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Jeff Halpern has been teaching vocal technique and coaching singers, dancers and actors for over 25 years. His students have appeared in numerous Broadway productions including Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, Mamma Mia, Titanic, On The Town, Ragtime, The Lion King, Little Shop of Horrors, Nine to Five, Saturday Night Fever, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Wicked, The Full Monty, Spamalot, Grease, Shrek the Musical, Young Frankenstein, Newsies, Matilda, Happiness, An American in Paris, Hamilton and many others.
He has served on numerous faculties including NYU Tisch School of the Arts Experimental Theatre Wing, Barnard College, University of California Graduate Theater, and served as the director of the Trinity Rep Conservatory in Providence, RI. Jeff founded his private studio in 1997 in New York City and has been providing professional training to members of the Broadway community, as well as opera singers and singer/songwriters.
His music direction credits include Beauty and the Beast (1st National), The Secret Garden (1st International), Das Barbecü (Off Broadway), and Romulus Hunt – A Family Opera by Carly Simon (Kennedy Center), among many others. Jeff served as an associate conductor at Houston Grand Opera and Texas Opera Theater, and was the Artistic Administrator for “Opera New World," where he directed casting and developed new work for the modern operatic repertoire. He has worked with numerous directors including Francesca Zambello, Christopher Ashley, Susan Shulman, Anne Bogart, Richard Foreman, Kent Gash and Tina Landau among others and produced many recording projects including Extended Playdate, Brad Blume, and Subterranea – an Urban Fairytale, all available on itunes.
Jeff holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Michigan, and is an alumnus of the Berklee College of Music. He is also trained in Alexander Technique, Linklater Technique, and Viewpoints. Language training includes French (fluent), Italian and German.