Los Angeles vocal coach, Clark Harris, has over thirty years of experience teaching the biggest talents in opera, musical theater, pop, rock and jazz.
While completing his music degree at UCLA, Clark was hand-picked to be the sole teaching assistant of internationally acclaimed voice master, Nathan Lam, in a studio that included:
Patti LuPone | Nancy Sinatra |
Michael Feinstein | Linda Purl |
Lionel Ritchie | Bert Convy |
Ringo Starr | Dinah Shore |
Donny Osmond | Priscilla Presley |
Jodie Foster | Sonny Bono |
Rob Lowe | Tony Danza |
Paula Abdul | David Cassidy |
Rod Stewart | Sally Kellerman |
Dolly Parton | Andrea Marcovicci |
Diahann Carroll | Patti Cohenour |
John Davidson | Geena Davis |
Michael York | Sam Harris |
Burt Reynolds | Scott Baio |
Linda Ronstadt | Leslie Ann Warren |
Rita Moreno | Susan Anton |
Tyne Daly | Dyan Cannon |
Clark also apprenticed with the renowned opera vocal pedagogue, Luisa Franceschi, the only pupil of the great soprano Luisa Tetrazzini. Madame Franceschi counted among her students Zinka Milanov, George London, Eugene Conley and Richard Stillwell.
Clark graduated cum laude from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Composition and Theory. He then spent several years studying opera coaching with the celebrated opera coach Jack Metz, as well as accompanying with art song specialist James Low, often performing as staff accompanist at UCLA.
Clark Harris is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), the Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC) and the American Guild of Organists (AGO).