JESS BALDWIN
Jess is a creativity and productivity coach for singers, a popular music voice specialist, and an indie-soul singer-songwriter.
Teaching and Coaching
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Voice, Creativity, Productivity Coach
True Colors Creativity & Artist Coaching
2020-present -
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Facilitator & Coach
How to Run Your Business Without Hating Your Boss
2023, 2024 -
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Creativity & CCM Vocal Pedagogy Instructor
CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute
Shenandoah University
2017-present -
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Voice & Piano Teacher
Jess Baldwin Music Studio
2005-2020 -
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Voice & Vocal Pedagogy Instructor
Marietta College
Marietta, OH
2008-2016 -
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Voice Instructor
WVU Parkersburg
2008-2012 -
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Voice Instructor
Washington State Community College
Marietta, OH
2009-2010 -
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Voice Instructor
Ohio Valley University
Vienna, WV
2007-2010
Performing & Recording
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Jess Baldwin Quintet
Originals and fresh arrangements
Jazz, chamber pop, and indie soul -
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PBS United in Song
BGV’s for Rhonda Vincent, Queen of Bluegrass
with American Pops Orchestra
2022 -
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Debut Album ANIMA
Original album
Vox, keys, writer, producer, arranger
alt jazz, indie soul, chamber pop
2022 -
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Alarm Call, Single
Cover of Bjork’s Alarm Call
Produced by Jess
2020 -
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PBS Songs at the Center
Songwriters in the round with Todd Burge, Eric Gnezda, and Bob Thompson
2017 -
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Featured Soloist, River Cities Symphony
Pops Concert, Jazz Standards
2017 -
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Vocalist, The Hippsters
Peoples Bank Theatre
2016-2019 -
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American Traditions Competition Quarterfinalist
Savannah, GA
2015 & 2017 -
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El Scorcho, Single
Cover of Weezer
Produced by Jared Mahone
2016 -
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Best Cover Song, Ohio Music Awards
2015 & 2017
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One Little Song, Single
Cover of Gillian Welch
2016 -
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NPR Mountain Stage
Vocalist in The Fields of Gettysburg with John Walsh
2013 -
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Giving Voice Concert
Directed and performed program of classical and jazz compositions by female composers
2012 -
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Boy of My Dreams, Single
Jazz Standard
2012 -
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Maybelogic, Vox and Keys
Funk and Fusion band
Marietta, Ohio
2009-2012 -
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The Scott Kitchen Project, Vocalist
Marietta, Ohio
2011 -
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Gabriel, The Creation
Ohio University
2009 -
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The Swinging Orangutangs, Vox and Keys
Marietta, Ohio
2008-2009 -
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River City Blues Competition
Marietta, Ohio
2008 -
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Suor Angelica, Sister Genevieve
Capital Opera Raleigh
2004 -
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Hansel & Gretel, Gretel
Capital Opera Raleigh
2004
Workshops, Master Classes, Presentations, Publications
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The Vocal Athlete, 3rd Ed.
Featured in Application & Technique
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CCM Vocal Pedagogy Master Classes
CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute
Shenandoah University
2017-present -
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The SpeakEasy Cooperative
When Technique And Rep Aren’t Doing The Trick, 2022
Positive Influence Vs. Psychological Manipulation In The Voice Studio, 2023
How To Help Singers Find Their Artistic Style (Even When They’re Young!), 2023
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Maddie Tarbox, Voice Ped Dream Team
Helping Your Students Find Their Own Artistic Style, 2023
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Dr. Shannon Coates' Contemporary Voice Pop-Up Course
Guest Speaker, 2022 & 2023
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Simpson College
Guest Speaker
Foundations of Music
Steven Heffner
2023 -
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Singing in Popular Musics, Creator & Editor
Blog featuring leading experts in popular and commercial music
2016-2023 -
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Vocology in Practice
Help Your Students Find Their Artistic Voice
2022 & 2023 -
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The Unstoppable Singer Summit
Find Your Own Artistic Style, 2022 & 2023
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National Association of Teachers of Singing Conference
You’re Not the Boss of Them: Empower Your Popular Musics Students to Take Charge of Their Own Artistry, with Kat Reinhert, 2022
Developing Your Own Identity for Social Media, 2022
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Action-Based Approaches in Popular Music Education
Chapter: “Building and Accessing Mix in Choirs and Singing Groups”
2021 -
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NATS Journal of Singing
Popular Song and Music Theater: Serving the Many?, NATS Journal of Singing, 2021 March (volume: 77 issue: 4 start page: 533)
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Diablo Valley College
Guest Speaker
2020 -
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Columbus Songwriting Workshop
Find Your Own Voice
2018 -
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The Voice Foundation Symposium
A Survey of Voice Faculty in Commercial Music Degree Programs
with Kat Reinhert & Matt Edwards
2017 -
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Association for Popular Music Education Conference
A Survey of Voice Faculty in Commercial Music Degree Programs with Kat Reinhert & Matt Edwards, 2017
Building Vocal Mix in Choral Settings, 2017
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WV Music Educators Association
Versatile Voices
2017 -
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WV Choral Directors Association
Versatile Voices
2017 -
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Alderson-Broaddus College, Master Class
Crossover Singing
2012
Directing
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Director, Instachoir
Columbus, OH
2019
1 night. 2 songs. 3-part harmony.
Choir without the commitment. -
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Music Director, Pete the Cat
Columbus Children’s Theater
2018 & 2019 -
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Conductor, La Cage aux Folles
Short North Stage
2018 -
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Music Director
Shakespeare by the River Festival
Marietta, OH
Compositions by Todd Burge
2015 -
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VMEA All-District Elementary Chorus Guest Conductor
Winchester, VA
2010 -
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Director, Mid-Ohio Valley Children's Chorus
2006-2008
Education
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Project Management Certificate
Google
2023-2024 -
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Trauma Essentials Certification
PESI
2023 -
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CCM Pedagogy Courses
CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute
Shenandoah University
2009-present -
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Certification in Somatic Voicework™
Levels 1, 2, & 3
Shenandoah University
2009 -
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MM in Vocal Pedagogy and Performance
Meredith College
Raleigh, NC
2005
Summa cum laude -
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BA in Applied Voice
Alderson-Broaddus College
Philippi, WV
2002
Summa cum laude
Bio
After exploring multiple genres in her younger years and earning her master’s in classical performance and pedagogy, Jess Baldwin gradually found her sound in soul, jazz, and chamber pop, and was able to release her artistic voice through healing and acceptance work around her CPTSD and neurodivergence. This culminated in the release of her crowdfunded debut album ANIMA.
Her journey as an artist ran alongside her expansion from a voice and piano teacher into a creativity and productivity coach with trauma and neurodivergence training. Her coaching path was inspired not only by her own journey, but the many singers and voice teachers she’s met over 15 summers at the CCM Institute who needed tools to help them find and use their own artistic voices. Her business became True Colors Creativity Coaching, which provides creativity, voice, and executive function coaching to singers and creatives who want to finish projects that let them shine brighter.