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Nina Polachek
Bainbridge Vocal Studio is the space where Nina Polachek, a professional singer and voice teacher, provides lessons to students of all ages and skill levels and also writes, rehearses, and records musical projects. Current students include experienced singers who want specialized lessons to enhance their vocal abilities and prepare for upcoming performances, recordings, and auditions, as well as beginners who are eager to explore their voices and learn how to sing with confidence and better technique. Wherever you are on your vocal journey, this space exists for you. Bainbridge Vocal Studio also exists to support the performance of new musical ideas through vocal education and collaboration in the arts communities of Bainbridge Island and beyond. Nina has more than 20 years of professional musical training, performing, and teaching experience and is excited to bring it all back to Kitsap County, where she grew up until she was 8 and where opportunities to sing still abound. Her vocal journey started very early, often singing on stage with the inspiration of her mother’s voice, her father’s cello, and the various other musicians who performed with them. At 10, she found her first lead role in a children’s musical theatre production in Chicago. As a junior in high school, while taking voice lessons from a talented and dedicated teacher, she won 1st place in the high school division and 2nd place across all age divisions in a regional NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Vocal Competition in Central Florida. That summer, at 17, she made her international debut by special invitation to a 3-week reinassance and baroque music festival in South America, singing with orchestras across multiple cities as their guest coloratura soprano. Over the next 6 years, Nina studied music with a concentration in vocal performance at Florida Southern College, Rollins College, and Boston University.Browse all performers
