Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Joey Harrell is an educator, researcher and voice clinician. He received his Ph.D in Musical Education at Penn State University with an emphasis in musical theater voice pedagogy. His research focuses on speech-based singing for voice building and habilitation as well as how teachers learn to teach, specifically the experiences of novice teachers.

Joey has been a guest lecturer and clinician throughout the country and has presented on functional anatomy for breathing, cross-training the musical theater performer and understanding vocal registration in musical theater as well as demonstrations of practical solutions for using musical theater pedagogical strategies to promote vocal exploration in one-to-one and group settings.

Joey maintains a private voice studio in NYC where he works with professional musical theater performers. His clients can be seen on Broadway, national tours, TV/Film as well as in regional houses and BFA musical theater programs throughout the country. Most recently, he founded the company BroadwayVox which focuses on providing innovative educational resources to teachers and singers. You can follow him @singingwithjoeydotcom.