Celebrity Voice Coach Jeannie Deva

Jeannie Deva coaches in-person at her Brentwood and San Gabriel Valley, California studios.

As a performance and session vocal coach, she goes on-location to recording studios, sound stages and theaters. For more information and scheduling, contact by phone 818-446-0932 or Email

Jeannie Deva's Celebrity Client list includes:

Grammy Award Winners Aimee Mann (SuperEgo Records) and Patty Griffin (ATO Records)
Lynda Carter, (Singer, TV, Film Actress - Wonder Woman)
Felecia Howse (Multi-Platinum group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Epic Records)
Ruddy Rodriquez (South American Superstar - actress, model, recording artist)
Members of the J. Geils Band (Atlantic, EMI, Rounder Records) and Multi-Platinum Foghat (Bearsville Records) Adam 812 Samantha James (#1 Billboard Dance Chart)
Charolote Jorgensen (Dancing with the Stars partner to John Hurley)
Dar Williams (Razor and Tie Records)
Leads in Broadway's Wicked, Rent, Grease, Lion King and Fame
Backing Singers for Pink, Elton John, Celine Dion, Julio Iglesias, Joss Stone, Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder
Producers of Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, The Cars, Amy Winehouse, Ludacris, , DJ Jazzy Jeff.

With a career that spans nearly four decades, Jeannie Deva is an international celebrity voice and performance coach, published author, clinician, recording studio vocal producer, trainer of voice teachers and originator of The Deva Method® - Complete Voice Training for Stage and Studio.

Appearing on E! Entertainment television in the fall of 2006, Jeannie Deva was the vocal coach for the new Reality Show House of Carters staring Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys. She is on the elite vocal instructor council of TC-Helicon's Vocal Technologies and one of several prominent vocal coaches officially endorsing Thayer's products for Singers. As a graduate from Berklee College of Music in 1975 with a degree in Composition and Arranging, Jeannie assisted in establishing the college's voice department and later became President of Berklee's Alumni Association for ten-years.

Voice teachers around the world base their teaching on Ms Deva's method from her published books and CDs. She is featured on the acclaimed video The Vocalist's Guide to Fitness, Health and Musicianship by Internationally respected music educator Julie Lyonn Lieberman and distributed by Hal Leonard.

Television Appearances as Celebrity Vocal Coach

Idol Chat on TV Guide Channel - February 2007
House of Carters E! Entertainment TV - October 2006
Question Reality with host Priscilla Leona - October 2005 on Adelphia Cable TV Los Angeles - Half million households
Visual Radio with host Joe Vigleone - 1999-2001 on Boston cable
Venezuelan TV Station - 1993 - 150 million viewers

Recording Session Vocal Coach and Producer

Record producers, labels and vocalists fly Jeannie to national and international locations to assist with the recording of their albums. For her work as a session vocal coach, Jeannie has received endorsements from engineers who worked with the Rolling Stones, The Cars, Elton John, Amy Winehouse and Aerosmith.

Jeannie has developed tools and techniques to improve vocals quickly and efficiently. She is expert in assisting a singer with virtually anything needed to prepare for a recording project such as:

• Correction of Vocal Difficulties and Vocal Strengthening
• Song Development
• Harmony and Backup Blending and Arrangement
• Recording Studio Singing Techniques to Achieve Powerful Vocal Performance

• Accent Reduction

Founder of Jeannie Deva® Voice Studios

In 1978 Jeannie founded The Voice Studio™ in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Word of her new method of training popular music singers spread quickly and soon she was training most of the top bands of the region. By 1989 she had created a training program to certify voice teachers in her method. In 1991, she and her manager moved her voice studios to the heart of the music community of Boston, changed the business name to Jeannie Deva Voice Studios and staffed it with eight Deva Method voice teachers. During the many years to follow, they serviced an international clientele coaching up to 100 singers weekly.

In 2002 with the Boston school still running, Jeannie re-located to Los Angeles and established her private studio there. At that time a new corporate model was developed and all Deva Method teachers became licensed to open their own independently owned and operated Jeannie Deva Voice Studios in their local areas. Currently there are two Deva Method studios in the greater Boston area, along with one in Hollywood, North Hollywood and Sydney, Australia.

Performing Artist

Jeannie's professional singing career spans four decades, beginning in a group with Janis Ian opening for Richie Havens in Greenwich Village, New York. As an international vocalist, Ms Deva has shared billing or the stage with performers such as David Pomerantz, Dave Van Ronk, Gail Moran Corea, David Bromberg, percussionist Hossam Ramsey (Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant), Maxine Nightingale, multi-Platinum artist David Campbell and Blues Great Johnny Shines. With a vocal range of four octaves, Deva combines styles from R&B, Gospel, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Classical-Pop, using her voice with lyrics and as an instrument without lyrics. Having extensive experience singing in recording studios and on stage, she has headlined concerts in the US, South America and Europe. To hear her sing, visit:

Published Author and Columnist Worldwide

Titles in Print:

• Introduction to The Deva Method - book and vocal exercise CD 
• The Contemporary Vocalist Volume 1 -  174 page book and four CDs 
• The Contemporary Vocalist Volume 2 - booklet and four CDs 
• The Deva Method Vocal Warm-Ups and Cool-Downs CD
  

Over a span of 22 years, more than 400 articles on the voice and related topics by Jeannie Deva have been published in a variety of music magazines and webzines: Currently, regular columns can be found in Vocals Magazine, VoiceCouncil.com, Galaris.com, GirlPlayer.com, SingerUniverse.com, Audio-recording-center.com, TheModernVocalist.com, The Singers� Workshop at LisLewis.com, MusesMuse.com, FemMuse.com, amongst others.

Clinics, Workshops and Music Industry Panels

Ms Deva has appeared as clinician, workshop leader and panelist for organizations including: Berklee College of Music, Boston Celebrity Centre International, Los Angeles Fashion Institute of New York Caracas Arts Company, Venezuela Boston University New York University Sweet Adeline's International, Florida and New Hampshire conventions and chapters European Arts Festivals, England Celebrity Centre New York, London and Nashville The Artist's Associations of Puerto Rico, Stockholm, Sweden and Boston, MA. New England Musician's Expo Music N Motion Studios, Hamburg, Germany Artists for a Better World, Los Angeles Artists Helping Artists Summits, Los Angeles LA Women in Music Expo Females on Fire, Los Angeles Music Festival International Artist's Conventions aboard the Freewinds SMV, Curacao

Panel Topics include: Singers Panels, Stage Craft, Demo Analysis and Critique, Recording Production for Singers, Vocal Technique - The Deva Method, Music Production Panels, Making it in the Music Industry and Performance Technique.

Jeannie Deva(middle)with two prominent Hollywood vocal coaches, Darlene Koldenkoven(left) and Elisabeth Howard(right) on Vocal Success panel at California State University Northridge in April 2003.