Eva Conley Kendrick is an award-winning composer, vocalist and voice instructor. She is Director of the Eva Kendrick Voice Studio, Professor of Voice at Dean College and Director of Music at First Parish Unitarian Universalist of Medfield. She is in demand as a vocal coach for auditions at every level including professional theatre, regional theatre, districts auditions and youth theatre. She is a guest speaker and workshop leader for voice faculty and students alike, and helps families navigate the college audition process for students considering a degree in music/musical theatre.
RECENT NEWS
The EKVS Generations Concert & 20th Anniversary Fundraiser has launched! This event is in celebration of my 20 years serving as Director of Music at First Parish UU of Medfield and of my church being “home” to my voice studio. Please click on the image below for more information on how you can purhcase tickets and participate in this fundraising event. This event is supported by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Or follow this link: https://www.firstparishmedfield.org/news-and-events/ekvsconcert/
Two of Eva's hymns (Awake, Arise! and Benediction) were selected to be included in the new UU hymnal Sing Out Love, published in August, 2025. The hymnal is now available for international licensing. Click the photo below for more details.
NATS NATIONAL AUDITIONS—Three students from the Eva Kendrick Voice Studio were selected to compete at the 2025 NATS National Conference in Philadelphia, PA in the Musical Theatre and Commercial Music Divisions. Nate Goldberg received 2rd Place (Lower High School CM TBB) and was a national Semi-Finalist for the same MT division, Brynn Cullum received 2nd Place (Youth CM), and Sophia O'Toole was a Semi-Finalist in Musical Theatre Upper High School Treble. Congratulations to all of my students who participated and their families!
EKVS students William Daniel Russell and Sophia O’Toole have been selected, out of hundreds of applications, as two of forty finalists to participate in the Songbook Academy 2025, a summer singing intensive in Carmel, IN created by Grammy nominated artist Michael Feinstein, in which professional vocalists, including Broadway performers, coach high school students in repertoire of the Great American Songbook. This was Sophia's second year and William's third year participating in this wonderful program.
Eva performed in the October Project Worldwide Choir arrangement of “Return to Me” with more than 130 singers from 18 different countries. The video is on Youtube and the single is available for purchase and/or download on all streaming music platforms.