Dates: 2026 Session - TBA
Times: 10:00am - 4:00pm Monday through Friday
Location: In-person
Price: $6,000
For more information, questions or to register: Email tcacademy@tc.columbia.edu
Instructor(s)
Jeanne Goffi-Fynn is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the Doctoral Cohort Program in the Program of Music and Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, where Dr. Goffi-Fynn also received her doctorate. A soprano, Dr. Goffi-Fynn is active both as a performer and teacher in the New York City area. Her areas of interest include Studio Teaching (Applied Music Instruction), Voice Development and Instruction, and Choral Singing. Previously, she was on the faculty of New York University, the New School Actor's Studio M.F.A. Program, William Paterson University, and The American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She credits the beginning of her teaching career to Dr. Barbara Doscher (author of The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice) with whom she studied voice and pedagogy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She continues working in the area of Vocology, specifically in the retraining of singers, after completing internships at the Grabscheid Voice Center at Mt. Sinai, NYC and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, NYC. She has presented workshops, master classes and pedagogical presentations with NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing), The Voice Foundation Annual Conference, the New York Singing Teachers Association, CMS (College Music Society), ACDA (American Choral Directors Association), NYSSMA and ISME (International Society for Music Education).
She is currently a member of the American Academy of Teachers of Singing (AATS) and serves as a member at the Opera America’s Singers Training Forum, as well as their Board of Overseers and Strategic Committees. She also is currently Vice-President of NATS-NYC where she is piloting a new Mentorship Program. Finally, she serves on the board with Every Voice Choir, working as Singing Voice Specialist with children ages 7-16. At EVC, she oversees programs for Music Theatre (Voice Workshop), Audition Preparation, and Young Men’s Vocal Workshop. Formally, Jeanne was a board member of New York Singing Teachers Association (NYSTA) and a co-director of their Professional Development Program, a course of voice studies for the professional voice teacher.
Dr. Goffi-Fynn is most active as a recitalist, singing a variety of programs often with newly commissioned works. Former operatic roles include Marie in Daughter of the Regiment, Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Olympia (Les Contes d'Hoffmann). Concert and oratorio performances include the Cantata Singers (NYC), and Temple Emmanu-El (NYC) while performances in Europe include the Lugano Radio Orchestra (Switzerland) and the Rumanian Radio Orchestra in a tour of Northern Italy. She has also studied and performed at the Zurich Opera Studio and with the American Institute of Musical Studies (A.I.M.S.) in Graz, Austria. Dr. Goffi-Fynn is currently the director of the Singers Workshop, which offers a unique opportunity for singers at all ages to work together collaboratively. Her website is JeanneGoffiFynn.com.
Learning Objectives
The goal of this course is for teens to develop in three spheres of learning:
- Vocally: Students will develop their literal voices and their individual figurative voices and sense of self. In the literature available, we see a connection with vocal identity and awareness of their voices (Monks, 2003; Becker & Goffi-Fynn, 2016).
- Musically: Students will culturally share ideas and themes from a diverse range of repertoire. In this setting we will address this with an exploration of musical styles including jazz and gospel and singer-songwriting.
- Community and a shared experience: For the third aspect of this course the singers will come together to sing in a larger collective group and share their experiences together. Singing together creates a shared experience of belonging and being part of a community. These areas are fed with an overarching view of well-being - as individuals, as part of a cultural heritage and as part of a community.
Who Should Attend
TC Pre-College courses are open to rising juniors and seniors ages 16-18. All courses are conducted in English and learners should have sufficient fluency to participate.
The goal of this course is for students to develop in three spheres of learning (vocally, musically, and in community) and to explore potential majors of interest. Students will gain experience across genres and will have recordings and recommendations to use for their college applications.
Upon Completion
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive a Certificate of Participation.
