Kanisha Kellum
She/Her
Kanisha Kellum
She/Her
Biography
Performer, music director, accompanist, and voice teacher, originally from St. Louis, MO, currently located in Asheville, NC. Currently Assistant Professor of Vocal Performance & Pedagogy at Western Carolina University. Recently received MFA in Musical Theatre Vocal Pedagogy from Boston Conservatory at Berklee; BFA in Musical Theatre Performance from Southeast Missouri State University.
Past projects (MD): Legally Blonde; Fucking A; Dreamgirls (Vocal Coach/AMD); The Spongebob Musical (Keys 2); Something Rotten (AMD/Keys 2); Godspell (2012), Footloose: Youth Edition, Big the Musical TYA; Annie Jr.; Peter Pan Jr.; The Lightning Thief; The Wiz, Jr.; Willy Wonka, Jr.; Newsies, Jr.; Beauty and the Beast, Jr.; 9 to 5 (AMD); Shrek the Musical (AMD); Jesus Christ Superstar (AMD/Keys 3)
Professional Experience
- Regional
- Concerts/Cabaret
- Education
Regions
- Carolinas
Interested in touring?
- Yes
Hireable as
- Music Director/Conductor (Pianist)
- Music Director/Conductor (Not Pianist)
- Vocal Director and/or Choral Prep
- Music Assistant
- Music Transcriber
- Pit Musician (Keyboards)
- Audition Pianist
- Class/Voice Lesson/Rehearsal Pianist
- Voice teacher with roster of private students
- Classroom music teacher at an educational institution
- Actor-Musician
My Primary Instrument
- Voice
My Instruments
- Piano
- Synth - keyboards
- Voice
Software
- Finale
- GarageBand
- MainStage
- Sibelius
Affiliations
- MAESTRA
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING (NATS)