Pamela Stein Lynde has been teaching music and voice for close to 20 years. Currently, she is adjunct assistant professor of voice at Westminster Choir College of Rider University, and teaches Kindergarten through 4th grade music at Abrams Hebrew Academy in Yardley, PA. She also currently serves as conductor of The Pennswood Chorale in Newtown, PA, and specializes in teaching private voice students seeking admissions to competitive college and conservatory music programs. Her past work in higher education includes having taught voice, music history, music theory, and vocal pedagogy at Saint Elizabeth University in Morristown, NJ. There, she also directed the student choir, the Elizabeth Singers, and oversaw the graduate school admissions process for all music majors. She served on the faculty of the Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts Extension Division and Young Artist Program, where she taught voice, music theory, chamber music, and directed a composer-geared new music ensemble. She also gave master classes to the Extension Division’s famed musical theater program. She was an adjunct lecturer at City College of New York, CUNY, where she taught music theory, musicianship, and composition. In a partnership with award-winning composers Lisa Bielawa and Aaron Jay Kernis, Pamela formed Your Music Bus, an organization providing services to university, college, and conservatory composition students and departments to help develop the careers of young composers. Your Music Bus offered master classes, recording sessions, composition readings, concerts, and much more, to students across the country, and gave composition readings at Drew University and The San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Pamela maintains a private voice studio in Newtown, Pennsylvania, specializing in teaching goal-oriented and career-minded students. She has successfully guided many students through the process of auditioning for top American music conservatories and competitive university music programs, often receiving substantial scholarship offers. Pamela’s current and former students are active classical artists performing throughout the United States and abroad. If you are interested in lessons or would like to book Pamela fora guest lecture or master class, please contact her today.
In addition to her music-related academic work, Pamela was a Teacher’s Assistant in Columbia University’s Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, for the class Theories of the Universe: From Babylon to the Big Bang.
PUBLICATIONS
Pamela’s recent writing, On the Versatile Application of the Study of Voice and Composition, was published in Dr. Deborah Bedor’s book, The Exceptional Applicant. The book provides students with a blueprint for achieving admission to competitive universities, and shares information on how specific disciplines make students more desirable candidates for the Ivy League. Pamela’s chapter shares insight into how the study of classical voice and composition provides students with the ability to think outside the box, become experts in self-management, and learn to look inward in invaluable ways. The Exceptional Applicant is available for purchase on Amazon.com
Stein Lynde, Pamela. “On the Versatile Application of the Study of Voice and Composition.” The Exceptional Applicant, by Dr. Deborah Bedor, Advantage Media Group Publishing, 2022. Pp 283-294.
WEBINARS AND PODCASTS
Pamela was a guest on Megan Ihnen’s Studio Class podcast, where she discussed her work in composing, choral conducting, voice teaching, guiding students through the conservatory audition process, and helping singers find their path to a fulfilling career.
View Pamela’s Introduction to Singing webinar, where she discusses basics of breathing for singing, proper alignment, and vocal health.
The following is a list of lecture courses Pamela has taught or is scheduled to teach in the upcoming semesters.
Music Theory I
Musicianship I
Composition
Music of Our Time: Contemporary Music of the 20th and 21st Centuries
American Music
The Lives and Music of Women Composers
Learning to Read Music: An Introduction to Basic Music Theory
Sight Singing and Dictation
Voice Class
Student Testimonials
“Pamela is an excellent instructor who wastes no time getting right into the technique required for proper singing. She has a vast array of tricks and tips which help you familiarize yourself with the muscles and movements required for the artform, and I would highly encourage any folk interested in learning to sing to seriously consider Pamela as an instructor.”
-Caleb F.
"I have had a vocal coach before meeting Pam, but she absolutely took it to another level. Pamela does a good job with teaching the mechanics of singing, as she pin points which muscles the body is using and how to use them properly when singing. She has a variety of warm ups and stretches to get your voice and body prepared to perform and is very good and pushing you to become your best. If you are a serious singer and would like to take the knowledge of your craft a step further, I would definitely recommend.”
-Kristian P.
“First lesson with Pam and it was awesome. Tremendous energy and extremely friendly. Made me relax.”
-Paul A.
“Incredibly patient and highly knowledgeable.”
-Richard P.