VOICE TEACHER
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
Collaboration and communication are core values of Dr. Odom's voice studio. She believes in getting to know her students and their goals so that her work with them is personal, tailored not only to their voices but to their goals, learning styles and intellectual and emotional responses. Not all students have the same career goals, timelines, or musical interests, and Dr. Odom not only respects this in her studio, but celebrates it. Dr. Odom strives to create an environment of mutual respect in the studio which allows her to hold students to a high level of expectation and challenge them with repertoire and opportunity and allows them to trust her to help them through experiences of growth.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Dr. Lisa Sain Odom holds a B.M., M.M. and a D.M.A., all in Vocal Performance. Additionally, she is certified in all three levels of Somatic Voicework™ The Lovetri Method and has studied Neurodiversity in the Voice Studio with Dr. Shannon Coates. Dr. Odom was one of twelve voice teachers from the United States and Canada selected to participate in the prestigious 2007 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Intern Program.
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In 2021 Dr. Odom was awarded the National Vocal Pedagogy Award from the NATS Foundation and used that award to attend the Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Westminster Choir College at Rider University. She has served as a mentor with the NATS Conference Connections as well as with the Trailblazers Clemson ADVANCE organization. In spring of 2022, she was awarded the 2022-2024 Creativity Professorship from the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities at Clemson University. With this $10,000 award she researched and recorded an album of songs by Welsh composer Ivor Novello. In spring of 2024 she was awarded the Clemson University College of Arts and Humanities Professor of the Year award. In 2019 at Clemson University, she co-founded and still co-leads the Summer Scholars Vocal Institute. She is the recent Past President and former VP and Auditions Coordinator for the South Carolina chapter of NATS.
She has presented workshops and conference sessions throughout the US and UK for the Musical Theatre Educators' Alliance (MTEA) in Atlanta and in London; the Mid Atlantic Regional NATS conference; the South Carolina Theatre Association conference; and the South Eastern Theatre Conference (Baltimore, Lexington, Louisville, and Birmingham) on topics such as choosing the best musical theatre audition cuts, musical theatre vocal technique, and how to use the principles of Internal Family Systems to create healthier practices in the private voice studio. She collaborates with Dr. Kirby Player, Clemson Agriculture professor, exploring the use of musical theatre to enhance learning in a variety of subjects, including Agricultural Ethics.
In addition, Dr. Odom is a sought after master class clinician, teaching at universities and conferences across the US and UK. She has taught master classes for Mid Atlantic NATS; at Rose Bruford College in Sidcup UK; at North Greenville University, the University of North Carolina-Pembroke, Shorter College, Piedmont University, Millikin University and at Jacksonville State University as well as for many private studios. In 2021 she taught for the Orvieto Musica "Art of Song" summer program in Orvieto Italy. Look for articles written by Dr. Odom from Fall 2022 through spring 2025 in both digital format and in the print version of Classical Singer magazine.
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Dr. Odom has taught on the faculties of North Greenville University, Western Carolina University and the Lawson Academy division of Converse University. She is currently an Associate Professor of Music - Voice and Musical Theatre at CLEMSON UNIVERSITY where she teaches private voice, Voice Seminar, musical theatre history classes, and Musical Theatre and Opera Scenes.