Michelle Shuttleworth Towler

Style: Pop; Musical Theatre

Title: Singing Teacher

Bio: Michelle Shuttleworth Towler is an enthusiastic and patient professional voice teacher and performer. Since 2006, her students have been cast professionally in Broadway shows, tours, parks and cruises, and film and television in NYC and regionally. Michelle's younger students have been accepted to NYC performing arts high schools including LaGuardia and Frank Sinatra and sung in high level performances ranging from the Carnegie Hall Pops Gala, musicals for the NY Gilbert and Sullivan Players to the the prestigious National Children's Chorus. Her non-professional students have not only improved their singing, but many have credited their voice training with positively impacting their self esteem and sense of wellbeing as well as inciting change in other areas of their lives. Michelle’s pedagogy is highly personalized and trains the singer in a holistic way. She addresses vocal technique, health and anatomy as well as the mental, physiological and emotional elements that contribute to vocal performance. Currently, Michelle is fully dedicated to teaching her private studio in Manhattan and online. In recent years, Michelle has taught as an approved private teacher for New York University’s Gallatin School of Independent Study External Programs and held a position as a singing teacher at Broadway Training Center. addition to teaching, Michelle was a co-founder/owner of Footlights Entertainment, an NYC-based company providing live entertainment for high end private and corporate events. She served as Director of the Buck Hill Sky Top Music Festival Educational Outreach Program, which delivers high quality arts education to students in the Pocono Mountain area. Michelle has also taught at the Pittsburgh Musical Theater Conservatory and Applause Theatrical Workshops in NYC and Westchester, where she served as Director of their Summer Theater Program.

Voice Type: Soprano

Music Styles Taught: Pop; Musical Theatre

Availability: I am currently accepting private students

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