was Managing Director and Voice Teacher for Lied Austria International for its entirety, all while maintaining her full voice studio in Miami. In recent years, while living in Austria full time, she completed certifications in Spirit Healing (Geistheilung), meditation and breathwork included among its many components, and as a Life Coach. Ms. Brighty also participated in a five year training program in Acupressure, as well as hundreds of hours of online trainings, workshops, and webinars in Herbalism. These holistic approaches have become part of her life’s work, and she is committed to sharing the deeply beneficial wealth of this information. You can also watch for information on her (soon to go live) blog entitled The Singer’s Support, which she is most excited about!

Barbara González-Palmer enjoys an international performing career. Holding degrees from Oberlin and Juilliard, she has performed in concert with Barry Tuckwell, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Peter Damm, Richard Zeller, Michael Tree, and varied artists associated with the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, and Stuttgart Opera, to name a few. She has appeared in venues such as Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, International Horn Conference, and the International Congress of Voice Teachers, as well as broadcasts on New York’s premiere classical music station, WQXR. Internationally, she has collaborated with instrumentalists and singers in concert series and competitions in England, France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, Hungary, Ecuador, Korea, China and Malaysia. Her master class accompaniment credits include Frederica von Stade, Jean Pierre Rampal, Grace Bumbry, James Galway, and Martina Arroyo, among others. Many summers have been spent in Austria as a vocal coach and collaborative piano instructor for the American Institute of Musical Studies and Lied Austria International. Past faculty posts include Northwestern University, University of Oregon, and the Music Academy of the West. During her 16-year directorship of Rutgers’ Collaborative Piano Program, the program received a special commendation from the National Association of Schools of Music for its quality and success. A number of her students have gone on to successful careers in voice and collaborative piano, including posts and performances at such institutions as Yale, Harvard, the Silk Road Ensemble, and the Metropolitan Opera. Ms. Gonzalez-Palmer can be heard on several commercial recordings, including the Centaur and Naxos labels. She is an Associate Professor at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts where she serves on the keyboard and voice faculties with specialties in collaborative piano, vocal coaching and chamber music.

Clay Schaub is an Alexander Technique Teacher and jazz bassist in Milwaukee. He works with all types of people, frequently with musicians, actors, dancers, and people with chronic pain. Clay first came to the technique in 2002, in an effort to address carpal tunnel syndrome and music-performance related injuries. After years of private study, he trained as an Alexander Technique teacher under the direction of John Nicholls and Nanette Walsh at ATNYC in Manhattan, completing a 3-year 1600 hour AmSAT Certification Program in June of 2012. In addition to running a private practice, he has worked as an assistant trainer of Alexander teachers for more than 10 years, on several different courses–ATNYC, ATMKE, and ATTiC, and has been a guest presenter at conservatories and colleges throughout the Midwest. To find out more about Clay please see  clayschaub.com