Dr Tish Oney

Internationally touring jazz singer Dr. Tish Oney has sung as soloist with Detroit Symphony, Williamsburg Symphony, Symphoria, Rochester Philharmonic, Aiken Symphony, Spartanburg Philharmonic, North Carolina Baroque Orchestra, U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, Army Blues, and Army Voices. Oney tours as a Blujazz recording artist with five albums to her credit. Oney’s vast experience as a jazz singer / recording artist while teaching thousands of students in multi-genre singing at USC, SU, and USC Upstate, among other institutions, led to her authoring the critically acclaimed, definitive guide to teaching jazz voice: Jazz Singing: A Guide to Pedagogy and Performance (Bloomsbury, 2022) which has been lauded by The Journal of Singing and professional singers worldwide. This important tool provides a framework of vocal study for the healthy jazz singer while drawing upon lessons learned directly from the jazz masters themselves: Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Nat “King” Cole, Mel Tormé, Frank Sinatra, and Peggy Lee.

Superstar baritone Nathan Gunn calls the book “an essential tool in every singer’s toolbox.” Jazz musician/scholar Monika Herzig notes, “This is an invaluable teaching resource and should be a required text in any jazz vocal program. The rare combination of a trained scientist, accomplished musician, experienced pedagogue, and scholar makes Tish Oney uniquely qualified to offer an expert perspective on all aspects of vocal jazz performance and pedagogy. Highly recommended.”

Since publishing Jazz Singing and her bestseller Peggy Lee: A Century of Song (Bloomsbury, 2020) Dr. Oney remains a leading authority in jazz, multi-genre singing pedagogy, and the Great American Songbook. She continues to present concerts, master classes, workshops, and lecture recitals at performing venues throughout the U.S., ICVT (Vienna), NATS, CS Music, The Voice Study Centre (Wales), Documenting Jazz (Dublin), and Jazz Education Network events. Her work has been featured on NPR, Sirius XM, CBC, Fox News, CBS, and Talk Radio Europe; and lauded by the Jazz Journalists Association, Library Journal, Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide, and the Grammy Museum. She has written for The Journal of Singing, Classical Singer Magazine, JazzTimes, and All About Jazz. When she is not composing, conducting, or arranging music, she enjoys serving on the editorial boards for NATS-Bloomsbury Books, The Journal of Singing, and Jazz Education in Research and Practice. She delights to serve as international mentoring chair for the Jazz Education Network Research Interest Group. www.tishoney.com