About Adrienne

Adrienne is a CCM vocal coach, music school owner, and performing musician with a previous life in software development and nationally competitive waterskiing.

As a vocal coach, she excels in bringing a technical approach to contemporary vocal instruction. With 15 years of teaching experience, she trains the other vocal coaches at her studio and is a Mentor Teacher certified by the International Voice Teachers of Mix (IVTOM) to help vocal coaches toward accreditation. In 2024, she joined the IVTOM board.

As a bassist, Adrienne plays with wedding bands, churches, cover bands, and original artists.

As a vocalist, Adrienne now performs nationally with the Petty Nicks Experience, a tribute band to Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac.

In a previous life, Adrienne graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Computer Science. She worked as a software and database developer, and later a project manager, for dot-com startups and B2B tech companies for a decade before switching careers into music. She was also a world-ranked slalom waterskier and still holds a Western Region slalom record set in 2003.

She lives in Denver with her partner Justin, an artist development coach and producer with whom she is writing a book on stage performance for popular-music performers.

Education

  • B.S. in Science, Technology, and Society with a focus in Computer Science from Stanford University
  • Studied CCM voice with IVTOM president Mary Ann Kehler, IVTOM founder Dean Kaelin, and Brett Manning teachers
  • Accredited as Teacher of Mix Singing by the International Voice Teachers of Mix (IVTOM)
  • Mentor Teacher for IVTOM as of 2024
  • Certified to teach the Live Music Method, Tom Jackson Productions in Nashville
  • Functional Vocal Training, Commercial Music Institute at Shenandoah University
  • Certified to teach Meredith Colby’s Neuro-Vocal Method
  • Twelve years of instrument lessons (bass, piano, drums)

Current Bands

  • Performs as Stevie Nicks in the Petty Nicks Experience (Tom Petty/Stevie Nicks tribute band) which has played at Boulder Theatre, the Fox Theatre, the Rialto Theatre, and various other medium sized theatre venues around Colorado, and at festivals around the country.
  • Bassist for Cody Qualls and the New Ancients (pop/rock)
  • Bassist for Pamela Machala (pop/jazz)
  • Bassist for Journey Church (worship)
  • Bassist for Diamond Empire Band (wedding/corporate)

Past Bands and Performances

  • Member of Counterpoint, all-female a cappella at Stanford University
  • Member of the Orlando, FL chapter of Sweet Adelines a cappella
  • Co-founder and lead vocalist of The Fever (wedding band)
  • Co-founder and lead vocalist of Dois (Brazilian and Latin jazz quartet)
  • Co-lead vocalist of Girls on Top! (funk/motown band)
  • Keyboardist of Guitar Villains (live karaoke band)
  • Bassist for Driving Karma (rock band)
  • Bassist and lead vocalist for Urban Dance Theory (top 40’s dance band)
  • Vocalist for electronic duo Teal & Tangent (dark electronic pop)
  • Founder and lead vocalist of The Legend Makers (live karaoke band)
  • Backup vocalist for the Jacob Larson Band (millennial funk)
  • Bassist for Melissa Ivey (rock)
  • Bassist and lead vocalist for her band, Adrienne O (pop/rock)

Her band, Adrienne O, has headlined the Gothic and Bluebird Theatres and has also played at the the Bluebird Theatre, the Fox Theatre, the Oriental Theatre, the Gothic Theatre, Coors Field, Hard Rock Cafe, the Buffalo Rose, Summit Music Hall, and many other medium-sized Colorado venues.