Joan Lader Last updated September 27, 2025 Career In the 1970s, Lader performed off-Broadway with the Light Opera of Manhattan . [ 8] She became involved in voice therapy and rehabilitation for singers when Mount Sinai Hospital began sending her clients after she completed an externship there. [ 2] Lader has maintained a private voice studio in New York City since 1982, but does not disclose her client list. [ 2] [ 9] Performers who have publicly referenced their work with Lader include:
Lader is also hired on retainer by Broadway producers to provide lessons to performers in their shows, which have included Chicago , Moulin Rouge , Spamalot , Sweeney Todd , and the 2024 revival of Cabaret . [ 2] [ 21] She is credited on the films Les Misérables , Mary Poppins Returns , and Evita . [ 22]
Lader has been a guest lecturer at Columbia University , Yale University , Pace University , Berklee College of Music , and Peabody Institute of Music , and serves as a consultant for Manhattan School of Music and the New Studio at NYU Tisch . [ 23] She has presented for the Voice Foundation in Philadelphia, the New York Singing Teachers’ Association , the Pacific Voice and Speech Foundation in San Francisco, and the National YoungArts Foundation . [ 24]
References 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hustin, Caitlin (July 11, 2016). " "Cross-Training" for Rock Stars and Broadway Belters" . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved 29 June 2021 . 1 2 3 4 5 Soloski, Alexis (7 February 2024). "Joan Lader Keeps Broadway in Tune" . The New York Times . Retrieved 12 June 2024 . 1 2 "Winners" . The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards . Retrieved 29 June 2021 . ↑ "Faculty" . The Musical Theatre Lab . Retrieved 29 June 2021 . ↑ "Notable Alumni" . Alumni & Friends of LaGuardia . Retrieved 6 July 2021 . 1 2 Hoch, Matthew (2018). So you want to sing CCM (contemporary commercial music) : a guide for performers . Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 151. ISBN 9781538103623 . ↑ Sandage, Mary. "The Voice: Newsletter of the Voice Foundation" (PDF) . voicefoundation.org . Retrieved 29 June 2021 . ↑ Schonberg, Harold C. "Light Opera Stages Vagabond King With a Royal Air" , The New York Times , December 11, 1975, p. 58 1 2 Melton, Joan (August 7, 2007). Singing in Musical Theatre: The Training of Singers and Actors . Allworth. ISBN 978-1581154825 . 1 2 3 4 "Working in the Theatre: Vocal Coach" (video) . American Theatre Wing . June 27, 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2021 . ↑ "Sparkling Diamond Stories at Moulin Rouge! with JoJo, Episode 3: On the Couch with Aaron Tveit" . Broadway.com . Retrieved 2024-10-20 . 1 2 Gussow, Mel (December 18, 1997). "For Betty Buckley, a Large Offstage Cast" . The New York Times . Retrieved 29 June 2021 . 1 2 Dziemianowicz, Joe (May 13, 2016). "Why Patti LuPone, Donna Murphy and Cynthia Erivo love Tony-honored Broadway vocal coach Joan Lader: The Joe D Show" . New York Daily News . Retrieved 29 June 2021 . ↑ Gans, Andrew (December 1, 2006). "Diva Talk: Chatting with Wicked and Rags Star Eden Espinosa, Plus a "Dreamgirls" Preview" . Playbill . Retrieved 30 June 2021 . ↑ Fierstein, Harvey (May 8, 2003). "Becoming a Woman, or How Edna Gets Born" . Playbill . ↑ Paulson, Michael (May 15, 2019). "Solving the 6 Biggest Mysteries of This Broadway Season" . The New York Times . Retrieved 29 June 2021 . ↑ Dawes, Amy (January 31, 2013). "Anne Hathaway on the luck and pluck that aided her in 'Les Misérables' " . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 29 June 2021 . ↑ Seckerson, Edward (July 22, 1996). "By Dawn's Bright Light" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 2022-06-09. Retrieved 29 June 2021 . ↑ Fleming, Jon (September 30, 2005). "On a New Road" . Tampa Bay Times . Retrieved 29 June 2021 . ↑ Steven Spielberg, Rachel Zegler, David Alvarez, More Share How They Prepared for West Side Story , retrieved 2021-12-10 ↑ "Cabaret - Production Team" . Playbill.com . Retrieved 12 June 2024 . ↑ "Joan Lader" . IMDB . Retrieved 29 June 2021 . ↑ "2021 Master Teacher Bios" (PDF) . YoungArts.org . Retrieved 29 June 2021 . ↑ Marshall, Amy Milgrub. "School of Theatre alumna earns Tony Award for work as vocal coach" . Penn State News . Retrieved 29 June 2021 . ↑ https://estillvoice.com/2025/09/2025elaawinners/ ↑ "2016 Tony Award Honors for Excellence" . Tony Awards YouTube Channel . Retrieved 30 June 2021 . ↑ Jahn, Anthony (August 2013). The Singer's Guide to Complete Vocal Health . Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195374032 . This page is based on this
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