Anne-Marie Endres has over thirty years of teaching experience primarily as a private voice teacher and performance coach. She maintains a private home studio teaching teens through adults, beginners through advanced with an emphasis on healthy singing and expressive interpretation. Additionally, she provides instruction in music reading, sight singing and diction. Anne-Marie works with all styles of music including classical, musical theater, jazz and contemporary music. Her primary goal as a teacher is to bring her students a free, healthy singing technique that, in turn, gives them a sense of confidence in their abilities. Having a love for many styles of singing, she takes great pleasure helping her students find their own unique voice, be it in classical or other genres of music. She believes great singing, in any style, combines musicality and artistry built on the solid foundation of a technically efficient and healthy instrument. Most importantly, she loves inspiring others to achieve their potential as artists, guiding them in creating music that touches the soul.
Anne-Marie serves as Resident Musical Director/Conductor for Light Opera Theatre of Sacramento and has worked on many operas and operettas including The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, The Gondoliers, Yeomen of the Guard, Iolanthe, Trial by Jury and The Sorcerer, Ruddigore, and most recently Amahl and the Night Visitors and The Four Lost Santas. Anne-Marie has taught at Portland State University and served as director of their Women's Choir. She also served as the first Music Director of Portland, Oregon's ViVoce Women’s Ensemble.
As a professional singer she has sung opera, Broadway/musical theatre, jazz and contemporary popular music. She is a versatile artist with performing experience ranging from theater, musical theater, opera, oratorio, to commercials, voice-overs and television. She is a past winner of the Metropolitan Opera competition (Midwest District) and has been soloist with the Sacramento Choral Society, Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera, Kansas City Lyric Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera companies.
Anne-Marie received her Master and Bachelor of Music Degrees in vocal performance from the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory. Graduate and doctoral studies in choral conducting are from Portland State University and the University of North Texas. In Sacramento, she has taught and conducted masterclasses at Sacramento City College and Natomas Charter School. She has been an adjudicator for competitions and is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, where she has served on the Board for the California Capital Chapter. In addition to Anne-Marie's training and experience in classical music, she is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York City where she honed her acting and musical theatre skills.
Anne-Marie serves as Resident Musical Director/Conductor for Light Opera Theatre of Sacramento and has worked on many operas and operettas including The Pirates of Penzance, Patience, The Gondoliers, Yeomen of the Guard, Iolanthe, Trial by Jury and The Sorcerer, Ruddigore, and most recently Amahl and the Night Visitors and The Four Lost Santas. Anne-Marie has taught at Portland State University and served as director of their Women's Choir. She also served as the first Music Director of Portland, Oregon's ViVoce Women’s Ensemble.
As a professional singer she has sung opera, Broadway/musical theatre, jazz and contemporary popular music. She is a versatile artist with performing experience ranging from theater, musical theater, opera, oratorio, to commercials, voice-overs and television. She is a past winner of the Metropolitan Opera competition (Midwest District) and has been soloist with the Sacramento Choral Society, Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera, Kansas City Lyric Opera and Des Moines Metro Opera companies.
Anne-Marie received her Master and Bachelor of Music Degrees in vocal performance from the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory. Graduate and doctoral studies in choral conducting are from Portland State University and the University of North Texas. In Sacramento, she has taught and conducted masterclasses at Sacramento City College and Natomas Charter School. She has been an adjudicator for competitions and is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, where she has served on the Board for the California Capital Chapter. In addition to Anne-Marie's training and experience in classical music, she is a graduate of Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York City where she honed her acting and musical theatre skills.
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