Amelia Rollings Biger is an Associate Professor of Music (Voice and Voice Pedagogy) at Coastal Carolina University, where she has conducted over 25,000 voice lessons across classical, musical theatre, and contemporary styles. A past president of the Pan-American Vocology Association and the inaugural recipient of the Clifton Ware Group-Voice Pedagogy Award from NATS, Amelia is a nationally recognized expert in group voice pedagogy and voice science.
At VPPW 2026, she will lead sessions on group singing with systematic awareness, belting, and group voice lessons, and work alongside participants daily in our mentored teaching cohorts.
Kayla Gautereaux, VPPW Director and Mentored Teaching Faculty
Dr. Emily Siar, VPPW Associate Director and Mentored Teaching Faculty
Craig Juricka, Voice Faculty Member (Boston Conservatory at Berklee) and Application Afternoons Mentor Teacher
Tara Stadelman-Cohen, MGH SLP, Vocal Pedagogy Faculty Member (Boston Conservatory at Berklee) and VPPW Session Leader on Voice Health & Injury
Dr. Rebecca Folsom, Voice Faculty Member (Boston Conservatory at Berklee) and VPPW Breakout Session Leader on Teaching Classical Singers
Dr. Dana Lynne Varga, Founder & CEO (The Empowered Musician) and VPPW Breakout Session Leader on Building an Independent Studio
Zipporah Peddle, Voice Faculty Member (Boston Conservatory at Berklee) and VPPW Breakout Session Leader on Teaching Musical Theater Singers
David Jiles Jr., Voice Faculty Member (Berklee College of Music) and VPPW Session Leader on Linklater
Sara Goldstein, VVPW Session Leader on Safe Space for Student Nervous Systems with Alexander Technique
Sarah Whitten, Founder of Singer Synergy and and VPPW Session Leader on Building the Core-Voice Connection
Rachel Klippel, Voice Faculty Member (Boston Conservatory at Berklee)
Brianna Miekle, BCB Vocal Pedagogy Alumni Award Winner, VPPW Lecturer