FRIDAY FACULTY

  • Samantha Joy Pearlman is a multi-hyphenate artist (actress-singer-songwriter-playwright-director) based in NYC. Proud owner of the SJP Voice Studio, she is an associate voice teacher out of the acclaimed Mike Ruckles Voice Studio and is Level-Three certified in The Singing Athlete Technique. Her favorite theatrical credits include: Mary Jane Gumm in Chasing Rainbows (Paper Mill Playhouse), Deb in The Art Tour, South Pacific (Paper Mill), The Woman in Marry Me A Little (Arc Stages), Thea in Spring Awakening (Theatre Horizon) and the vocal director of the award-winning Sugarplums, a holiday vintage trio. She is the lead singer of the indie rock band Joy and the Wildfire. Check out their debut album Aftershocks on all streaming platforms. Her solo record Flight is also available to stream, with her original songs "Madly" and "Real World" featured on the BMI #MusicMonday playlist. BA: Wesleyan University. Upcoming: The Art Tour, An Original Musical this fall at Theatre Row. www.samanthajoypearlman.com @joyandthewildfire 

    @samanthajoyprl

  • From a Blue-Chip college football scholarship to the Broadway stage, Green’s three-decade career has taken him all over the world, from performing at The White House to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. He has performed on Broadway in the original casts of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, School of Rock, Sister Act, and Play On!,  Original cast recordings: Broadway shows and The Jerusalem Syndrome, 17 Again, Freaky Friday, and Broadway Bounty Hunter. His TV work includes 30 Rock, Murphy Brown, Almost Family, Law and Order SVU, Unforgettable, The Guiding Light and Peter Pan Live! on NBC. He has been involved in several Pre-Broadway productions including The Preachers Wife, The Griswold's Broadway Vacation, The Karate Kid, and A.D. 16 and most recently Bat Boy at City Center Encores. He was Awarded The Berkie for Lead Actor in a Musical and a Broadway World Award for Best Actor in a Streamed Musical.

    He is a proud graduate of Rice University, an Associate Artist and Board Member at Barrington Stage, a Board Member of Clinton Housing Development Company and a Deacon at Metro Baptist Church in Hell’s Kitchen. And original member of the Westminster Thrust Ensemble with Jimmy Fallon. 

    IG: @alanhgreen

  • Jacob Thomas Carr is a voice teacher and the founder of Howl, a NYC based vocal studio and contemporary singing training platform. He is currently on the voice faculty at NYU Tisch New Studio on Broadway and a vocal director for Celebrity Cruise Lines.

    The approach he has engineered at Howl works to unlock the singer's instincts from their first session. It is grounded in evidence-based teaching practices as well as inspired by the methods of the original Italian teachers of Bel Canto as researched by Cornelius Reid.

    With a background as a music director who has MD’d over 50 productions, he's been coaching singers for over 15 years.  Originally from Dallas, Texas, he was on the voice faculty at Sam Houston State University Department of Theatre and Dance before moving to New York City.

    His educational background is multi-faceted: He is a classically trained pianist, schooled in the Suzuki method, with a B.M. in Music Theory and Composition from SHSU. He also trained in the Meisner technique at The Esper Studio under Bill Esper. Additionally, he has several years of experience with the Alexander Technique, studying under Judith Grodowitz. These areas of focus, combined with numerous certifications in CCM vocal pedagogy, give him a rich background from which to inform his teaching.

    Jacob’s first passion in life was training horses using natural horsemanship techniques like those pioneered by Monty Roberts & John Lyons, and this continues to be a strong influence on his teaching practices. Current vocal projects include country/folk duo Guipago Dreams. Joined on vocals by Shannon Barnes, their singles are available for streaming on Spotify. Learn more about his NYC studio by finding Howl on IG @howlvoicemethod.