Voice & Songwriting Coach in Los Gatos, California
Teaching Areas: Voice and Songwriting
Location: Los Gatos / Silicon Valley, California, United States
Teaching Experience: Over 30 years
Previous Teaching: Princeton University, Forbes College Fellow
Founder: Voice Club
Creator: Singingbelt System
About Ruth Gerson
Nationally acclaimed vocal coach Ruth Gerson has taught “Singing, Songwriting and Performance” at Princeton University as a Forbes College Fellow. She is the designer of the Singingbelt System and founder Voice Club, and has been teaching “beginners to Grammy winners” for over 30 years.
From her in-person studio in Silicon Valley, Ruth teaches singing to vocalists all over the world. Her students have appeared on The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan, Disney, VH-1, MTV, The Voice and American Idol. Gerson’s students have been the recipients of the NFAA YOUNGARTS competition, with several in the distinguished ranking. She has also helped her young adult students prepare, audition and gain acceptance to Berklee College of Music, USC (Thornton), UCLA, Univ. of Miami (Frost), Carnegie Mellon Conservatory, NYU (Steinhardt & Tisch), CalArts and Boston University.
Gerson graduated Princeton University Magna Cum Laude in 1992 where she studied contemporary songwriting and jazz with Scott Burnham, Steve Mackey and Anthony Branker. She has developed her method of vocal instruction from a broad range of studies including Michael Langham (Juilliard) to both father and son Marty and Don Lawrence (Mick Jagger, Bon Jovi, Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Bono, Lady Gaga). Her technique includes extensive instruction in breath support, breath placement, positioning of the tongue, mouth, jaw, larynx and palate, and ear training. Gerson’s Singingbelt is a revolutionary training device that demystifies diaphragmatic breathing and breath support. It has helped thousands of vocalists worldwide improve their breathing for singing.
A native New Yorker, Ruth Gerson taught voice in NYC 1993-2009, as she also independently self-released several original albums. Gerson sang many jingles and was a back-up singer for Gloria Gaynor. One of the most critically acclaimed independent singer/songwriters of the mid 90s and early 2000s Gerson landed – without a label – national television spots including “Late Night w/Conan O’Brien” and “The Late, Late Show w/Craig Ferguson.” Composer of many film and television sync placements, Ruth extensively toured the U.S. & Europe – and even had a top ten hit in Italy. In between tours, she taught singing and songwriting as a fellow at Princeton from 2005-2009 and founded the “New & Used Songwriters Collective” featuring many of the artists from her classes.
In 2009 she moved to the Bay Area and relocated her vocal coaching studio to Silicon Valley. She has since become one of the most well known and sought after vocal coaches in northern California.
Gerson is also the mother of singer/songwriter Emma Gerson aka Lucky Break, singer/songwriter Hazel Gerson and Hope Gerson-Kumin, a founder of the viral band The Graystones and currently the lead singer of the band The Turnarounds.
Charleston International Music Competition Teacher Partner
Ruth Gerson is featured in the official Charleston International Music Competition Teacher Directory as part of the CIMC Teacher Partner Program.