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Kanisha Kellum

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Kanisha Kellum

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Kanisha Kellum

She/Her

Biography

Performer, music director, accompanist, and voice teacher, originally from St. Louis, MO, currently located in Boston, MA. Currently attending Boston Conservatory at Berklee (BoCo) for MFA in Musical Theatre Vocal Pedagogy (expected Spring 2025). Went to Southeast Missouri State University and obtained a BFA in Musical Theatre Performance in December 2020. President of the Berklee/BoCo Student chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (SNATS)

Currently in mentorship program with Meg Zervoulis; Vocal Pedagogy Program Graduate Assistant and GTA for Voice for Non-Majors at BoCo; studio accompanist for BFA Musical Theatre students at BoCo.

Upcoming: BoCo Vocal Pedagogy Symposium: Representation and Belonging for Black Undergraduate Musical Theatre Students and Voice Teachers April 18, 2025; Graduate Recital Capstone: Random Black Girl: A Night of Random Blackness May 3, 2025; Assistant Professor of Musical Theatre Voice at Western Carolina University 2025-2026

Past projects (MD): 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

  • Boston/New England
  • Chicago/Midwest

Interested in touring?

  • Yes

Hireable as

  • Music Director/Conductor (Pianist)
  • Music Director/Conductor (Not Pianist)
  • Vocal Director and/or Choral Prep
  • Music Assistant
  • Music Copyist
  • Music Transcriber
  • Pit Musician (Keyboards)
  • Audition Pianist
  • Class/Voice Lesson/Rehearsal Pianist
  • Voice teacher with roster of private students
  • Actor-Musician

My Primary Instrument

  • Voice

My Instruments

  • Piano
  • Saxophone
  • Synth - keyboards
  • Voice

Software

  • Finale
  • GarageBand
  • MainStage
  • Sibelius

Affiliations

  • MAESTRA
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING (NATS)

Current HS, College, or Grad Student?

  • Yes