Karyn is a master singing teacher and vocal coach that focuses on vocal technique with the student as well as audition prep. She is also known as a “song selection expert” and hand selects song pieces that enhance the student’s voice, personality, and type. She helps singers with their “unique artist sound". Karyn also works with the student on artist development. Karyn has been behind the table at Unifieds, live auditions for university musical theatre programs in New York and Los Angeles. Karyn is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).
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This season Karyn has two clients on this coming season of American Idol and The Voice. Karyn Overstreet Vocal Studio has been recognized nationally two years in a row having winners in the YoungArts National Competition for Voice: Singer/Songwriter for 2020 and 2021. Her clients have won a total of 18 National Youth Awards in San Diego and San Diego North County for 2021. Karyn’s clients have broadway national tours, major motion pictures, television, commercials, voice-overs and have signed major record deals. Along with celebrity clients Karyn works with all levels of talent and ages.
Broadway: Les Miserables; Broadway National Tours: Jekyll & Hyde, Barry Manilow's Copacabana. Off-Broadway: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, The New Moon, Strike Up The Band at City Center Encores, Tip-Toes at Carnegie Hall. and well as various leads throughout the Regional Theatre scene. Karyn was the TV host for New York’s Metro Guide Channel: The Red Head Review, and was featured in the film Temptation starring Zoe Saldana, Adam Pascal, Alice Ripley. San Diego audiences will remember Karyn in Moonlight production’s record breaking Mamma Mia as Rosie, Old Globe’s Production of How The Grinch Stole Christmas, San Diego Musical Theatre's Production of 9 To 5 as Dora Lee and, the longest running musical in San Diego history: the 80’s musical journey of Mixtape with Lambs Players.
Mackenzie Wrap | ASSOCIATE TEACHER
( Beginning and intermediate teacher) is a singer and actress from Southern California who is currently pursuing her BFA in Musical Theatre at one of the top conservatory style program in the country, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Mackenzie started singing publicly at open mics when she was 9 years old. Shortly after that she began vocal training with Karyn Overstreet and has been working with her ever since. She has over 10 years of vocal training under her belt in various styles, whether it be pop/rock, musical theatre, blues and jazz or even some classical!
At age 13, Mackenzie broke into the LA Cabaret scene with the debut of her own solo show at the Gardenia Club in Hollywood. In reviewing her show for Cabaret Scenes magazine, Les Traub said of her singing ability, "Her vocal range and the control she has with her voice was on display as she scatted to the stratosphere...Be it pop, jazz, opera, country, traditional Great American Songbook, blues or Broadway, she handled it with ease."
Given Mackenzie's true passion for Musical Theatre, she was accepted into the Musical Theatre Conservatory at the Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) when she was in 6th grade and continued on through high school graduation. A couple of her favorite OCSA memories include being cast to play the role of Judy Bernly in OCSA's production of "9-to-5: The Musical" and performing in a duet with Matthew Morrison during the annual South Coast Plaza holiday tree lighting show in Orange County.
There is nothing more thrilling for Mackenzie than to share her talent during live performances. She was delighted to be invited by acclaimed songwriter Ken Hirsch to be part of his “Hits From Another Century Tour” at LA’s Catalina Jazz Club. She was also cast to perform in the Amy Winehouse tribute show at the Rockwell Table and Stage. Crossing over the border into Mexico, Mackenzie was a two-time guest performer at Alonso Moreno’s Big Band show at the Tijuana Cultural Center where over 1000 people attended. Finally, she loves singing at open mics whenever she can, including events such as Michael Orland’s open mics in LA and Palm Springs, Keri Kelsey’s open mic at the Gardenia Club, Tim Moore’s open MIC at Hennessy’s in La Jolla and at Don’t Tell Mama’s in NYC.
Most recently, Mackenzie had her first professional theatre working experience in South Dakota as part of the Prairie Repertory Theatre company where she performed as Vera in the stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None; as well as in the ensemble of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. She had a wonderful time diving into both of these shows and getting to explore the contrarian nuances of both murder mystery and golden age! Looking ahead, Mackenzie will be spending her fall semester of her Junior year working on the play, Gloria, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, where she will be playing three different characters; as well as playing Kate Mullins in Titanic, directed by Broadway Veteran Telly Leung, come her spring semester.
Mackenzie has loved this new journey of teaching and helping others find their voice and express themselves through song. Singing has always been such a beacon in her life and she is so excited and grateful that she gets to share her love and passion with others who aspire to also learn about this craft and hone their skills!