Kristen Calhoun

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Kristen Calhoun, speech-language pathologist, voice teacher, and vocalist grew up in Piedmont, S.C. where she discovered her love of music at an early age singing in church choir, school talent shows and concerts, and participated in voice and piano lessons. At Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C., she majored in voice and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education.  She then went on to earn a Master of Science degree in Communication Disorders at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC. 

Kristen has worked as a speech pathologist for Prisma Health System and Bon Secours for the past 20 years. For much of that time, she served patients in the stroke and traumatic brain injury population helping them recover their language and cognition, swallowing, and voice and motor speech skills. She has helped many patients learn to speak again with music often playing an integral role in her treatment.  

As well, throughout her career,  Kristen has worked in the outpatient therapy settings providing treatment to clients recovering from various vocal pathologies. She provides training in breath support, vocal health and hygiene, and vocal cord strengthening, all skills that she also brings into her studio as a voice teacher.

Kristen has sung with various musicians in the area favoring jazz, bluegrass, country, and pop. She has performed in various settings including local wineries and breweries, corporate events, weddings, Fall for Greenville, the Sigal Music Museum and she is a former member of the Greenville Chorale. 

In recent years, Kristen has expanded her own  training by studying Somatic Voice Work ™ with grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Kate McGarry.  She has attended the first level of Somatic Voice Work ™ training at the Lovetri Institute at Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio and attends ongoing training with this organization.