Kati is a voice teacher and text/dialect coach specializing in contemporary singing and Shakespeare. She has taught around the world, including regularly teaching in China and working as a voice and text assistant at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-Upon-Avon. She has a BA in Music with an emphasis in Musical Theatre from Carthage College and an MA in Professional Voice Practice from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the U.K. Kati loves working with folks of all ages, from children to those still young at heart, and finding ways to connect with everyone on an individual level to understand how you learn best.

Lorian Schwaber is a Broadway veteran with over 25 years of experience performing in national and international tours, and in opera houses, including the Broadway cast of Phantom of the Opera, and the 1980s national tours of West Side Story and Sweeney Todd. Lorian has a BFA in Vocal Performance and Musical Theatre from Carnegie Melon University and a Masters in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from Roosevelt University. She has taught contemporary and classical voice at several colleges and universities. She currently teaches at Carthage College and founded the musical theater children's program at the Music Institute of Chicago. She also taught at North Park University, teaching in the Music and Worship program, working with Gospel and Contemporary Christian singers on techniques for most comfortable singing. She was the first Visiting Scholar specializing in musical theatre in China at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and returns regularly to teach in China, and in programs across the U.S., as well as teaching in other countries around the world.